Wondrous Beginnings Author:Steven H. Silver (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) The stories that launched the careers... — Every great writer has to begin somewhere. Here, in one star-studded volume, are the debut stories from some of science fiction's best and brightest-with insightful new introductions by the authors themselves. — These are stories that launched the careers of Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Anne McCaff... more »rey, Orson Scott Card, L. Sprague de Camp, George R.R. Martin, Murray Leinster, Hal Clement, and other stellar talents.
Contents, 17 stories:
* Murray Leinster, "The Runaway Skyscraper" 1919;
* L. Sprague de Camp, "The Isolinguals", 1931
* Anne McCaffrey, "Freedom of the Race", 1953
* Hal Clement, "Proof", 1942
* Arthur C. Clarke, "Loophole", 1946
* Gene Wolfe, "The Dead Man", 1965
* Barry N. Malzberg, "We're Coming Through the Windows", 1967