Packed with a wealth of talent that includes authors such as Paul Cornell, Cory Doctorow, Paul McAuley and Ian McDonald, Fast Forward 2 offers a brilliant ‘snapshot’ of current SF, carefully selected to reflect the huge scope the genre now encompasses. For anyone wanting the means to dip into modern SF without tackling an entire novel this is it, serving also to enable sampling of authors who really can be described as at the cutting edge.

While the title may be one of the dullest ever for a guide to some of the best science fiction TV series produced in recent years, would-be readers sould not be put off, because Science Fiction Television Series 1990-2004 is actually a fascinating book.