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Jacob Haller ([personal profile] jwgh) wrote2007-02-10 09:24 am

Anthology Deathmatch

This idea is stolen with permission from [livejournal.com profile] secritcrush.

I've got a bunch of anthologies sitting on the bookshelf that I haven't read in years, so perhaps it's time to read them again. It's time for an anthology smackdown!

As with [livejournal.com profile] secritcrush's, there will be three rounds where two anthologies go head to head, and then I'll pick the overall winner.

To make things sporting, I'm leaving out The Hugo Awards Volumes I & II (edited by Isaac Asimov), because that won [livejournal.com profile] secritcrush's Anthology Thunderdome and would almost certainly win mine. So here is a poll! Do not let not lack of knowledge of the books keep you from voting in it.

[Poll #924556]

[identity profile] plorkwort.livejournal.com 2007-02-10 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Y, "The Mathematical Magpie". IIRC, it was out of print for longer than Fantasia, but I think it is available again.

[identity profile] mmcirvin.livejournal.com 2007-02-10 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
What I enjoyed even more than those two was Rudy Rucker's similarly themed anthology "Mathenauts", though it may be hard to find.