Asimov’s fabulous Robot novels “Caves of Steel”, etc. Rather, this is just a list of of · relatively RECENT reading over the past year or two. But that said… oh my lord… ... My #1 recent find was David Weber’s “Honor Harrington” series.
Across the Sea of Suns (1984, Bantam) and in his novels that take place at the galactic center (Great Sky · River, 1987, Bantam; Tides of Light, 1989, Bantam; Furious Gulf; 1994, Bantam; Sailing Bright ... Benford, Gregory “Dance to Strange Musics” in Year’s Best Science Fiction 4, ed.
818) place it firmly within the tradition of anti-science fiction, and The Last · an (1826), a fatalistic disaster story, is equally antithetical to the philoso- hy of progress. Neither work made its influence felt immediately, but both · came formative templates heading powerful traditions of imaginative fic- on. The Frankenstein formula of an unruly and unfortunate artefact bring- g about the downfall of its creator became established in the last decade...