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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[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 anthology covers some of the golden years of science fiction and is a rewarding read.  It contains 26 short stories by many of the masters.  Highly recommended.]]></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[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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    <![CDATA[If you own only one anthology of classic science fiction, it should be <em>The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964</em>. Selected by a vote of the membership of the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA), these 26 reprints represent the best, most important, and most influential stories and authors in the field. The contributors are a Who's Who of classic SF, with every Golden Age giant included: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, John W. Campbell, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, and Roger Zelazny. Other contributors are less well known outside the core SF readership. Three of the contributors are famous for one story--but what stories!--Tom Godwin's pivotal hard-SF tale, &quot;The Cold Equations&quot;; Jerome Bixby's &quot;It's a <em>Good</em> Life&quot; (made only more infamous by the chilling <em>Twilight Zone</em> adaptation); and Daniel Keyes's &quot;Flowers for Algernon&quot; (brought to mainstream fame by the movie adaptation, <em>Charly</em>).<p>  The collection has some minor but frustrating flaws. There are no contributor biographies, which is bad enough when the author is a giant; but it's especially sad for contributors who have become unjustly obscure. Each story's original publication date is in small print at the bottom of the first page. And neither this fine print nor the copyright page identifies the magazines in which the stories first appeared.<p>  Prefaced by editor Robert Silverberg's introduction, which describes SFWA and details the selection process, <em>The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964</em> is a wonderful book for the budding SF fan. Experienced SF readers should compare the table of contents to their library before making a purchase decision. Fans who contemplate giving this book to non-SF readers should bear in mind that, while several of the collected stories can measure up to classic mainstream literary stories, the less literarily-acceptable stories are weighted toward the front of the collection; adult mainstream-literature fans may not get very far into <em>The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964</em>. <em>--Cynthia Ward</em><p><br/><br/>· Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in <br/>· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34 <br/>· Twilight [as by Don A. Stuart; Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ss Astounding Nov ’34 <br/>· Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Dec ’38 <br/>· The Roads Must Roll · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Jun ’40 <br/>· Microcosmic God · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Apr ’41 <br/>· Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep ’41 <br/>· The Weapon Shop [Isher] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Dec ’42 <br/>· Mimsy Were the Borogoves · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Feb ’43 <br/>· Huddling Place [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Jul ’44 <br/>· Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Jun ’44 <br/>· First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding May ’45 <br/>· That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Jun ’48 <br/>· Scanners Live in Vain · Cordwainer Smith · nv Fantasy Book #6 ’50 <br/>· Mars Is Heaven! · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll ’48 <br/>· The Little Black Bag · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Astounding Jul ’50 <br/>· Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi F&amp;SF Sum ’50 <br/>· Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Nov ’50 <br/>· The Quest for Saint Aquin · Anthony Boucher · ss New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt, 1951; F&amp;SF Jan ’59 <br/>· Surface Tension [Lavon] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Aug ’52 <br/>· The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 <br/>· It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 <br/>· The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug ’54 <br/>· Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv F&amp;SF Aug ’54 <br/>· The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss F&amp;SF Feb ’56 <br/>· Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&amp;SF Apr ’59 <br/>· A Rose for Ecclesiastes · Roger Zelazny · nv F&amp;SF Nov ’63 </p></p></p>]]>
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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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