Publication: The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940

Publication: The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940Publication Record # 424701
Editors: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg
Date: 1979-08-00
ISBN: 0-87997-483-4 [978-0-87997-483-1]
Catalog ID: UE1483
Publisher: DAW Books / New American Library of Canada
Price:
C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD
Pages: 350
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 by Jack Gaughan
Notes:
- "First Printing, August 1979/123456789"
- "Cover designed by Jack Gaughan" on copyright page, cover also has his initials
- Introduction not signed, but in an essay from Gold Asimov stated that all of the Introductions from this series were written by Greenberg.
- Introduction as by "The Editors" on the TOC.
- Three Robert A. Heinlein stories ("Requiem", "Blowups Happen", and "Coventry") were meant to be included, but arrangements for their use could not be made. The introductions for them are still in the book. All three can be found in his Collection "The Past Through Tomorrow" (1967).
- DAW catalogue #UE1483
- Cover printed in the US, book in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 5200113

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
13 • The Dwindling Sphere • (1940) • short story by Willard E. Hawkins [as by Willard Hawkins]
30 • The Automatic Pistol • (1940) • short story by Fritz Leiber
46 • Hindsight • (1940) • short story by Jack Williamson
65 • Postpaid to Paradise • [Murchison Morks] • (1940) • short story by Robert Arthur
80 • Into the Darkness • [Darkness (Rocklynne)] • (1940) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
108 • Dark Mission • (1940) • short story by Lester del Rey
125 • It • (1940) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
149 • Vault of the Beast • (1940) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
176 • The Impossible Highway • (1940) • short story by Oscar J. Friend
191 • Quietus • (1940) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
206 • Strange Playfellow • [The Positronic Robot Stories] • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
219 • The Warrior Race • (1940) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
237 • Farewell to the Master • (1940) • novelette by Harry Bates
276 • Butyl and the Breather • [Ether Breather] • (1940) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
297 • The Exalted • [Johnny Black] • (1940) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
321 • Old Man Mulligan • (1940) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller

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