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The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 and 1964.This book 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 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, is the story of 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, Vol. 1, 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 all science fiction fans everywhere.This collection also includes an introduction by Robert Silverberg and stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, John W. Campbell, Lester del Rey, Theodore Sturgeon, Lewis Padgett, Clifford D. Simak, Fredric Brown, Murray Leinster, Judith Merril, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, C. M. Kornbluth, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Tom Godwin, Alfred Bester, Daniel Keyes, and Roger Zelazn… (more)
From the first volume of 15 stories: Most of these stories are now over 80 years old. I find it amusing that the authors are imaginative with technology and other things, but tend to still have an old fashioned sexist view of family units and relationships.
Asimov's Nightfall I have read before and rate really highly. Likewise Heinlein's The Roads Must Roll Of the others, Leinster's First Contact, Sturgeon's Microcosmic God & Brown's Arena were probably my favourites.
So, I have now read the 2nd volume with the second set of 15. Between 75 - 60 years old. Generally enjoyed them more than the older 15 stories. Cordwainer Smith's Scanners live in Vain, Kornbluth's Little Black Bag, Blish's Surface Tension, Clarke's Nine Billion Names for God, Godwin's Cold Equations, Bester's Fondly Fahrenheit, Keyes' Flowers for Algenon, and Zelazny's Rose for Ecclesiates were all really ggod. ( )
this is somewhat of a mixed bag, and a few of these stories i've read before, but it's fascinating to read some of the stories i've never even heard of, especially those that are less-well-known inspirations for other, later stories, and those that are just emotionally intense. a few i actually detested, so there's that, too, but it's worth it for the rest. ( )
Don’t ask me to quote a thing from this or name a single story since I read it in the dark ages and just marked it as “liked” then in the pre-internet age. I kept a paper list in a wire wound notebook of every book I ever read going back to the late sixties, eons before the perfect place like goodreads existed, but I merely marked each one as liked or disliked (I’m not a detail guy generally). However I do recall not liking it as much as Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison which was then, and will forever be, a solid five stars, so hence the four stars. ( )
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 and 1964.This book 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 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, is the story of 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, Vol. 1, 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 all science fiction fans everywhere.This collection also includes an introduction by Robert Silverberg and stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, John W. Campbell, Lester del Rey, Theodore Sturgeon, Lewis Padgett, Clifford D. Simak, Fredric Brown, Murray Leinster, Judith Merril, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, C. M. Kornbluth, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Tom Godwin, Alfred Bester, Daniel Keyes, and Roger Zelazn
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26 Stories:
A Martian Odyssey - Stanley G. Weinbaum Twilight - John W. Campbell Helen O'Loy - Lester del Rey The Roads Must Roll - Robert A. Heinlein Microcosmic God - Theodore Sturgeon Nightfall - Isaac Asimov The Weapon Shop - A. E. van Vogt Mimsy Were the Borogoves - Lewis Padgett Huddling Place - Clifford D. Simak Arena - Fredric Brown First Contact - Murray Leinster That Only a Mother - Judith Merril Scanners Live in Vain - Cordwainer Smith Mars is Heaven - Ray Bradbury The Little Black Bag - C. M. Kornbluth Born of Man and Woman - Richard Matheson Coming Attraction - Fritz Leiber The Quest for Saint Aquin - Anthony Boucher Surface Tension - James Blish The Nine Billion Names of God - Arthur C. Clarke It's a Good Life - Jerome Bixby The Cold Equations - Tom Godwin Fondly Fahrenheit - Alfred Bester The Country of the Kind - Damon Knight Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes A Rose for Ecclesiastes - Roger Zelazny
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From the first volume of 15 stories:
Most of these stories are now over 80 years old.
I find it amusing that the authors are imaginative with technology and other things, but tend to still have an old fashioned sexist view of family units and relationships.
Asimov's Nightfall I have read before and rate really highly.
Likewise Heinlein's The Roads Must Roll
Of the others,
Leinster's First Contact, Sturgeon's Microcosmic God & Brown's Arena were probably my favourites.
So, I have now read the 2nd volume with the second set of 15.
Between 75 - 60 years old. Generally enjoyed them more than the older 15 stories.
Cordwainer Smith's Scanners live in Vain,
Kornbluth's Little Black Bag,
Blish's Surface Tension,
Clarke's Nine Billion Names for God,
Godwin's Cold Equations,
Bester's Fondly Fahrenheit,
Keyes' Flowers for Algenon, and
Zelazny's Rose for Ecclesiates
were all really ggod. (