The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One 1929-1964: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction

nThe definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929-1964. This book contains twenty-six of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be. The authors chosen for The Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans. Robert Heinlein in The Roads Must Roll describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. Country of the Kind, by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, is the story of a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology. Originally published in 1970 to honor those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume One, was the book that introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction. Too long unavailable, this new edition will treasured by all science fiction fans everywhere. The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Volume One, includes the following stories: Introduction by Robert Silverberg nA Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum nTwilight by John W. Campbell nHelen O'Loy by Lester del Rey nThe Roads Must Roll by Robert A. Heinlein nMicrocosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon nNightfall by Isaac Asimov nThe Weapon Shop by A. E. van Vogt nMimsy Were the Borogoves by Lewis Padgett nHuddling Place by Clifford D. Simak nArena by Frederic Brown nFirst Contact by Murray Leinster nThat Only a Mother by Judith Merril nScanners Live in Vain by Cordwainer Smith nMars is Heaven by Ray Bradbury nThe Little Black Bag by C. M. Kornbluth nBorn of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson nComing Attraction by Fritz Leiber nThe Quest for Saint Aquin by Anthony Boucher nSurface Tension by James Blish nThe Nine Billion Names of God by Arthur C. Clarke nIt's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby nThe Cold Equations by Tom Godwin nFondly Fahrenheit by Alfred Bester nThe Country of the Kind, Damon Knight nFlowers for