Full Spectrum

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Full Spectrum
Full Spectrum.jpg
Cover of first edition (paperback)
EditorsLou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy
Cover artistPeter Stallard
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction anthology
Published1988
PublisherBantam Spectra
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages483
ISBN 0-553-27482-1

Full Spectrum is a series of five anthologies of fantasy and science fiction short stories published between 1988 and 1995 by Bantam Spectra. The first anthology was edited by Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy; the second by Aronica, McCarthy, Amy Stout, and Pat LoBrutto; the third and fourth by Aronica, Stout, and Betsy Mitchell; and the fifth by Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree, and Janna Silverstein.

Contents

Volumes

Cover Art by Barclay Shaw

Cover Art by SIUDMAK

Cover Art by Michael Parkes

Awards

Full Spectrum 4, the fourth book from the series won the 1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology. [1]

Several works from the series have been nominated for awards as well. From the first anthology, "Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge" by James K. Morrow won the 1989 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, "The Fourth Moxie Branch" by Jack McDevitt was nominated for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story; "Voices of the Kill" by Thomas M. Disch and "Dead Men on TV" by Pat Murphy were nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story, and "Journals of the Plague Years" by Norman Spinrad was nominated for the 1989 Hugo Award for Best Novella and Nebula Award for Best Novella. [2] [3]

"The Edge of the World" by Michael Swanwick in Full Spectrum 2 was nominated for the 1990 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. [4] "Black Glass" by Karen Joy Fowler in Full Spectrum 3 was nominated for the 1992 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and "Matter's End" by Gregory Benford was nominated for the 1993 Nebula Award for Best Novelette. [5] [6] "The Erl-King" by Elizabeth Hand from Full Spectrum 4 was nominated for the 1994 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, "The Story So Far" by Martha Soukup from that anthology was nominated for the 1994 Hugo Award for Best Short Story, and "The Beauty Addict" by Ray Aldridge was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novella. [1] [7] [8] "The Insipid Profession of Jonathan Hornebom" by Jonathan Lethem from Full Spectrum 5 was nominated for the 1995 World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. [9]

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