The Fantasy Hall of Fame (1998)

by Robert Silverberg (Editor)

Other authors: Poul Anderson (Contributor), J. G. Ballard (Contributor), Peter S. Beagle (Contributor), Terry Bisson (Contributor), James Blish (Contributor) — 24 more, Robert Bloch (Contributor), Jorge Luis Borges (Contributor), Anthony Boucher (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), Ted Chiang (Contributor), Avram Davidson (Contributor), L. Sprague de Camp (Contributor), Philip K. Dick (Contributor), Harlan Ellison (Contributor), H. L. Gold (Contributor), Robert A. Heinlein (Contributor), Shirley Jackson (Contributor), R. A. Lafferty (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Tanith Lee (Contributor), Fritz Leiber (Contributor), C. L. Moore (Contributor), Lucius Shepard (Contributor), Clifford D. Simak (Contributor), Margaret St. Clair (Contributor), Theodore Sturgeon (Contributor), Jack Vance (Contributor), Gene Wolfe (Contributor), Roger Zelazny (Contributor)

Series: SFWA Hall of Fame volumes (5)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Silverberg, Robert	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Poul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ballard, J. G.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beagle, Peter S.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bisson, Terry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blish, James	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bloch, Robert	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Borges, Jorge Luis	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Boucher, Anthony	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradbury, Ray	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chiang, Ted	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davidson, Avram	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
de Camp, L. Sprague	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dick, Philip K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ellison, Harlan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gold, H. L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Heinlein, Robert A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Shirley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lafferty, R. A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Le Guin, Ursula K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Tanith	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Leiber, Fritz	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Moore, C. L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shepard, Lucius	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Simak, Clifford D.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
St. Clair, Margaret	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sturgeon, Theodore	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vance, Jack	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Wolfe, Gene	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Zelazny, Roger	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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SFWA Hall of Fame volumes (5)

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Goldmann SF (23395)

Contains

Narrow Valley [short fiction] by R. A. Lafferty

Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight [short fiction] by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Small Assassin [short story] by Ray Bradbury

Trouble With Water [short story] by Horace L. Gold

Nothing in the Rules by L. Sprague de Camp

Frucht der Erkenntnis [Kurzgeschichte] by C. L. Moore

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Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius [short story] by Jorge Luis Borges

The Compleat Werewolf [Short story] by Anthony Boucher

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Our Fair City [Short Story] by Robert A. Heinlein

There Shall Be No Darkness by James Blish

Liane the Wayfarer by Jack Vance

The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles by Margaret St. Clair

The Silken-Swift by Theodore Sturgeon

The Golem [short story] by Avram Davidson

That Hell-bound Train [short story] by Robert Bloch

Bazaar of the Bizarre [short story] by Fritz Leiber

Come Lady Death by Peter S. Beagle

The Drowned Giant [short fiction] by J. G. Ballard

Faith of Our Fathers [short fiction] by Philip K. Dick

The Demoness by Tanith Lee

Jeffty Is Five [short fiction] by Harlan Ellison

The Detective of Dreams by Gene Wolfe

Unicorn Variation by Roger Zelazny

Basileus by Robert Silverberg

The Jaguar Hunter [short story] by Lucius Shepard

Bears Discover Fire [short fiction] by Terry Bisson

Tower of Babylon {novelette} by Ted Chiang

Operation Afreet by Poul Anderson

The Ghost of a Model T {short story} by Clifford D. Simak

Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes [short fiction] by Harlan Ellison

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

O Ugly Bird! [short story] by Manly Wade Wellman

The Words of Guru [short fiction] by C. M. Kornbluth

A Gnome There Was [short fiction] by Henry Kuttner

Snulbug [Short story] by Anthony Boucher

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Canonical title

The Fantasy Hall of Fame

Original title

The Fantasy Hall of Fame

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Original publication date

1998

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The phenomenon of the science fiction convention – a gathering of readers and writers for the mutual exchange of ideas and general social amusement – goes back nearly fifty years. (Introduction)

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Disambiguation notice

There are two books with the title "The Fantasy Hall of Fame". Do not combine the two together.

One is from 1983, one is from 1998. The latter volume is associated with SFWA.

The 1983 one is edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Robert Silverberg, and the 1998 one is edited by Robert Silverberg alone.

The later 1998 SFWA book has ISBN 0061052159 and 1568658583 for the hardcover.

The earlier 1983 book has been reprinted as "The Mammoth Book Of Fantasy All-Time Greats" (ISBN 0948164719) and "Great Fantasy" (ISBN 1845291069) and the original ISBNs are 0877955212 and 0517451263.

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Delany, Samuel R.

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