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The Golden Age of Science Fiction

Concerning Science Fiction· John W. Campbell Jr

Introduction· Groff Conklin

Part One The Atom

Solution Unsatisfactory· Anson MacDonald· Astounding 5/41

The Great War Syndicate· Frank R. Stockton· Once a Week 12/1888; abridged

The Piper’s Son/Baldy· Lewis Padgett· Astounding 2/45

Deadline· Cleve Cartmill· Astounding 3/44

Lobby· Clifford D. Simak· Astounding 4/44

Blowups Happen· Robert Heinlein· Astounding 9/40

Atomic Power· Don A. Stuart· Astounding 12/34

Part Two The Wonders of Earth

Killdozer· Theodore Sturgeon· Astounding 11/44

Davey Jones’ Ambassador· Raymond Z. Gallun· Astounding 12/35

Giant in the Earth· Morrison Colladay· Wonder Stories 4/33

Goldfish Bowl· Anson MacDonald· Astounding 3/42

The Ivy War· David H. Keller· Amazing 5/30

Liquid Life· Ralph Milne Farley· Thrilling Wonder Stories 10/36

Part Three The Superscience of Man

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains· Edgar Allan Poe· Godey’s Lady’s Book 4/1844

The Great Keinplatz Experiment· Arthur Conan Doyle· Belgravia 7/1885

The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes· H.G. Wells· Pall Mall Budget 3/28/1895

The Tissue-Culture King· Julian Huxley· Yale Review 4/26

The Ultimate Catalyst· John Taine· Thrilling Wonder Stories 6/39

The Terrible Sense· Calvin Peregoy· Astounding 8/38

A Scientist Divides· Donald Wandrei· Astounding 9/34

Part Four Dangerous Inventions

Tricky Tonnage· Malcolm Jameson· Astounding 12/44

The Lanson Screen· Arthur Leo Zagat· Thrilling Wonder Stories 12/36

The Ultimate Metal· Nat Schachner· Astounding 2/35

The Machine Don A. Stuart· Astounding 2/35

Part Five Adventures in Dimension

Short-Circuited Probability· Norman L. Knight· Astounding 9/41

The Search· A.E. van Vogt· Astounding 1/43

The Upper Level Road· Warner van Lorne· Astounding 8/35

The 32nd of May· Paul Ernst· Astounding 4/35

The Monster from Nowhere· Nelson Bond· Fantastic Adventures 7/39; wrongly attributed to Donald Wandrei in 1st ed.

Part Six From Outer Space

First Contact· Murray Leinster· Astounding 5/45

Universe/Hugh Hoyland· Robert Heinlein· Astounding 5/41

Blind Alley· Isaac Asimov· Astounding 3/45

En Route to Pluto/Yahna· Wallace West· Astounding 8/36

The Retreat to Mars/Dr Hargraves· Cecil B. White· Amazing 8/27

The Man Who Saved the Earth· Austin Hall· All-Story Weekly 12/13/19

Spawn of the Stars· Charles W. Diffin· Astounding 2/30

The Flame Midget· Frank Belknap Long Jr· Astounding 12/36

Expedition· Anthony Boucher· Thrilling Wonder Stories 8/43

The Conquest of Gola· Leslie F. Stone· Wonder Stories 4/31

Jackdaw· Ross Rocklynne· Astounding 8/42

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 785
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780517334867
  • Genres
  • fiction, anthologies
  • Release date
  • 1988