To quote Tal: To me, my geeks!

[mousme]

Okay, I realized at WorldCon that I am Teh Ignorant. So much good stuff out there. Novels and such I can find on my own, I'm pretty sure. Short fiction? Not so much.

What's out there in terms of good magazines and good anthologies? Offhand I can think of two: OnSpec and Azimove.

Tell me what else I should be reading/subscribing to in terms of good S.F. PLEASE.

(Also, I miss the Nebula Book Club. One of my regrets concerning my current job. No time for book clubs anymore. *sigh*)

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I'll try to be a bit more brief with the anthologies. Note: some of these you may only find secondhand.

YEAR'S BEST COLLECTIONS
Hard to go wrong with these. You get a pretty good overview of what's out there right now. Each editor has their obvious favorite authors and story preferences, but the signal to noise ratio is usually pretty good.

BY EDITOR
You're pretty safe picking up anthologies edited by any of the following:

Gardner Dozois
David Hartwell
Ellen Datlow
Terry Carr
Robert Silverberg
John Joseph Adams
Judith Merrill
Marvin Kaye
Jonathan Strahan
Kelly Link
Terri Windling

SOME GOOD SURVEY BOOKS
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, (volumes I, IIA, IIB, III, IV)
The Road to Science Fiction (6 vol.) edited by James Gunn
Women of Wonder (2 vol.) edited by Pamela Sargent
The Dark Descent (omnibus or 3 vol.) edited by David Hartwell
Foundations of Fear (omnibus or 3 vol.) edited by David Hartwell
Northern Stars / Northern Suns, both edited by David Hartwell/Glenn Grant
The Good Old Stuff / The Good New Stuff, both edited by Gardner Dozois
The World Treasury of Science Fiction, edited by David Hartwell
The Science Fiction Century, edited by David Hartwell
Visions of Wonder, edited by David Hartwell
The Norton Anthology of Science Fiction, edited by Ursula K. Le Guin
Modern Classics of Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois
Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois
TesseractsQ, edited by Elizabeth Vonarburg and Jane Brierly (translated French sf)
Future on Ice / Future on Fire, both edited by Orson Scott Card

LANDMARK ORIGINAL ANTHOLOGIES
Dangerous Visions / Again Dangerous Visions, both edited by Harlan Ellison
Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley

ANTHOLOGY SERIES
Starlight, edited by Patrick Neilsen Hayden
Fast Forward, edited by Lou Anders
Orbit, edited by Damon Knight
Universe, edited by Terry Carr
Wild Cards, edited by George R.R. Martin
Ace theme anthologies by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

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Gah. I think I'll stop now. There's a lot of good stuff out there. I won't even get into single author collections, though I will third the motion that you seek out Ted Chiang's collection Stories of Your Life and Others.

There's quite a bit of crap out there, too, but don't let that stop you.