Best Science Fiction Anthologies/Collections
What are your top science fiction anthologies and collections? Forget the novels: which science fiction collections blew you away?
For an anthology-only list (multiple-author collections only) see: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
For an anthology-only list (multiple-author collections only) see: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
Rob
1466 books
164 friends
164 friends
Courtney
1438 books
26 friends
26 friends
Muzzlehatch
1565 books
77 friends
77 friends
Angel
2507 books
115 friends
115 friends
Michael
4976 books
319 friends
319 friends
Greyweather
2660 books
65 friends
65 friends
Simon
866 books
102 friends
102 friends
David
2772 books
1 friend
1 friend
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I totally agree.
I've removed Ringworld because it's a novel!

As mentioned above, single author collections should not be included here. But it seems like nearly half of the books on the list are just that. Things like "Wireless" by Charles Stross, "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison, or "The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum" do not meet the criteria.
An anthology is a group of stories by various authors.
Also, there's at least one book on here that is an omnibus of novels. "The Callahan Chronicals" by Spider Robinson, collects three of his novels in the Callahan series. Not even close to an anthology.
Does the list owner want to remove books that are not true anthologies, or should different instructions be posted at the top of the list?

I've created a more restrictive list here for science fiction anthologies only.
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