The 2014 Campbellian Anthology – a DRM - spare ebook have the work of over 100 generator eligible for theJohn W. Campbell Award for Best New Writerin science fiction and fancy – is presently usable for download . 860,000 words of fiction . For liberal ( for now).Go grab it .
Here’san intro from anthology conservator M. David Blake :
A little over a yr ago , a small group of us had a unhinged idea . “ What if , ” we said , “ there was a way everyone eligible for the Campbell could publicize their work at the same time , so that reader might have some idea of who we are ? ”
Now , I do n’t recall every name who was part of the original discussion ( I could check , but that would be oeuvre , and I ’m plumb tucker out out after assembling this tome ) , although at some point I volunteered to supervise an anthology if the others would all agree to participate . That first volume had a very respectable exhibit , with 43 writers represented by a combined aggregate of approximately 350,000 Word .
What a difference a year make ! The intensity you now hold in your manus is well larger , and includes a battalion of works from 111 contributor , spanning more than 860,000 words . ( Should anyone be curious , that exceeds the combine total in George R. R. Martin ’s A Storm of Swords andA Dance with Dragons , which are — so far , at least!—the two longest volumes from A Song of Ice and Fire . )
It is big . It is very fully grown . And pass judgment from this class ’s response , next year ’s loudness will likely be magnanimous .
You wo n’t . There will be some stories in this volume that you dislike , perhaps even strongly , and that ’s ok . Every author whose work is represented herein still accomplished something singular in attaining a specific degree of publication , and by doing so earned a office within these pages . I encourage you to enquire each and every one , but I make no hope about how you ’ll feel about the story that landed them here , or the works they elect to share .
Here ’s a secret : You do n’t have to read this full anthology for it to serve a purpose and be valuable to you . You ’re grant to skip around .
So you ’ve already descry the next Adams , Butler , or Cherryh ? Try the next Xue , Yolen , or Zelazny … or anything in between .
A story lose you along the way , or did something you ’ve already see too many times ? Try a different narration , or a different excerpt , or even a different author .
There are a lot of discussion in this volume . I ca n’t severalise you where to focus your attention ; by concur to play legion , I also agreed to continue unprejudiced . That does n’t mean I do n’t have ducky ( I do ) , but it intend I postulate you to decide upon your own .
Here ’s another secret : If you do take every word in this anthology , and investigate all the connexion for those currently known to be eligible , you ’ll belike divulge a young deary . At least one . And if you do — if you , as a lector , connect with even a single new writer — then I will finger very , very good about this year ’s installment of the Annual Campbellian Anthology .
Now , go make a booster . Your writers are waiting .
[ Stupefying story ]
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