The Good Stuff Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition
This massive tome is an omnibus of two separate anthologies (The Good Old Stuff, and The Good New Stuff, both edited by Gardner R. Dozois). Some standouts are: "The Rull" by A.E. van Vogt; "The Galton Whistle" by L. Sprague de Camp; "That Share of Glory" by C.M. Kornbluth; "The Sky People" by Poul Anderson; "The Man in the Mailbag" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Moon Duel" by Fritz Leiber; "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny; "Goodbye, Robinson Crusoe" by John Varley; "The Blabber" by Vernor Vinge; "The Return of the Kangaroo Rex" by Janet Kagan; "Poles Apart" by G. David Nordley; "Flowering Mandrake" by George Turner; "Cilia-of-Gold" by Stephen Baxter; "A Dry, Quiet War" by Tony Daniel; "Escape Route" by Peter F. Hamilton.