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Isaac Asimov Presents: Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939
Isaac Asimov Presents Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939 Author:Isaac Asimov (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) This incomparable reprint collects 20 tales from science fiction's golden age, including pieces by now-legendary authors such as Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, and Lester Del Ray. — Among the subjects of these enthralling stories are post-modern marvels such as space exploration, microminiaturization, and nuclear p... more »ower! (P.S. One of the stories, Eando Binder's "I, Robot" should be read for historical interest as well as entertainment: It was published, editor Asimov modestly notes, several months before his own history-making robot stories.)
Contents:
Introduction (Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939) (1979) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg [variant of Introduction (The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)] [as by Martin Harry Greenberg]
I, Robot [Adam Link] (1966) / short story by Otto Binder (variant of "I, Robot" 1939) [as by Eando Binder]
The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton (1939) / short story by Robert Bloch
Trouble with Water (1939) / short story by H. L. Gold
Cloak of Aesir [Sarn] (1939) / novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart]
The Day Is Done (1939) / short story by Lester del Rey
The Ultimate Catalyst (1939) / novelette by John Taine
The Gnarly Man (1939) / novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
Black Destroyer [Space Beagle] (1939) / novelette by A. E. van Vogt
Greater Than Gods (1939) / novelette by C. L. Moore
Trends (1939) / short story by Isaac Asimov
The Blue Giraffe (1939) / novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
The Misguided Halo (1939) / short story by Henry Kuttner
Heavy Planet (1939) / short story by Milton A. Rothman
Life-Line [Future History] (1939) / short story by Robert A. Heinlein
Ether Breather [Ether Breather] (1939) / short story by Theodore Sturgeon
Pilgrimage [Meg • 4] (1939) / novelette by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
Rust (1939) / short story by Joseph E. Kelleam
The Four-Sided Triangle (1939) / novelette by William F. Temple (variant of The 4-Sided Triangle)
Star Bright (1939) / novelette by Jack Williamson
Misfit [Future History] (1939) / novelette by Robert A. Heinlein