the library ladder | The Best Science Fiction Short Story Anthologies @thelibraryladder | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Short stories are a great entry point to reading science fiction, but the enormous variety of SF anthologies can be daunting for readers wanting to know where to start and how to prioritize them. In this video, I recommend a handful of anthologies that are some of the very best, in my opinion.

0:42 Selection criteria
3:12 Most influential anthologies
7:36 Broad, historical survey anthologies
11:03 Vintage SF anthologies
15:33 Modern SF anthologies

My previous video discussing the history and wide range of SF short stories and anthologies can be found at: youtu.be/3VNt6N9m-_4

Links to some of my other videos about SF history and anthologies:
A History of Gnome Press - youtu.be/_HlKhLG3ZxE
A History of Arkham House - youtu.be/5k_iug7rWmE
Entry Points for Classic SF - youtu.be/YaLQVvQ2SgI



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