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Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction
Amazing Stories 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction
Author: Isaac Asimov
In the 1920's, Editor Hugo Gernsback came up with a revolutionary idea in the field of publishing: produce a monthly magazine devoted entirely to science fiction. He called it "Amazing Science Fiction Stories." The first issue appeared in 1926. This fact alone makes Amazing Science Fiction Stories remarkable--and has been in contin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780880382168
ISBN-10: 0880382163
Publication Date: 8/1985
Pages: 255
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Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
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Contents
* 60 Years of Amazing Stories' Covers • (1985) • interior artwork by uncredited
* 5 • Amazing Stories and I • (1985) • essay by Isaac Asimov
* 9 • The Revolt of the Pedestrians • (1928) • shortstory by David H. Keller, M.D.
* 29 • The Gostak and the Doshes • (1930) • shortstory by Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
* 43 • Pilgrimage • [Meg] • (1939) • novelette by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond ]
* 57 • I, Robot • [Adam Link] • (1939) • shortstory by Otto Binder (aka "I, Robot") [as by Eando Binder ]
* 67 • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton • (1939) • shortstory by Robert Bloch
* 75 • The Perfect Woman • (1953) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
* 79 • Memento Homo • (1954) • shortstory by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (aka Death of a Spaceman)
* 93 • What Is This Thing Called Love? • (1961) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
* 103 • Requiem • (1962) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
* 115 • Hang Head, Vandal! • (1962) • shortstory by Mark Clifton
* 125 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
* 147 • The Days of Perky Pat • (1963) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
* 165 • Semley's Necklace • (1964) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin (aka The Dowry of Angyar)
* 179 • Calling Dr. Clockwork • (1965) • shortstory by Ron Goulart
* 187 • There's No Vinism Like Chauvinism • (1965) • shortfiction by John Jakes [as by John W. Jakes ]
* 215 • The Oögenesis of Bird City • (1970) • shortstory by Philip José Farmer
* 225 • The Man Who Walked Home • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
* 237 • Manikins • (1976) • shortstory by John Varley
* 247 • In the Islands • (1983) • shortstory by Pat Murphy

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