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“Not for years has there appeared a collection of stories so remarkable, so profoundly enjoyable, so full of that marvelous ‘remember when’ quality, and, for the absolute beginner, so rewarding and informative a reading experience.”
—Theodore Sturgeon, National Review
About the Author
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 submitting stories to science fiction magazines when he was just 13. His first published story, entitled “Gorgon Planet,” appeared in 1954 when he was a sophomore at Columbia University. 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 has been nominated for both awards more times that any other writer. In 2004, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him their Grand Master award for career achievement, making him the only SF writer to win a major award in each of six consecutive decades. You can sign up for author updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Introduction: Robert Silverberg
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
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Praise for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in the stories in this collection are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.
THE SCIENCE FICTION HALL OF FAME, VOLUME ONE, 1929–1964
Copyright © 1970, 1998 by Science Fiction Writers of America
Edited by Robert Silverberg
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The science fiction hall of fame / edited by Robert Silverberg.
p. cm.
“The greatest science fiction stories of all time chosen by the members of the Science
Fiction Writers of America.”
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
Contents: v. 1. 1929–1964
eISBN 978-1-250-30362-2
EAN 978-0765-30537-4
1. Science fiction, American. 2. Science fiction, English.
I. Silverberg, Robert.
II. Science Fiction Writers of America.
PS648.S3S274 2003 2002040945
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