Clarkesworld Magazine - Issue 28 by www.clarkesworldmagazine.com & Desirina Boskovich & Geoffrey W. Cole & David L. Clements

Author:www.clarkesworldmagazine.com & Desirina Boskovich & Geoffrey W. Cole & David L. Clements
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction magazine
Publisher: Wyrm Publishing
Published: 2009-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

What is at the heart of a great anthology?

Ann VanderMeer: Great stories. If you don’t have that, nothing else matters.

Jeff VanderMeer: That, and the passion of the editors. If you don’t leave anything out on the field, so to speak, it tends to show in the anthology.

Jonathan Strahan: Any great anthology has two things at its heart: a great idea and a bunch of great stories. The hardest thing to do is come up with an idea that is robust enough to support an interesting, varied anthology. If you have a great idea then you either should be able to find a bunch of great reprints, or [the idea] should spark some great new stories.

And for an anthology to be “great,” you need at least three really good stories. Doesn’t matter if they’re by first timers or big names or whomever: you need three top-notch stories. Without that the book won’t stand up.

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