A Treasury of Science Fiction

There is really only one word for this collection: Pulptastic. Sure, it's full of classic authors, but these are classic *pulp* authors. Which is not to say the stories aren't fun - for the most part they're fun as hell. As long as you don't mind cardboard characters, rather amusing ideas about what constitutes "science," and a strong post-war American patriotism. It's a fine collection of what it is, but what it is is stories that were old when this anthology was published, nearly fifty years ago.

Collected here are several stories from the great names of Science Fiction.

Featuring works by classics, such as Clarke, del Ray, and Poul Anderson, this collection is a must for fans of science fiction, or those interested in reading the original source material for existing and upcoming science fiction films.

Recommended for someone wishing to get a broad overview of Sci-Fi without having to read a lot of books.

An abridged paperback version including eight of its thirty stories was published by Berkley Books in July 1957 and reprinted in January 1958 and January 1965.

Arthur C. Clarke - Rescue Party
A.E. van Vogt - Juggernaut
Jack Williamson - With Folded Hands, Humanoids, variant of With Folded Hands ... 1947)
H.F. Heard - The Great Fog
Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, as by Lewis Padgett Mimsy - Were the Borogoves
Murray Leinster - The Ethical Equations
Robert A. Heinlein - It's Great to Be Back, variant of It's Great to Be Back!
Arthur C. Clarke - Loophole