The Golden Age of Science Fiction Author:Groff Conklin (Editor) The Golden Age Of Science Fiction, a gigantic anthology edited by Groff Conklin. Reprint of the edition published by Bonanza under title: "The Best of Science Fiction", first published in 1946, the first of more than forty science fiction anthologies edited by Groff Conklin. — The first Golden... more » Age of Science Fiction, often recognized as the period from the late 1930s through the 1950s, was an era during which the science fiction genre gained wide public attention and many classic science fiction stories were published. In the history of science fiction, the Golden Age follows the "pulp era" of the 1920s and 30s, and precedes New Wave science fiction of the 1960s and 70s. According to historian Adam Roberts, the phrase 'Golden Age' valorises a particular sort of writing: 'Hard SF', linear narratives, heroes solving problems or countering threats in a space-opera or technological-adventure idiom.
An alternate interpretation is found in the humorous axiom 'The Golden Age of Science Fiction is twelve', attributed to science fiction fan Peter Graham. This means that many readers prefer to see the "Golden Age" as the time when they personally first developed a passion for science fiction, typically adolescence.
Contents:
Part One The Atom
* Solution Unsatisfactory / Anson MacDonald 1941 (Robert A. Heinlein writing as Anson MacDonald);
* The Great War Syndicate / Frank R. Stockton 1888;
* The Piper's Son / Lewis Padgett 1945;
* Deadline / Cleve Cartmill 1944;
* Lobby / Clifford D. Simak 1944;
* Blowups Happen / Robert Heinlein 1940;
* Atomic Power / Don A. Stuart 1934 (John W. Campbell writing as Don A. Stuart);
Part Two The Wonders of Earth
* Killdozer! / Theodore Sturgeon 1944;
* Davey Jones' Ambassador / Raymond Z. Gallun 1935;
* Giant in the Earth / Morrison Colladay 1933;
* Goldfish Bowl / Anson MacDonald 1942 (Robert A. Heinlein,writing as Anson MacDonald);
* The Ivy War / David H. Keller 1930;
* Liquid Life / Ralph Milne Farley 1936;
Part Three The Superscience of Man
* A Tale of the Ragged Mountains / Edgar Allan Poe 1844;
* The Great Keinplatz Experiment / Arthur Conan Doyle 1885;
* The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / H. G. Wells 1895;
* The Tissue-Culture King / Julian Huxley 1926;
* The Ultimate Catalyst / John Taine 1939 (Eric Temple Bell writing as John Taine);
* The Terrible Sense / Calvin Peregoy 1938 (Thomas Calvert McClary writing as Calvin Peregoy)
* A Scientist Divides / Donald Wandrei 1934;
Part Four Dangerous Inventions
* Tricky Tonnage / Malcolm Jameson 1944;
* The Lanson Screen / Arthur Leo Zagat 1936;
* The Ultimate Metal / Nat Schachner 1935;
* The Machine / Don A. Stuart 1935 (John W. Campbell writing as Don A. Stuart);
Part Five Adventures in Dimension
* Short-Circuited Probability / Norman L. Knight 1941;
* The Search / A. E. van Vogt 1943;
* The Upper Level Road / Warner van Lorne 1935;
* The 32nd of May / Paul Ernst 1935;
* The Monster from Nowhere / Nelson Bond 1939 (erroneously attributed to Donald Wandrei in first edition);
Part Six From Outer Space
* First Contact / Murray Leinster 1945;
* Universe / Robert Heinlein 1941;
* Blind Alley / Isaac Asimov 1945;
* En Route to Pluto / Wallace West 1936;
* The Retreat to Mars / Cecil B. White 1927;
* The Man Who Saved the Earth / Austin Hall 1919;
* Spawn of the Stars / Charles W. Diffin ·1930;
* The Flame Midget / Frank Belknap Long, Jr. 1936;