Synopses & Reviews
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The Grand Master Award is given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy. Frederik Pohl, an eminent figure in SF, has been authorized by the SFWA to edit an anthology in three big volumes featuring substantial selections of the work of all the first fifteen Grand Masters. Volume One, presenting the first five writers to receive the award, features the fiction of:
Robert A. Heinlein
Jack Williamson
Clifford D. Simak
L. Sprague de Camp
Fritz Leiber
About the Author
Frederik Pohl has won all the major awards in the field of science fiction, including three Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, both for Best Novel; the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, also for Best Novel; he was accorded the accolade of Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He's also won three Hugo awards as editor of the best magazine. He edited the groundbreaking
Star Science Fiction series of original-story anthologies. He and his wife, educator and political activist Elizabeth Anne Hull, live in Palatine, Illinois.
Table of Contents
Introduction by Frederik Pohl
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
Introduction
"The Roads Must Roll"
"The Year of the Jackpot"
"Jerry Was a Man"
"The Farthest Place"
"The Long Watch"
Recommended Reading
JACK WILLIAMSON
Introduction
"With Folded Hands"
"Jamboree"
"The Mañana Literary Society"
"The Firefly Tree"
Recommended Reading
CLIFFORD D. SIMAK
Introduction
"Desertion"
"Founding Father"
"Grotto of the Dancing Deer"
Recommended Reading
L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP
Introduction
"A Gun for Dinosaur"
"Little Green Men from Afar"
"Living Fossil"
Recommended Reading
FRITZ LEIBER
Introduction
"Sanity"
"The Mer She"
"A Bad Day for Sales"
Recommended Reading