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- Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Politics ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Prometheus 0-87975-258-0, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $19.95, 301pp, hc); Anthology of 17 political sf stories. Also available in tp (-270-X, $10.95).
- The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza/Crown 0-517-435225, 1984, 633pp, hc); Omnibus edition of Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6, omitting 5 stories. This one is available on Instant Remainder tables only.
- The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza/Crown 0-517-44735-5, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $6.98, 632pp, hc); Combines Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 7 and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 8, dropping two stories from each. This one is available on Instant Remainder tables only.
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories: 11 (1949) ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-87997-918-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $3.50, 317pp, pb); Anthology of 15 stories from 1949 with notes Asimov. This series offers an excellent historical survey of the sf field. Recommended. (CNB)
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories: 12 (1950) ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-87997-953-4, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $3.50, 319pp, pb); Anthology of 18 classic stories.
- Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots & Computers ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-061498-8, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $22.95, 627pp, hc); Anthology of 29 stories by everyone from Ambrose Bierce to Gene Wolfe, plus a bibliography.
- 1 · Introduction: Robots, Computers, and Fear · Isaac Asimov · in
- 15 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 16, 1899
- 29 · The Lost Machine [as by John Beynon Harris] · John Wyndham · nv Amazing Apr ’32
- 50 · Rex · Harl Vincent · ss Astounding Jun ’34
- 68 · Robbie [“Strange Playfellow”] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories Sep ’40
- 93 · Farewell to the Master · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Oct ’40
- 139 · Robot’s Return · Robert Moore Williams · ss Astounding Sep ’38
- 153 · Though Dreamers Die · Lester del Rey · nv Astounding Feb ’44
- 175 · Fulfillment · A. E. van Vogt · nv New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt, 1951
- 209 · Runaround [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Mar ’42
- 233 · I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream · Harlan Ellison · ss If Mar ’67
- 251 · The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Jun ’50
- 279 · A Logic Named Joe [as by Will F. Jenkins] · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Mar ’46
- 297 · Sam Hall · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Aug ’53
- 332 · I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Mar ’54
- 345 · Triggerman · J. F. Bone · ss Astounding Dec ’58
- 357 · War with the Robots · Harry Harrison · nv Science Fiction Adventures (UK) #27 ’62
- 380 · Evidence [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Sep ’46
- 405 · 2066: Election Day · Michael Shaara · ss Astounding Dec ’56
- 422 · If There Were No Benny Cemoli · Philip K. Dick · nv Galaxy Dec ’63
- 448 · The Monkey Wrench · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Astounding Aug ’51
- 461 · Dial “F” for Frankenstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy Jan ’65
- 470 · The Macauley Circuit · Robert Silverberg · ss Fantastic Universe Aug ’56
- 481 · Judas · John Brunner · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 491 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
- 495 · The Electric Ant · Philip K. Dick · ss F&SF Oct ’69
- 519 · The Bicentennial Man · Isaac Asimov · nv Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976
- 565 · Long Shot · Vernor Vinge · ss Analog Aug ’72
- 581 · Alien Stones · Gene Wolfe · nv Orbit 11, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1972
- 616 · Starcrossed · George Zebrowski · ss Eros in Orbit, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1973
- 625 · Bibliographies of Additional Reading · Misc. Material · bi
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Beaufort 0-8253-0184-X, Apr ’84, $17.95, 249pp, hc); Anthology of 12 stories which first introduced concepts such as clones and the generation starship. The earliest, by Poe, appeared in 1839; the latest, by Niven, in 1966.
- Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 2: The Science Fictional Olympics ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Signet 0-451-12976-8, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $3.50, 356pp, pb); Anthology of 17 stories of sf athletic prowess, by Piers Anthony, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp, and others.
- Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction # 3: Supermen ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Signet 0-451-13201-7, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $3.50, 350pp, pb); Anthology of 12 stories.
- Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy # 2: Witches ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Signet 0-451-12882-6, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.95, 350pp, pb); Anthology of 14 stories by van Vogt, Haggard, Norton, etc. There’s one original, by Barry N. Malzberg.
- Young Extraterrestrials ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Harper & Row 0-06-020167-3, 1984, $7.95, 240pp, hc); Anthology of 11 stories compiled for young readers.
- Young Mutants ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Harper & Row 0-06-020156-8, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $7.95, 256pp, tp); Anthology of 12 stories by Bradbury, Brunner, etc., compiled for young readers.
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