Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1

First edition cover
Author Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
Cover artist Jack Gaughan
Country United States
Language English
Series Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories
Genre Science fiction anthology
Publisher DAW Books
Publication date
 March 1979
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Followed by Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) is an American collection of short stories, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg.[1] It attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 36 Stories and Novellas with the second half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940).

This volume was originally published by DAW books in March 1979.

Contents

Reception

Writing for Strange Horizons in 2010, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro described the series as essential read for modern SF fans, stating that "if we wish to fully understand today's work, we need to be at least somewhat familiar with its ancestry." He goes on to review the various stories individually, discussing how they have aged and their value to the modern reader.[2] AsimovReviews.net describes this volume as "an excellent volume in an excellent series." [3]

References

  1. ↑ The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 1, 1939 at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ↑ Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 1 at Strange Horizons.
  3. ↑ Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 1, 1939 at AsimovReviews.net
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