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Contents: •11 • Editor's Note: About Science Fiction (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) • (1981) • essay by Kingsley Amis •16 • Introduction (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) • (1981) • essay by Kingsley Amis •37 • The Quest for Saint Aquin • (1951) • novelette by Anthony Boucher •56 • The Xi Effect • (1950) • shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ] •78 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl •111 • Old Hundredth • (1960) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss •124 • A Work of Art • (1956) • novelette by James Blish •141 • Harrison Bergeron • (1961) • shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. •148 • The Voices of Time • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard •183 • Specialist • (1953) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley •200 • He Walked Around the Horses • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper •223 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith •239 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke •247 • The Streets of Askelon • (1962) • shortstory by Harry Harrison (aka The Streets of Ashkelon) •263 • The Country of the Kind • (1956) • shortstory by Damon Knight •278 • The Machine That Won the War • (1961) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov •284 • Student Body • (1953) • novelette by F. L. Wallace •306 • It's a Good Life • (1953) • shortstory by Jerome Bixby •325 • Sister Planet • (1959) • novella by Poul Anderson
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The Golden Age of Science Fiction, Kingsley Amis, Anthony Boucher, Philip Latham, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, James Blish, Kurt Vonnegut, James Graham Ballard, Robert Sheckley, H. Beam Piper, Cordwainer Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Isaac Asimov, L.F.W. Wallace, Jerome Bixby, Poul Anderson
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- 1983
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- (Paperback),
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- Title
- The Golden Age of Science Fiction
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kingsley Amis, Anthony Boucher, Philip Latham, Frederik Pohl, Brian W. Aldiss, James Blish, Kurt Vonnegut, James Graham Ballard, Robert Sheckley, H. Beam Piper, Cordwainer Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Isaac Asimov, L.F.W. Wallace, Jerome Bixby, Poul Anderson
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Released
- 1983
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 014006382X
- ISBN13
- 9780140063820
- Series
- Description
- Contents: •11 • Editor's Note: About Science Fiction (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) • (1981) • essay by Kingsley Amis •16 • Introduction (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) • (1981) • essay by Kingsley Amis •37 • The Quest for Saint Aquin • (1951) • novelette by Anthony Boucher •56 • The Xi Effect • (1950) • shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ] •78 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl •111 • Old Hundredth • (1960) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss •124 • A Work of Art • (1956) • novelette by James Blish •141 • Harrison Bergeron • (1961) • shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. •148 • The Voices of Time • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard •183 • Specialist • (1953) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley •200 • He Walked Around the Horses • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper •223 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • shortstory by Cordwainer Smith •239 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke •247 • The Streets of Askelon • (1962) • shortstory by Harry Harrison (aka The Streets of Ashkelon) •263 • The Country of the Kind • (1956) • shortstory by Damon Knight •278 • The Machine That Won the War • (1961) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov •284 • Student Body • (1953) • novelette by F. L. Wallace •306 • It's a Good Life • (1953) • shortstory by Jerome Bixby •325 • Sister Planet • (1959) • novella by Poul Anderson