Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction

by Isaac Asimov

Book Overview

Ten of the finest short science fiction novels of the 1940s are collected in this outsized volume. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883657724
• ISBN13: 9780883657720
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: BBS Publishing Corporation
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Not Free SF Reader

The pommie version of this was apparently called the Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction, from Robinson. A book of short novels, or novellas, whichever you prefer, from the forties. Giant Book of Golden Age SF : Time Wants a Skeleton - Ross Rocklynne Giant Book of Golden Age SF : The Weapons Shop - A. E. Van Vogt Giant Book of Golden Age SF : Nerves - Lester del Rey Giant Book of Golden Age SF : Daymare - Fredric Brown Giant Book of Golden Age SF : Killdozer! - Theodore Sturgeon Giant Book of Golden Age SF : No Woman Born - C. L. Moore Giant Book of Golden Age SF : The Big and the Little - Isaac Asimov Giant Book of Golden Age SF : Giant Killer - A. Bertram Chandler Giant Book of Golden Age SF : E for Effort - T. L. Sherred Giant Book of Golden Age SF : With Folded Hands - Jack Williamson Skull ring graviton past xmas present. 3 out of 5 An incontrovertible supply of bang and zap is important. 3.5 out of 5 Atomic accident surgery improvisation. 3.5 out of 5 Night whisper wheel takeover takedown. 3.5 out of 5 Neutronium activated lethal load. 3 out of 5 High performance machine act. 4 out of 5 Trading atomic religion in. 3 out of 5 Rat race ship slaughter. 4 out of 5 Historical record breakthough chaos. 4 out of 5 Robot home help useless. 2.5 out of 5 3.5 out of 5

Decent Anthology

This book, which covers SF of the decade of the 1940's, is actually one volume of a series of books on "classic" sci-fi.The short novels in this book are fair; the volume contains some of the more popular tales (seen in SF anthologies everywhere), and some stories that don't get printed as often.Interesting note: The Introduction (penned by Isaac Asimov) refers to the work (sci-fi) of the 1940's as "The Age of John W. Campbell", whose work is notably absent from the volume.The short novels are:"Time Wants a Skeleton", Ross Rocklynne; "The Weapons Shop", A.E. van Vogt; "Nerves", Lester del Rey; "Daymare", Frederic Brown; "Killdozer!", Theodore Sturgeon; "No Woman Born", C.L. Moore; "The Big and the Little", Isaac Asimov; "Giant Killer", A. Bertram Chandler; "E for Effort", T.L. Sherred; "With Folded Hands", Jack Williamson