Selected by a vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), these 26 reprints represent the best, most important, and most influential stories and authors in the field. The contributors are a Who's Who of classic SF, with every Golden Age giant included: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, John W. Campbell, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, and Roger Zelazny. Other contributors are less well known outside the core SF readership. Three of the contributors are famous for one story--but what stories!--Tom Godwin's pivotal hard-SF tale, "The Cold Equations"; Jerome Bixby's "It's a Good Life" (made only more infamous by the chilling Twilight Zone adaptation); and Daniel Keyes's "Flowers for Algernon" (brought to mainstream fame by the movie adaptation, Charly). The collection has some minor but frustrating flaws. There are no contributor biographies, which is bad enough when the author is a giant; but it's especially sad for contributors who have become unjustly obscure. Each story's original publication date is in small print at the bottom of the first page. And neither this fine print nor the copyright page identifies the magazines in which the stories first appeared. Prefaced by editor Robert Silverberg's introduction, which describes SFWA and details the selection process, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 is a wonderful book for the budding SF fan. Experienced SF readers should compare the table of contents to their library before making a purchase decision. Fans who contemplate giving this book to non-SF readers should bear in mind that, while several of the collected stories can measure up to classic mainstream literary stories, the less literarily-acceptable stories are weighted toward the front of the collection; adult mainstream-literature fans may not get very far into The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964. --Cynthia Ward· Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34 · Twilight [as by Don A. Stuart; Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ss Astounding Nov ’34 · Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Dec ’38 · The Roads Must Roll · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Jun ’40 · Microcosmic God · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Apr ’41 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep ’41 · The Weapon Shop [Isher] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Dec ’42 · Mimsy Were the Borogoves · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Feb ’43 · Huddling Place [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Jul ’44 · Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Jun ’44 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding May ’45 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Jun ’48 · Scanners Live in Vain · Cordwainer Smith · nv Fantasy Book #6 ’50 · Mars Is Heaven! · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll ’48 · The Little Black Bag · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Astounding Jul ’50 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi F&SF Sum ’50 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Nov ’50 · The Quest for Saint Aquin · Anthony Boucher · ss New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt, 1951; F&SF Jan ’59 · Surface Tension [Lavon] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Aug ’52 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug ’54 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv F&SF Aug ’54 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss F&SF Feb ’56 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr ’59 · A Rose for Ecclesiastes · Roger Zelazny · nv F&SF Nov ’63

    Lafferty, the highly acclaimed author of Past Masters and Fourth Mansions. His people are heroic, foolish, demonic or mischievous, but always unpredictable, and his stories soar with imagination even while they chuckle at themselves.Here at last are the finest of Lafferty's shorter works, stories about:A man who found one day that he knew everyone in the world.A race who kept their most ancient ancestors on shelves in the basements.A speeded-up world where a man could earn and lose a dozen fortunes a night.A friendly bearlike creature named Snuffles who said he was God....in all, twenty-one immensely enjoyable stories that will continue to delight you long after you've read them.

    Uniformity is the defining feature; there is only one language and all ethnic groups have been eugenically merged into one race called “The Family.” The world is ruled by a central computer called UniComp that has been programmed to keep every single human on the surface of the earth in check. People are continually drugged by means of regular injections so that they will remain satisfied and cooperative. They are told where to live, when to eat, whom to marry, when to reproduce. Even the basic facts of nature are subject to the UniComp’s will—men do not grow facial hair, women do not develop breasts, and it only rains at night.

    Includes the stories "Where I Live," "Harrison Bergeron," "Who Am I This Time?," "Welcome to the Monkey House," "Long Walk to Forever," "The Foster Portfolio," "Miss Temptation," "All the King's Horses," "Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog," "New Dictionary," "Next Door," "More Stately Mansions," "The Hyannis Port Story," and "D.P."

    Here is the inside story of a monumental achievement conceded even by its enemies to mark a turning point in the art of cinema."If 2001 has stirred your emotions, your subconscious, your mythological yearnings, then it has succeeded."--Stanley Kubrick

    Includes all four of the Skylark Series, Skylark of Space, Skylark Three, Skylark of Baleron, Skylark Duquesne

    SimakThe Ethics of Trade • shortstory by Timothy M. BrownIn the Silent World • shortstory by Edward BryantTraps • shortstory by Jack Dann and George ZebrowskiWhipping Star (Part 3 of 4) • serial by Frank HerbertThe Time Judge • shortstory by Dannie PlachtaLove Thy Neighbor • shortstory by E. Clayton McCartyAll Brothers Are Men • shortstory by Basil Wells

    The uppity novel about the uppity movie Watermelon ManA novel by HERMAN RAUCHERbased on his screenplay now a Columbia Picture A Bennet -Mirrell-Van Peebles Productionstarring GODFREY CAMBRIDGEand ESTELLE PARSONS

    M. Drahan A Game of Biochess • shortstory by T. J. Bass Hired Man • shortstory by Richard C. Meredith Fruit of the Vine • shortstory by George WillickDry Run • shortstory by John R. PierceWhipping Star (Part 2 of 4) • serial by Frank Herbert

    It had originally been commissioned as one of a set of stories by different authors who all used a common starting point as set out in the story's prologue, written by Keith Laumer. Ellison's contribution was a longer work than one usually expects from him, but it nevertheless sustains its bombardment of ideas and feelings throughout. What's more, Ellison created a story that demanded a different format to allow for full expression. The result was a typesetter's nightmare but, as you will see, the experience now only makes this story all the more fascinating, it actually takes you into the story itself. Mike Ashley

    It's part of an alien spaceship's radio...and what's more, they must return it. But how?How do you keep a date with a man from outer space? And when your father asks where you think you're going at 12 midnight, how do you explain?

