Synergy SF: New Science Fiction

. Five Star (ME), $25.95 (338pp) ISBN 978-1-4104-0221-9

The fifth volume in the Synergy anthology series, Synergy SF: New Science Fiction, edited by George Zebrowski, showcases eight stories by such promising newcomers as Jan Lars Jensen and Damien Broderick. Also included are an interview with Ray Bradbury and William Tenn's complete 1988 article on Orson Welles's Martian-invasion radio hoax of 1938. (Sept.) .

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