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The Decade anthologies present the eighty-year history of science fiction in the most relevant way - by collecting the stories which have gone to make it up. Each volume, complete in itself, takes from a single decade the tales which are best, not only as history, but as entertainment. Contents : Grandpa / James H. Schmitz The snowball effect / Katherine Maclean The edge of the sea / Algis Budrys Scanners live in vain / Cordwainer Smith The pedestrian / Ray Bradbury The last day / Richard Matheson The holes around Mars / Jerome Bixby The star / Arthur C. Clarke Two-handed engine / Henry Kuttner The large ant / Howard Fast Early model / Robert Sheckley Sail on! Sail on! / Philip José Farmer
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Decade, the 1950s, Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison
- Language
- Released
- 1977
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Decade, the 1950s
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison
- Publisher
- Pan
- Released
- 1977
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 219
- ISBN10
- 0330250345
- ISBN13
- 9780330250344
- Series
- Decade
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Short Stories, Science Fantasy, Readers
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- The Decade anthologies present the eighty-year history of science fiction in the most relevant way - by collecting the stories which have gone to make it up. Each volume, complete in itself, takes from a single decade the tales which are best, not only as history, but as entertainment. Contents : Grandpa / James H. Schmitz The snowball effect / Katherine Maclean The edge of the sea / Algis Budrys Scanners live in vain / Cordwainer Smith The pedestrian / Ray Bradbury The last day / Richard Matheson The holes around Mars / Jerome Bixby The star / Arthur C. Clarke Two-handed engine / Henry Kuttner The large ant / Howard Fast Early model / Robert Sheckley Sail on! Sail on! / Philip José Farmer