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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two a: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers

by Ben Bova

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Publisher Comments:

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, honored the best of science fiction's early short stories. This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas written between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field.

Published in 1973 to honor novellas that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

This volume contains the following:

Introduction by Ben Bova

"Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson

"Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr.

"Nerves" by Lester del Rey

"Universe" by Robert A. Heinlein

"The Marching Morons" by C. M. Kornbluth

"Vintage Season" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore

". . . And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell

"The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith

"Baby Is Three" by Theodore Sturgeon

"The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells

"With Folded Hands" by Jack Williamson

About the Author

A six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog, former editorial director of Omni, and past president of the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America, Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction. He lives in Florida.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Ben Bova

"Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson

"Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr.

"Nerves" by Lester del Rey

"Universe" by Robert A. Heinlein

"The Marching Morons" by C. M. Kornbluth

"Vintage Season" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore

". . . And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell

"The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith

"Baby Is Three" by Theodore Sturgeon

"The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells

"With Folded Hands" by Jack Williamson

Product Details

ISBN:
9780765305343
Subtitle:
The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers
Editor:
Bova, Ben
Editor:
Bova, Ben
Author:
Bova, Ben
Publisher:
Tor Books
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Anthologies (multiple authors)
Subject:
Science fiction, american
Subject:
Science fiction, English
Subject:
Science / General
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Series:
SF Hall of Fame
Publication Date:
December 2004
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
544
Dimensions:
8.54x5.86x1.59 in. 1.57 lbs.

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