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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 813.0876208 EAN: 9780765305329 ISBN: 0765305321 Label: Tor Books Manufacturer: Tor Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 544 Publication Date: April 29, 2008 Publisher: Tor Books Release Date: April 29, 2008 Studio: Tor Books Editorial Review: Product Description: This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country. This volume contains novellas by: Ray Bradbury, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Theodore Cogswell, E. M. Forster, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, T. L. Sherred, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, and Jack Vance. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Classic Science FictionJust to clarify for anyone who may not know, this book and the others in the series are REPRINTS. Not just story reprints but the book in it's entirity is a reprint. This is not meant as a knock against this fine collection of science fiction, but just to give you more buying choices and possibly save buying a book you already have. Nice new cover! Rating:  - Excellent compilation - all storiesThe follow up to Volume Two A, which also like this anthology, contains eleven novellas published from 1929 to 1964, is a strong selection; however in fact Volume Two B is a boomer era collection containing one tale from 1928 (close enough for government and sci fi collections), three from the forties, five from the fifties, and two from the sixties. The authors for the most part remain famous, a virtual who's who to include Asimov, Blish, Budrys, Cogswell, Forster, Pohl, Schmitz, Sherrod, Shiras, ... Read More |
