Draft:The Big Book of Science Fiction

The Big Book of Science Fiction
Editor	Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher	Vintage Books
Publication date	July 12, 2016
Pages	1216
ISBN	9781101910092

Submission declined on 10 April 2026 by RangersRus (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the book meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for books. The draft requires either:

evidence that the subject meets any of the specific criteria for books

or multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the book in detail, not just brief mentions or routine announcements;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the book, such as press releases, the author or publisher's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted.
If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors.
Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Declined by RangersRus 2 months ago. Last edited by RangersRus 2 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

Resubmit

Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection is a 2016 anthology edited by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer and published by Vintage Books.^[1] It contains numerous stories curated to show the diversity of science fiction across the 20th Century, including some of the earliest stories that could be considered "science fiction", such as "The Star" (1897) by H.G. Wells and "Sultana's Dream" (1905) by Rokheya Shekhawat Hossain.^[2]

References

↑ VanderMeer, Ann; VanderMeer, Jeff, eds. (2016). The big book of science fiction: the ultimate collection. New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Vintage Books. ISBN 978-1-101-91009-2.
↑ "The Big Book of Science Fiction. edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer. 2016". Science Fiction Short Story Reviews. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2026-04-10.

[1] VanderMeer, Ann; VanderMeer, Jeff, eds. (2016). The big book of science fiction: the ultimate collection. New York: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, Vintage Books. ISBN 978-1-101-91009-2.

[2] "The Big Book of Science Fiction. edited by Ann and Jeff Vandermeer. 2016". Science Fiction Short Story Reviews. 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2026-04-10.

[1]

[2]