So says David G. Hartwell in his introduction to The Science Fiction Century, an anthology spanning a hundred years of science fiction writing, from its birth in the 1890's to the future it predicted. Hartwell has compiled the mother of all definitive anthologies, guaranteed to change not only the way the science fiction field views itself but also the way the rest of literature views the field.

Contents

xv • Introduction (The Mammoth Book of the Science Fiction Century: Volume One) • (2003) • essay by David G. Hartwell
1 • Beam Us Home • (1969) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
15 • The Music Master of Babylon • (1954) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
40 • Hot Planet • (1963) • shortstory by Hal Clement
61 • The Hounds of Tindalos • (1929) • shortstory by Frank Belknap Long
75 • The Angel of Violence • (1978) • shortstory by Adam Wisniewski-Snerg
87 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • shortstory by Algis Budrys [as by Paul Janvier ]
100 • As Easy as A.B.C. • (1912) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling
126 • Ginungagap • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
156 • Minister Without Portfolio • (1952) • shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
164 • Time in Advance • (1956) • novelette by William Tenn
191 • Good Night, Sophie • (1973) • novelette by Lino Aldani (aka Buonanotte Sofia 1963 )
215 • Fire Watch • [Time Travel] • (1982) • novelette by Connie Willis
251 • Goat Song • (1972) • novelette by Poul Anderson
283 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London
327 • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman • (1965) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison
339 • Blood's a Rover • (1952) • novella by Chad Oliver
382 • Sail the Tide of Mourning • [Bentfin Boomers] • (1975) • shortstory by Richard A. Lupoff
399 • Great Work of Time • (1989) • novella by John Crowley
470 • The Dimple in Draco • (1967) • shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ]
484 • Consider Her Ways • (1956) • novella by John Wyndham
539 • Something Ending • (1973) • shortstory by Eddy C. Bertin
548 • Sundance • (1969) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
563 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling