The Science Fiction Roll of Honor

A selection of short fiction and non-fiction by Guests of Honour from World Science Fiction Conventions — GoHs from Worldcons, in fanspeak:

Introduction 1975 essay by Frederik Pohl

Kings Who Die 1962 novelette by Poul Anderson

The Last Question 1956 story by Isaac Asimov

How Beautiful with Banners 1966 story by James Blish

Daybroke 1958 story by Robert Bloch

Who Goes There? 1938 novella by John W. Campbell Jr

Dog Star 1962 story by Arthur C. Clarke

The Monster 1951 story by Lester del Rey

Dust 1939 story by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach

The Prophets of Doom 1975 essay by Hugo Gernsback

The Long Watch 1948 story by Robert A. Heinlein

Sanity 1944 story by Fritz Leiber

The Meaning of the Word "Impossible" 1967 essay by Willy Ley

SF, the Spirit of Youth 1939 essay by Frank R. Paul

From The Skylark of Space 1928 short fiction by Edward E. Smith

The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast 1949 story by Theodore Sturgeon

Abdication/Artur Blord 1943 novelette by A.E. van Vogt & E. Mayne Hull

• Author
• Frederik Pohl, Robert Bloch, John W. Campbell Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo Gernsback, Lester del Rey, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Willy Ley, Frank R. Paul, Theodore Sturgeon, Poul Anderson, A.E. van Vogt, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, E.E. "Doc" Smith, E. Mayne Hull, John Sposato

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 264

• Publisher
• Random House, Inc. (NYC)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780394486772

• Release date
• 1975