Cover of DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology

Book 2002

DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction Anthology

4.01 6 readers shelved it

Publisher
DAW Hardcover
Language
English
Published
2002
  • Science fiction, American
  • Science Fiction - Anthologies
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Short stories
  • Science Fiction
  • Science fiction, English
  • Science Fiction - General

Apart from the introductions by Wollheim and Gilbert covering Donald A. Wollheim's contributions to American publishing culminating with his founding of DAW Books, there's nothing that makes this book stand out from DAW's many other anthologies except it doesn't have a theme. The ratio of good to adequate to bad stories is pretty standard - not nearly high enough for a celebration of 30 years of quality publishing. That's probably inevitable for a group of all original stories, but this anthology, which features installments in several DAW series, also doesn't serve as much of an enticing sampler of DAW's goods.