The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3: Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. van Vogt, and Jack Vance - Softcover

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9780312868765: The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3: Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. van Vogt, and Jack Vance

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ISBN 10: 0312868766 ISBN 13: 9780312868765

Publisher: Tor Books, 2002

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented, by active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The Grand Master Award is given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.

Frederik Pohl, an eminent figure in science fiction, has been authorized by the SFWA to edit an anthology in three big volumes featuring substantial selections of the work of all the first fifteen Grand Masters. These are the seminal writers of the modern SF field, whose works are of dominant importance and influence. This series of collections is a permanent record of greatness in SF.

Volume Three, presenting the last five writers to receive the Grand Master award, features the fiction of Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. Van Vogt, Jack Vance.

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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

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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

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