Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats

See how it all began! In Before They Were Giants, editor James L. Sutter collects the first published stories of 15 of science fiction and fantasy's most important authors, including winners of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, New York Times bestsellers, and members of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Along with these often rare or never-before-anthologized stories, all 15 authors provide brand-new retrospective critiques and interviews discussing the stories' geneses, how publication affected their lives, and what they know now about writing that they wish they'd known then. Contributors include Ben Bova, Charles Stross, China Mieville, Cory Doctorow, David Brin, Greg Bear, Joe Haldeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Larry Niven, Michael Swanwick, Nicola Griffith, Piers Anthony, R. A. Salvatore, Spider Robinson, and William Gibson.

Summary

• See how it all began! In Before They Were Giants, editor James L.
  Sutter collects the first published stories of 15 of science fiction and
  fantasy's most important authors, including winners of the prestigious Hugo and
  Nebula awards, New York Times bestsellers, and members of the Science
  Fiction Hall of Fame. Along with these often rare or never-before-anthologized
  stories, all 15 authors provide brand-new retrospective critiques and interviews
  discussing the stories' geneses, how publication affected their lives, and what
  they know now about writing that they wish they'd known then.


• Contributors include Ben Bova, Charles Stross, China Miéville, Cory
  Doctorow, David Brin, Greg Bear, Joe Haldeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Larry
  Niven, Michael Swanwick, Nicola Griffith, Piers Anthony, R. A. Salvatore, Spider
  Robinson, and William Gibson.

Product details

• Authors: Piers Anthony, Greg Bear, Ben Bova, Ben Bova, David Brin, China Miéville, Cory Doctorow, David Brin, Cory Doctorow, William Gibson, Greg Bear, Nicola Griffith, Joe Haldeman, Joe Haldeman, Kim Stanley Robinson, Larry Niven, China Mieville, China Miéville, Chelsea Monroe-Cassel, Nicola Griffith, Larry Niven, Piers Anthony, Kim Stanley Robinson, Spider Robinson, Spider Robinson, Daniel Wallace, William Gibson, Adam Wingard
• Assisted by: Kieran Yanner (Illustration), James L. Sutter (Editor), James L. Sutter (Editor)
• Publisher: Diamond US
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 16
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.08.2010
• EAN: 9781601252661
• ISBN: 978-1-60125-266-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Planet Stories (Paizo Publishi
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature