50 Short Science Fiction Tales

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Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin
Simon and Schuster, 1997 - 288 Seiten
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From Simon & Schuster, 50 Short Science Fiction Tales is edited by Isaac Asimove and Groff Conklin to compiled the best short science fiction tales.

50 Short Science Fiction Tales includes stories of 300 to 3,000 words from such authors as Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Kornbluth, Leiber, Sturgeon, and more. All of which have been selected to surprise, shock, and delight.
 

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Typically when I review an anthology, I will enumerate my favorite stories and briefly provide a blurb about each one. In the case of 50 Short Science Fiction Tales—edited by the legendary Isaac ... Vollständige Rezension lesen

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As with many anthologies, a mixed bag. Several good stories, a few rather lousy stories, and lots of "okay" stories. But, hey, at least they are short and there are certainly a LOT of them. Vollständige Rezension lesen

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Inhalt

Prelude
23
The WeaponFredric Brown
36
The MistPeter Cartur
49
Stair TrickMildred Clingerman
67
The Third LevelJack Finney
83
The Rag ThingDavid Grinnell
98
Texas WeekAlbert Hernhuter
113
The Choice W HiltonYoung
123
NarapoiaAlan Nelson
178
Tiger by the TailAlan E Nourse
185
Counter CharmPeter Phillips
192
The Business As UsualMack Reynolds
199
Sec?Edward G Robles Jr
210
We Dont Want Any TroubleJames H Schmitz
219
Built Down LogicallyHoward Schoenfeld
227
The Perfect WomanRobert Sheckley
238

The Altar at MidnightC M Kornbluth
131
A Bad Day for SalesFritz Leiber
139
Whos Cribbing?Jack Lewis
147
Spectator SportJohn D MacDonald
155
The Cricket BallAvro Manhattan
161
PrologJohn P McKnight
170
The Martian and the MagicianEvelyn E Smith
246
BarneyWill Stanton
253
Project Hush William Tenn
265
The Great JudgeA E Van Vogt
272
Obviously SuicideS Fowler Wright
282
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Autoren-Profil (1997)

Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992.

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