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    <body><![CDATA[A good anthology all told. Basically these are meant to be Nebula-worthy stories from before the award was created (in the mid-sixties.) This is the short story volume; Volumes IIA and IIB are the novellas.<br/><br/>Most of the selections are from the 1940s and 1950s. I'd probably read about two-t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51372204">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the only thing I care about besides indian harp music from Paraguay. I've read a reasonable amount of golden age science fiction in the past year, but a good deal of these stories were new to me because there is only one story per author, which is a nice way to get a taste of some new s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45673778">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[In 1966 the Science Fiction Writers Association (SFWA) awarded the first Nebulas. They were for stories written in 1965. Shortly after this it was decided to extend the concept of these awards for stories written before 1965. The members of the SFWA were polled as to what were the best science ficti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64326730">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have spent the last several weeks reading most of these stories for the 3rd or more-th time and almost every one of them is less powerful or well-written than i remembered. With some anxiety, i downgrade this book from 5 to 4 stars.<br/><br/>&quot;The Roads Must Roll&quot; <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/205.Robert_A_Heinlein" title="Robert A. Heinlein">Robert A. Heinlein</a>: I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17636913">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Partly good literature, partly sci-fi Canon.  The early stories smack of &quot;..and then, a FUTURISTIC event occurred.&quot;  But once sci-fi really gets under way, the good stuff crops up.  It includes some classics that I never got around to (&quot;It's a GOOD Life,&quot; which became a superb Tw...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44242972">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[so far so good.<br/>this collection is excellent for the novice fan as well as the seasoned geek; a good friend at work recommended it for light reading during this past winter semester; i've been chipping away since.<br/>i'll provide a more complete review when i've finished it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite collections of all-time. &quot;The Roads Must Roll&quot; is one of those stories that stays with me, even though it is definitely not one of the best.  &quot;The Cold Equations&quot; is another great one.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[  Yes, some excellent stories by some of the best sci-fi writers.  Yes, bitterly disappointing too.  I was expecting that writers able to see into the future of technology would be willing and able to see into the future of civilization as well, but if any females existed in these stories at all (am...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36756623">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Never been a big fan of Sci-Fi lit., and reading this book only confirmed why. But there are good tales to be got here, particularly the ones with a touch of humanity.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Most of the stories are good.  They were written from 1929 to 1964, so they are pretty basic science fiction.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some classic short stories. Some of the others should not be in here. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the first and the best.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not as good as I'd anticipated.  It contains some real clunkers from my perspective.  Amongst the stories new to me, my favorite is &quot;The Weapons Shop&quot; by A.E. van Vogt.  I had already read Fredric Brown's &quot;Arena&quot; and Daniel Keyes' &quot;Flowers for Algernon&quot; -- both wonderfu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63960538">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed around 2/3 of the stories in this collection, which is not bad. Standouts for me were the stories by Weinbaum, Campbell, del Rey, Sturgeon, Asimov, Padgett, Simak, Merril, Bradbury, Matheson, Boucher, Blish, Clarke, Bixby, Godwin, Bester, and Keyes. However, the rest of the stories were ei...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40312119">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I only read about half of the stories in here.  Most of them start well, but just fade off into a mediocre ending.  One of the few exceptions is &quot;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon" title="Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes">Flowers for Algernon</a>,&quot; which is excellent throughout.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21458929">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Casey down there has it right.  Starfall is amazing and so are the rest of the stories.  I love being able to pick it up and just reading a quick story when I don't have time for a full book, or when I want a shot of great sci-fi.  So awesome.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall a three stars anthology, but bumped up to four for &quot;The Quest for Saint Aquin,&quot; &quot;<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon" title="Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes">Flowers for Algernon</a>,&quot; and &quot;A Rose for Ecclesiastes&quot; ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Holy crap, one of the best collections that I have ever read. Read this if you are at all interested in older sci-fi, by the way &quot;Nightfall&quot; by Issac Asimov is one of the best stories I have ever read. Read that even if your not into Sci-Fi.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great collection of sci-fi tales, some are somewhat dated as the stories date from the 20's to the 60's but there are some fantastic stories which include a lot of plots you might recognise from recent Hollywood movies!]]></body>
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