In celebration of the 30th anniversary of Asimov’s Science Fiction
, Williams, editor of Asimov’s
and Analog
for 25 of those 30 years, has compiled a truly extraordinary sampler of tales, including “Air Raid” (1977) by John Varley (writing as Herb Boehm), an oft-imitated story about time travelers trying to save the human race, and Robert Reed’s “Eight Episodes” (2006), a Hugo-nominated tale of a short-lived TV series that turns out to be a message from an alien race. Every piece in this superlative collection is a nugget of pure science fiction gold. (July
)