    Louis Zoo • essay by Robert Bloch Whipping Star (Part 1 of 4) • serial by Frank Herbert By the Falls • shortstory by Harry Harrison If A Man Answers • novelette by Richard Wilson Child's Play • shortstory by Larry Eisenberg This One • novelette by James Sallis O Kind Master • novelette by Daniel F. Galouye The Story of Our Earth: The Coming of the Dinosaurs • essay by Willy Ley

    The result has been a stunning body of work, including many stories that have become classics. Ed Ferman and Bob Mills, the most recent in a line of distinguished editors of F&SF have selected twenty stories which appeared in the magazine during its first two decades—stories with a wide range of mood and technique, but all meeting a consistent standard of excellence.The stars of SF are here—Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov (who has also contributed a witty, affectionate introduction), Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Bloch, Alfred Bester, Philip K. Dick—along with memorably individual stories by writers less famous.Carefully avoiding the overanthologized story, the editors have made a fresh selection which will be a delight to all readers of imaginative fiction. * We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • (1966) • novelette by Philip K. Dick * 5,271,009 • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester * The Silly Season • (1950) • shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth * 237 Talking Statues, Etc. • (1963) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber * M-1 • (1970) • shortstory by Gahan Wilson * Sweet Helen • (1969) • shortstory by Charles W. Runyon * Feminine Intuition • [Susan Calvin (Robot)] • (1969) • novelette by Isaac Asimov * Prime-Time Teaser • (1968) • shortstory by Bruce McAllister * Becalmed in Hell • [Known Space] • (1965) • shortstory by Larry Niven * Something Else • (1965) • shortstory by Robert J. Tilley * A Touch of Strange • (1958) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon * Free Dirt • (1955) • shortstory by Charles Beaumont * That Hell-Bound Train • (1958) • shortstory by Robert Bloch * Gratitude Guaranteed • (1953) • novelette by Reginald Bretnor and Kris Neville [as by Kris Neville and R. Bretnor ] * The Holiday Man • (1957) • shortstory by Richard Matheson * Private - Keep Out! • (1949) • shortstory by Philip MacDonald * Gladys's Gregory • (1963) • shortstory by John Anthony West * Yes, We Have No Ritchard • (1960) • shortstory by Bruce Jay Friedman * A Final Sceptre, a Lasting Crown • (1969) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury (aka Henry the Ninth) [as by Ray Bradbury ] * As Long as You're Here • (1963) • shortstory by Will Stanton * F&SF and I • essay by Isaac Asimov

    As everyone knows, the two-week interval between the spacecraft's disappearance on the morning of its launching on December 10 and its sudden reappearane on the evening of December 24 has been filled by the most contradictory accounts of the revolutionary craft's behavior. Some said that its astonishing speed--rumored to be greater than the speed of light--had taken it beyond the range of the tracking instruments before they had been able to be trained..."Three astronauts share the story of their visit to earth, 100 years in the future, with a science journalist.

    Campbell, Jr.Star Light (Part 3 of 4) • serial by Hal Clement Meet a Crazy Lady Week • [Ravenshaw] • novelette by W. Macfarlane Department of Diverse Data (Analog, August 1970) • essay by uncredited Backpack Spacecraft • essay by Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr. Heavy Thinker • [Econo-war] • shortstory by Howard L. Myers Excelsior! • shortstory by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson ] Brillo • novelette by Ben Bova and Harlan Ellison

    J. Bass King Under the Mountain • shortstory by Gene Wolfe The Last Time Around • (1968) • novelette by Arthur Sellings She Still Do • shortstory by M. Alan Rogers The Watchers • shortstory by Joseph Dickinson Monarch • [Dr. Dillingham] • novelette by Piers Anthony A Helping Hand • shortstory by Juanita Coulson Shambolain • shortstory by Dean R. Koontz Nick O'Time • shortstory by Donald Franson

    Cyr slide from a Cardano grille? Did you know that the discovery of a substitution cipher caused Mary Queen of Scots to lose her head? Don't look now, but packed into this practical field guide is everything a young person needs to know about the art of concealment - making and breaking codes, mastering cipher systems, and experimenting with secret writing. Offering plenty of hands-on practice sessions, tips for creating a code-making kit, sidebars on secret codes in history, and an amusing pair of spies to illustrate techniques, Paul B. Janeczko's tantalizing TOP SECRET won't stay a secret for long.

    Young Spaceman • novelette by Lee Harding Swap • shortstory by Ron Goulart Ride a Tin Can • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty Thou Spark of Blood • shortstory by Gene Wolfe Whipping Star (Part 4 of 4) • serial by Frank Herbert