Eleven essential classics in one volume
This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction
novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing eleven great
classics by Poul Anderson, John W. Campbell, Jr., Lester del Rey, Robert
A. Heinlein, C. M. Kornbluth, Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore, Eric Frank
Russell, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, H. G. Wells, Jack
Williamson. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as
a literary field.
Published in 1973 to honor stories that had appeared 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.