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Great Tales of Science Fiction

by Robert Silverberg (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)

Other authors: Poul Anderson (Contributor), Isaac Asimov (Contributor), Harry Bates (Contributor), Gregory Benford (Contributor), Alfred Bester (Contributor)30 more, Miles J. Breuer (Contributor), Karel Capek (Contributor), Arthur C. Clarke (Contributor), Philip Jose Farmer (Contributor), H. L. Gold (Contributor), Julien Huxley (Contributor), Rudyard Kipling (Contributor), MIchael Kurland (Contributor), Ursula K Le Guin (Contributor), Fritz Leiber (Contributor), MUrray Leinster (Contributor), Barry N. Malzberg (Contributor), Julian May (Contributor), P. Schuyler Miller (Contributor), Peter Phillips (Contributor), Edgar Allen Poe (Contributor), Frank Lilly Pollack (Contributor), Joanna Russ (Contributor), Fred Saberhagen (Contributor), Robert Scheckley (Contributor), M. P. Shiel (Contributor), Clifford D. Simak (Contributor), Cordwainer Smith (Contributor), Theodore Sturgeon (Contributor), James Tiptree Jr (Contributor), Mark Twain (Contributor), Jules Verne (Contributor), Stanley G. Weinbaum (Contributor), H.G. Wells (Contributor), Jack Williamson (Contributor)

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Gathers thirty-seven stories by Verne, Wells, Williamson, Simak, Leinster, Asimov, Sheckley, Leiber, Anderson, Bester, Sturgeon, Saberhagen, Farmer, Clake, and Le Guin
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Note: stories from Poe, Verne, Twain, H. G. Wells, Pollack, Kipling, Shiel, Capek, J. Huxley, Williamson, Breuer, Bates, Weinbaum, P. S. Miller, Simak, Leinster, Phillips, Asimov, and that's not even the half of it.
  mkelly | Dec 30, 2019 |
Contents:

Mellonta Tauta - Edgar Allan Poe
In the Year 2889 - Jules Verne
Sold to Satan - Mark Twain
The New Accelerator - H.G. Wells
Finis - Frank Lillie Pollack
As Easy as A.B.C. - Rudyard Kipling
Dark Lot of One Saul - M.P. Shiel
R.U.R. - Karel Capek
The Tissue-Culture King - Julian Huxley
The Metal Man - Jack Williamson
The Gostak and the Doshes - Miles J. Breuer
Alas, All Thinking - Harry Bates
The Mad Moon - Stanley G. Weinbaum
As Never Was - P. Schuyler Miller
Desertion - Clifford D. Simak
The Strange Case of John Kingman - Murray Leinster
Misbegotten Missionary - Isaac Asimov
Dune Roller - Julian May
Warm - Robert Sheckley
A Bad Day for Sales - Fritz Leiber
Man of Parts - H.L. Gold
The Man Who Came Early - Poul Anderson
The Burning of the Brain - Cordwainer Smith
The Men Who Murdered Mohammed - Alfred Bester
The Man Who Lost The Sea - Theodore Sturgeon
Goodlife - Fred Saberhagen
The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World - Philip Jose Farmer
Gehenna - Barry N. Malzberg
A Meeting With Medusa - Arthur C. Clarke
Painwise - James Tiptree Jr.
Nobody's Home - Joanna Russ
Think Only This of Me - Michael Kurland
Capricorn Games - Robert Silverberg
The Author of the Acacia Seeds and Other Extracts From the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics - Ursula K. Le Guin
Doing Lennon - Gregory Benford
  bookishbat | Sep 25, 2013 |
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Silverberg, RobertEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greenberg, Martin H.Editormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Anderson, PoulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Asimov, IsaacContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bates, HarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Benford, GregoryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bester, AlfredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Breuer, Miles J.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Capek, KarelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clarke, Arthur C.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Farmer, Philip JoseContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gold, H. L.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Huxley, JulienContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kipling, RudyardContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kurland, MIchaelContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Le Guin, Ursula KContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leiber, FritzContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leinster, MUrrayContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Malzberg, Barry N.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
May, JulianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Miller, P. SchuylerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Phillips, PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Poe, Edgar AllenContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Pollack, Frank LillyContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Russ, JoannaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Saberhagen, FredContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Scheckley, RobertContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Shiel, M. P.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Simak, Clifford D.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Smith, CordwainerContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sturgeon, TheodoreContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tiptree Jr, JamesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Twain, MarkContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Verne, JulesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Weinbaum, Stanley G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wells, H.G.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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