[The Mammoth Book of... 01] • The Science Fiction Century

So says David G. Hartwell in his introduction to The Science Fiction Century, an anthology spanning a century of sf writing, from its birth in the 1890's to the future it predicted. He's compiled the mother of all definitive anthologies, guaranteed to change not only the way the field views itself but also the way the rest of literature views the field.

Introduction (2003) essay by David G. Hartwell

Beam Us Home (1969) story by James Tiptree Jr

The Music Master of Babylon (1954) novelette by Edgar Pangborn

Hot Planet (1963) story by Hal Clement

The Hounds of Tindalos (1929) story by Frank Belknap Long

The Angel of Violence (1978) story by Adam Wisniewski-Snerg

Nobody Bothers Gus (1955) story by Algis Budrys [=Paul Janvier]

As Easy as ABC (1912) novelette by Rudyard Kipling

Ginungagap (1980) novelette by Michael Swanwick

Minister Without Portfolio (1952) story by Mildred Clingerman

Time in Advance (1956) novelette by William Tenn

Good Night, Sophie (1973) novelette by Lino Aldani (=Buonanotte Sofia 1963)

Fire Watch/Time Travel (1982) novelette by Connie Willis

Goat Song (1972) novelette by Poul Anderson

The Scarlet Plague (1912) novella by Jack London

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman (1965) story by Harlan Ellison

Blood's a Rover (1952) novella by Chad Oliver

Sail the Tide of Mourning/Bentfin Boomers (1975) story by Richard A. Lupoff

Great Work of Time (1989) novella by John Crowley

The Dimple in Draco (1967) story by R.S. Richardson [=Philip Latham]

Consider Her Ways (1956) novella by John Wyndham

Something Ending (1973) story by Eddy C. Bertin

Sundance (1969) story by Robert Silverberg

Swarm/ShaperMechanist (1982) novelette by Bruce Sterling