Science fiction was born in Britain - and in the nineteen-seventies British SF offers the very best and most imaginative in modern writing.Now Mike Ashley has compiled, in two volumes, a mammoth collection of classic stories presenting the history of British science fiction from H.G. Wells to Michael Moorcock.Volume One starts with the birth - with H.G. Wells - and takes the story as far as the beginnings of the 'new wave' with Brian Aldiss's extraordinary 'Old Hundredth'. Other authors include some of the great names of SF - John Wyndham, Eric Frank Russell, Arthur C. Clarke, John Brunner - and a few surprises.The Best of British SF 2