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Masterpieces – The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century – edited by Orson Scott Card

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"Masterpieces - The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century" edited by Orson Scott Card.

“Masterpieces – The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century” edited by Orson Scott Card.


Title: Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century
Author(s): Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Terry Bisson, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, C.J. Cherryh, Arthur C. Clarke, John Crowley, George Alec Effinger, Harlan Ellison, Karen Joy Fowler, William Gibson, Lisa Goldstein, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, R.A. Lafferty, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove
Editor(s): Orson Scott Card
Cover Artist: Pyrographx
Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: March 2004
ISBN-10: 0441011330
ISBN-13: 9780441011339
Contents:
   “Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson
   “‘All You Zombies—'” by Robert A. Heinlein
   “Tunesmith” by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
   “A Saucer of Loneliness” by Theodore Sturgeon
   “Robot Dreams” by Isaac Asimov
   “Devolution” by Edmond Hamilton
   “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “A Work of Art” by James Blish
   “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” by Ray Bradbury
   “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison
   “Eurema’s Dam” by R.A. Lafferty
   “Passengers” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Tunnel Under the World” by Frederik Pohl
   “Who Can Replace a Man?” by Brian W. Aldiss
   “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
   “Inconstant Moon” by Larry Niven
   “Sandkings” by George R.R. Martin
   “The Road Not Taken” by Harry Turtledove
   “Dogfight” by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
   “Face Value” by Karen Joy Fowler
   “Pots” by C.J. Cherryh
   “Snow” by John Crowley
   “Rat” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
   “A Clean Escape” by John Kessel
   “Tourists” by Lisa Goldstein
   “One” by George Alec Effinger

Masters of Fantasy – edited by Terry Carr and Martin H. Greenberg

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Title: Masters of Fantasy
Author(s): Michael Bishop, James Blish, Robert Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, John Collier, Avram Davidson, Thomas M. Disch, Harlan Ellison, Philip José Farmer, H.L. Gold, Robert A. Heinlein, Zenna Henderson, Shirley Jackson, C.M. Kornbluth, Henry Kuttner, R.A. Lafferty, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, C.L. Moore, Keith Roberts, Joanna Russ, Eric Frank Russell, Clark Ashton Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Vance, Manly Wade Wellman, Donald A. Wollheim, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: Henri Rousseau
Language: English
Publisher: Galahad Books
Published: August 1992
ISBN-10: 0883657864
ISBN-13: 9780883657867
Notes: Martin H. Greenberg is listed as “Martin Harry Greenberg” on the cover and inside the book.
Contents:
   “The Rats in the Walls” by H.P. Lovecraft
   “The Woman of the Wood” by A. Merritt
   “Trouble with Water” by H.L. Gold
   “Thirteen O’Clock” by C.M. Kornbluth
   “The Coming of the White Worm” by Clark Ashton Smith
   “Yesterday Was Monday” by Theodore Sturgeon
   “They Bite” by Anthony Boucher
   “Call Him Demon” by Henry Kuttner
   “Daemon” by C.L. Moore
   “The Black Ferris” by Ray Bradbury
   “Displaced Person” by Eric Frank Russell
   “Our Fair City” by Robert A. Heinlein
   “Come and Go Mad” by Fredric Brown
   “There Shall Be No Darkness” by James Blish
   “The Loom of Darkness” by Jack Vance
   “The Rag Thing” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “Sail On! Sail On!” by Philip José Farmer
   “One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts” by Shirley Jackson
   “That Hell-Bound Train” by Robert Bloch
   “Nine Yards of Other Cloth” by Manly Wade Wellman
   “The Montavarde Camera” by Avram Davidson
   “Man Overboard” by John Collier
   “My Dear Emily” by Joanna Russ
   “Descending” by Thomas M. Disch
   “Four Ghosts in Hamlet” by Fritz Leiber
   “Divine Madness” by Roger Zelazny
   “Narrow Valley” by R.A. Lafferty
   “Timothy” by Keith Roberts
   “Through a Glass—Darkly” by Zenna Henderson
   “Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison
   “Within the Walls of Tyre” by Michael Bishop

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two B – edited by Ben Bova

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Title: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Two B
Series: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Theodore R. Cogswell, E.M. Forster, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, T.L. Sherred, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, Jack Vance
Editor(s): Ben Bova
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Frank Kelly Freas
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: January 1973
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Contents:
   “The Martian Way” by Isaac Asimov
   “Earthman, Come Home” (Earthman) by James Blish
   “Rogue Moon” by Algis Budrys
   “The Spectre General” by Theodore R. Cogswell
   “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster
   “The Midas Plague” by Frederik Pohl
   “The Witches of Karres” (Karres) by James H. Schmitz
   “E for Effort” by T.L. Sherred
   “In Hiding” (Children of the Atom) by Wilmar H. Shiras
   “The Big Front Yard” by Clifford D. Simak
   “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance

Alchemy & Academe edited by Anne McCaffrey

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"Alchemy & Academe" edited by Anne McCaffrey.

“Alchemy & Academe” edited by Anne McCaffrey.


Title: Alchemy & Academe
Author: James Blish, L. Sprague de Camp, Daphne Castell, William Johnston Cory, Betsy Curtis, Avram Davidson, Samuel R. Delany, Sonya Dorman, Carol Emshwiller, Joe Hensley, Virginia Kidd, R.A. Lafferty, Keith Laumer, Anne McCaffrey, Joanna Russ, Josephine Saxton, Robert Silverberg, Norman Spinrad, Peter Tate, David Telfair, John Updike, Gene Wolfe
Cover Artist: Rowena Morrill
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: November 1970
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: August 1990
ISBN-10: 0345344197
ISBN-13: 9780345344199

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One – edited by Robert Silverberg

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Title: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One
Series: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Frederic Brown, John W. Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, Lester del Rey, Tom Godwin, Robert A. Heinlein, Daniel Keyes, Damon Knight, C.M. Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Murray Leinster, Richard Matheson, Judith Merril, Lewis Padgett, Clifford D. Simak, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, A.E. van Vogt, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Robert Silverberg
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Hannes Bok
Language: English
Original Publisher: Avon Books
Originally Published: 1970
Publisher: Easton Press
Published: 2001
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Contents:
   “A Martian Odyssey” (Tweel) by Stanley G. Weinbaum
   “Twilight” (Twilight) by John W. Campbell
   “Helen O’Loy” by Lester del Rey
   “The Roads Must Roll” (Future History) by Robert A. Heinlein
   “Microcosmic God” by Theodore Sturgeon
   “Nightfall” by Isaac Asimov
   “The Weapon Shop” (Weapon Shops of Isher) by A.E. van Vogt
   “Mimsy Were the Borogroves” by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore)
   “Huddling Place” (City) by Clifford D. Simak
   “Arena” by Frederic Brown
   “First Contact” by Murray Leinster
   “That Only a Mother” by Judith Merril
   “Scanners Live in Vain” (Instrumentality of Mankind) by Cordwainer Smith
   “Mars Is Heaven!” (Martian Chronicles) by Ray Bradbury
   “The Little Black Bag” by C.M. Kornbluth
   “Born of Man and Woman” by Richard Matheson
   “Coming Attraction” by Fritz Leiber
   “The Quest for Saint Aquin” by Anthony Boucher
   “Surface Tension” (Pantropy) by James Blish
   “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby
   “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin
   “Fondly Fahrenheit” by Alfred Bester
   “The Country of the Kind” by Damon Knight
   “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes
   “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny