The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1: Robert A. Heinlein, Jack Williamson, Clifford D. Simak, L. Sprague de Camp, and Fritz Leiber - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312868812 ISBN 13: 9780312868819

Publisher: Tor Books, 1994

Synopsis

Provides the short stories of the authors who have received the prestigious Grand Master of Science Fiction awards

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Review:

Three cheers for Tor Books! The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume One, is a terrific idea: a collection of stories by the Golden Age writers (in this volume, Robert A. Heinlein, Jack Williamson, Clifford D. Simak, Fritz Leiber, and L. Sprague de Camp) who established the fundamentals of the science fiction genre ... the writers who first dazzled the world with their brilliant ideas and sent our imaginations zooming into the future. Representative short stories from each of the writers--such as a tale of the ever rich and strange world of Nehwon from Leiber--are accompanied by a sample of each writer's nonfiction, an overview of their life and career by Pohl--who knew them all--and a recommended reading list. All together, this volume is both the perfect way to introduce someone just discovering science fiction to the classic writers of the field, and ideal for veteran science fiction readers to remind themselves just why they love the genre so much. "With Folded Hands," anyone? --Blaise Selby

From the Publisher:

Stories include:

ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
-Introduction
The Roads Must Roll
The Year of the Jackpot
Jerry Was a Man
The Farthest Place
The Long Watch
-Recommended Reading

JACK WILLIAMSON
-Introduction
With Folded Hands
Jamboree
The Manana Literary Society
The Firefly Tree
-Recommended Reading

CLIFFORD D. SIMAK
-Introduction
Desertion
Founding Father
Grotto of the Dancing Deer
-Recommended Reading

L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP
-Introduction
A Gun for Dinosaur
Little Green Men from Afar
Living Fossil
-Recommended Reading

FRITZ LEIBER
-Introduction
Sanity
The Mer She
A Bad Day for Sales
-Recommended Reading

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0312868812
• ISBN 13: 9780312868819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 383
• Editor: Frederik Pohl