Anthology of science fiction by European authors. Includes: In Hot Pursuit of Happiness [The Cyberiad] (1971) by Stanislaw Lem; The Valley of Echoes (1966) by GĂ©rard Klein; Observation of Quadragnes (1971) by Jean-Pierre Andrevon; The Good Ring (197...
Unlike fantasy, science fiction has no deep tradition in Austrian literature. It is mostly written by authors who have written no other fiction, sometimes by professional scientists for whom it is their natural literary outlet. Herbert W. Franke, the...
This entertaining anthology delivers great reading and an overview of German-language science fiction, including works by the "German father of science fiction" Kurd Lasswitz, the Austrian writer Ludwig Hevesi (author of "Jules Verne in Hell"), the f...