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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America by Robert Silverberg (Editor)
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- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Pub. Date: February 2005
- ISBN-13: 9780765305374
- Sales Rank: 24,866
- 576pp
- Edition Description: Reprint
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The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 and 1964
The book you now hold contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for The Science Fiction of Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.
Robert Heinlein in "The Roads Must Roll" describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. "Country of the Kind," by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. "Nightfall," by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, imagines a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology.
Originally published in 1970 to honor those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I, was the book that introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction. Too long unavailable, this new edition will treasured by science fiction fans everywhere.
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume I, contains stories by the great masters of the form, including the following authors:
Isaac Asimov Alfred Bester Jerome Bixby James Blish Anthony Boucher Ray Bradbury FredricBrown John W. Campbell, Jr.
Arthur C. Clarke Lester del Rey Tom Godwin Robert A. Heinlein Daniel Keyes Damon Knight C. M. Kornbluth Fritz Leiber Murray Leinster Richard Matheson Judith Merril Lewis Padgett Clifford D. Simak Cordwainer Smith Theodore Sturgeon A. E. van Vogt Stanley G. Weinbaum Roger Zelazny
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964, edited by Robert Silverberg, features 26 stories selected as the best of their era by members of the SFWA. It's an all-star roster, including such greats as Stanley G. Weinbaum, John W. Campbell, Fritz Leiber, Richard Matheson, Arthur C. Clarke and Roger Zelazny. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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Robert Silverberg has written more than 160 science fiction novels and nonfiction books. In his spare time he has edited over 60 anthologies. He began his writing career unsuccessfully at the age of 13, when he submitted stories to science fiction magazines and was rejected. He published his first story, entitled "Gorgon Planet," in 1954 while just a sophomore at Columbia University; but in 1956, he won his first Hugo Award, for Most Promising New Author, and he hasn't stopped writing since. Among his standouts: the bestselling Lord Valentine trilogy, set on the planet of Majipoor, and the timeless classics Dying Inside and A Time of Changes. Silverberg has won the prestigious Nebula Award an astonishing five times, and Hugo Awards on four separate occasions. He holds the additional honor of winning these honors in five decades, and he has been nominated for both awards more times that any other writer.
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The BEST anthology ever made!
Erik, a science fiction fan, 06/04/2008
This anthology of stories is the Bible of science fiction. If you´re a science fiction fan you might not lose the oportunity to read this marvelous book. All its stories leaves you thinking about how can be the future: A MARTIAN ODSSEY, are there other life forms on Mars? ARENA, will the race fate be decided by a war that will finish in a 1-1 fight? THE LITTLE BLACK BAG, how much medicine will evolve to treat diseases and accidents? MIMSY WERE THE BOROGOVES, can we modify the future sending objects to the past? COMMING ATTRACTION, will a nuclear war devast our planet transforming it in a radioactive hell?
Also recommended: Robot Dreams (Isaac Asimov), The Golden Apples of the Sun (Ray Bradbury), Paint by magic (Kathryn Reiss)
Classic stories set the bar high for sci-fi
Harry Mason
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, an English/Philosophy student, 04/29/2006
From Heinlein to Sturgeon to Asimov, this collection of short stories includes fiction that is far more applicable to contemporary issues than one might first suspect. Including twenty-six tales in all, the topics include religion, politics, technology's effect on the human race, aliens, time travel, and the lot. The book starts with stories written at the beginning of the Great Depression and span, in publication, all the way until around the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The stories all provoke thought in morality, so-called 'progress,' and the nature of humanity in general. My favorite was the slightly altered(from the Martian Chronicles), standalone version of Bradbury's classic, 'Mars is Heaven!' where spacemen journey to Mars only to find all their dead relatives living in a town together. The intelligent Martians have a few tricks up their sleeves and this collection of stories does not disappoint. Whether you'd like an introduction to science fiction or you want to have all your favorites together in one book, I highly recommend this volume.
Also recommended: Interview with the Vampire, The Illustrated Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Ender's Game, The Elegant Universe
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