Starlight 3 Book

"Patrick Nielsen Hayden [is] one of the most literate and historically aware editors in science fiction." --The Washington Post

Since its debut in 1996, Starlight has been recognized as the leading SF and fantasy original anthology series in the world. Stories from Starlight have won the Nebula Award, the Sturgeon Award, and the Tiptree Award, and have been repeatedly honored by selection for all the field's "best of the year" collections. Starlight 1 itself won the World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. Beyond a doubt, Starlight represents the best new short fiction in fantasy and SF.

Now, with Starlight 3, award-winning editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden offers a new serving of powerful, original fiction...from hard SF authors like Stephen Baxter and Geoffrey A. Landis; from critically celebrated award-winners like Terry Bisson, Maureen F. McHugh, and D.G. Compton; from acclaimed fantasists like Jane Yolen, Susan Palwick, and Brenda Clough; and from up-and-coming talents like Andy Duncan, Madeleine Robins, and Cory Doctorow, this year's winner of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Plus a new story by last year's Nebula Award winner, Ted Chiang.

"Rare's the sequel that matches its predecessor, especially when the original is as acclaimed as Starlight 1.... This diverse compilation, however, seems to live up to the expectations set. Strong and varied, this anthology has gathered some gems of the genre." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Consistently high quality.... Editor Nielsen Hayden neatly fills the void left by the demise of such renowned anthology series as Universe and New Dimensions." --San Francisco Chronicle on Starlight 1

"Excellent...Starlight 2 is the sort of anthology that science fiction desperately needs, driven by straightforward notions of good writing and good storytelling rather than squeezing stories into some preconceived thematic straightjacket." --The New York Review of Science Fiction

Patrick Nielsen Hayden lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works as a senior editor and the manager of SF and fantasy books at Tor Books.