The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

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Item: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964
Rating: 5

by Robert Silverberg, A.E. van Vogt, Alfred Bester, Anthony Boucher, Arthur C. Clarke, C.M. Kornbluth, Clifford D. Simak, Cordwainer Smith, Damon Knight, Daniel Keyes, Don A. Stuart, Fredric Brown, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Jerome Bixby, John W. Campbell Jr., Judith Merril, Lester del Rey, Lewis Padgett, Murray Leinster, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Robert A. Heinlein, Roger Zelazny, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Theodore Sturgeon, Tom Godwin

Starting in 1966, the Science Fiction Writers of America began presenting annual Nebula Awards for the best novels and short stories. A few years later, they decided to go back and do a retrospective on the best stories published before ‘66. This is that collection, and it is damn good. All the greats are represented (Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke… Zelazny), along with stories and authors that have been mostly forgotten. The quality is universally high, and while some of the stories are dated—particularly the gender politics—you can watch the evolution of the genre in terms of theme, literary merit, and intellectual complexity from year to year. This is one of my new favorite anthologies, and I’ve read a lot of Golden Age scifi.

Published	2005 · Orb Books
Pages	560
ISBN	9780765305374
Date Finished	March 28, 2013
Read	2013
Reviewed	March 28, 2013

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964

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