The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B: The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the The Science Fiction Writers of America

by Ben Bova

Overview

Edited by multi Hugo Award-winning author Ben Bova, The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas—chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field. Published in 1973 to honor stories written before the institution of the Nebula Awards, the Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

Includes stories by Ray Bradbury, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Theodore Cogswell, E. M. Forster, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, T. L. Sherred, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, and Jack Vance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765305336
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	02/02/2010
Series:	SF Hall of Fame Series , #3
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	544
Sales rank:	554,826
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Ben Bova (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Transhuman, Orion, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award “for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature” in 2008.

Dr. Bova was President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction’s Hugo Award six times. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more.

In addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, America’s first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York City’s Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Ben Bova
"Call Me Joe" by Poul Anderson
"Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr.
"Nerves" by Lester del Rey
"Universe" by Robert A. Heinlein
"The Marching Morons" by C. M. Kornbluth
"Vintage Season" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
". . . And Then There Were None" by Eric Frank Russell
"The Ballad of Lost C'Mell" by Cordwainer Smith
"Baby Is Three" by Theodore Sturgeon
"The Time Machine" by H. G. Wells
"With Folded Hands" by Jack Williamson

Editorial Reviews

Libraries can toss out worn collections of partly good/partly poor and buy this volume of the creme de la creme.” —Library Journal on The Science Fiction Hall of Fame

“Not for years has there appeared a collection of stories so remarkable, so profoundly enjoyable, so full of that marvelous ‘remember when' quality, and, for the absolute beginner, so rewarding and informative a reading experience.” —Theodore Sturgeon in the National Review

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