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At end of title on cover: 1976-1979. Contains 13 stories.Tags
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Although the stories are wildly uneven, the high notes are just so high that it pushes this anthology into the 5 stars area.
Highlights include "SandKings" by George RR Martin which is an incredibly suspenseful SF Horror tale, "The Pusher" by John Varley that examines the effects of space travel time dilation on the human psyche, and "Enemy Mine" which effectively explores the interaction between alien species.
Highlights include "SandKings" by George RR Martin which is an incredibly suspenseful SF Horror tale, "The Pusher" by John Varley that examines the effects of space travel time dilation on the human psyche, and "Enemy Mine" which effectively explores the interaction between alien species.
Enemy Mine
Sond Kings
the way of Cross & Dragon (1980)
Lost Dorsi
Clock & the Stuff
Grotto of the Dancing Deer
Saturn Game
Unicorn Veriation
Pusher (1982)
Sond Kings
the way of Cross & Dragon (1980)
Lost Dorsi
Clock & the Stuff
Grotto of the Dancing Deer
Saturn Game
Unicorn Veriation
Pusher (1982)
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Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at show more the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Hugo Winners, Volume 5 (1980-1982) (1980-1982)
- Original title
- The Hugo Winners, Volume Five
- Original publication date
- 1986
- Dedication
- Dedicated to:
Martin Harry Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, the most conscientious, the least troublesome, and the best collaborators anyone could possibly have. - First words
- In the fourth volume of these Hugo Winners volumes, I finally managed to place one of my own stories.
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- Fiction and Literature, Science Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.0876 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction
- LCC
- PZ1 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction in English
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- English, Spanish
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- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 3
