Sci-Fi Anthologies and Collections

Updated December 15, 2025
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Aliens : extraterrestrial tales of terror
Wulffson, Don L.
Paper Book
A unique collection of scary stories orbiting around a variety of aliens from planets both known and unknown.
The aliens : seven stories of science fiction
Silverberg, Robert
Paper Book
The Arbor House treasury of modern science fiction
Silverberg, Robert.
Paper Book
Catch minitales short science fiction stories with a sting!
Bowkett, Stephen
Ebook
Part of an education package called StoryMaker Catch Pack, which uses fiction as a resource for learning, this book contains 26 very short stories featuring robots, giant rats, alien invaders and supercomputers.
Classics of science fiction and fantasy literature
Kelleghan, Fiona
Ebook
This two-volume set consists of plot summaries and analyses of 180 major works of the classics in science fiction and fantasy literature most often taught in high school and undergraduates literature and cultural history courses. The essays examine the work of prominent science fiction writers such...
Creatures from beyond : nine stories of science fiction and fantasy
Carr, Terry.
Paper Book
Keller, D. H. The worm.--Wollheim, D. A. Mimic.--Sturgeon, T. It.--Kuttner, H. Beauty and the beast.--Carr, T. and C. Some are born cats.--Aldiss, B. W. Full sun.--Silverberg, R. The silent colony.--Simak, C. D. and Jacobi, C. The street that wasn't there.--Russell, E. F. Dear devil.
Driftglass
Delany, Samuel R.
Paper Book
Galaxy : thirty years of innovative science fiction
Pohl, Frederik.
Paper Book
History revisited : the great battles : eminent historians take on the great works of alternative history
Markham, J. David.
Paper Book
This anthology collects seven of the top stories in the alternate military-history genre by writers Harry Turtledove, Kim Stanley Robinson, John Mina, William Saunders, Michael F. Flynn, and editor Mike Resnick and submits them to scrutiny by seven eminent historians to find out just how probable...
The ides of tomorrow : original science fiction tales of horror
Carr, Terry.
Paper Book
The infinity box : a collection of speculative fiction
Wilhelm, Kate.
Paper Book
The John Varley reader : thirty years of short fiction
Varley, John
Paper Book
From the moment John Varley burst onto the scene in 1974, his short fiction was like nothing anyone else was writing. His stories won every award the science fiction field had to offer, many times over. His first collection, The Persistence of Vision, published in 1978, was the most important...
Octavia's brood science fiction stories from social justice movements
Imarisha, Walidah
Ebook
Whenever we imagine a world without war or injustice, we are engaging in speculative fiction. Radicals and activists devote their lives to envisioning such worlds, and then go about trying to create them. This collection brings together 20 such stories, as well as essays by Tananarive Due and Mumia...
Planets of wonder : a treasury of space opera
Carr, Terry.
Paper Book
Redshift : extreme visions of speculative fiction
Sarrantonio, Al
Paper Book
This landmark anthology presents thirty groundbreaking stories from the masters of speculative fiction heralding the future of the genre with original and revolutionary works. All-new, original stories by € Ursula K. Le Guin € Gregory Benford € Joe Haldeman € Joyce Carol Oates € and many others
The science fiction century
Hartwell, David G.
Paper Book
Science fiction hall of fame
Silverberg, Robert
Paper Book
Small doses of the future a collection of medical science fiction stories
Aiken, Brad
Ebook
Like many fields of science, the future of medicine is frequently predicted by the science fiction writers of today, very much as many of today's medical advances were presaged by science fiction stories of the past. In this book, physician and science fiction author Brad Aiken conveys his...
Stories of your life and others
Chiang, Ted.
Ebook
From the author of Exhalation, an award-winning short story collection that blends "absorbing storytelling with meditations on the universe, being, time and space ... raises questions about the nature of reality and what it is to be human" (The New York Times). A...
Time of passage
Olander, Joseph D.
Paper Book
Wild cards Wild Cards Series, Book 1
Martin, George R. R.
Ebook
The year's best science fiction : twelfth annual collection
Dozois, Gardner R.
Paper Book

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