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Before the Golden Age - Trilogy (Before the Golden Age - Full Original Text)
by
Isaac Asimov ,
Edmond Hamilton , Murray Leinster , Raymond Z. Gallun , Stanley G. Weinbaum , Henry Hasse , Leslie F. Stone , John W. Campbell
,
more…
An omnibus Trilogy: Vol I, Vol II, Vol III
Contents, 26 science fiction stories, in three divisions:
* Vol I:
The Man Who Evolved / Edmond Hamilton;
The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones;
Submicroscopic / Captain S. P. Meek
Awlo of Ulm / Captain S. P. Meek;
Tetrahedra of Space / P. Schuyler Miller;
The World of the Red Sun / Clifford D. Simak;
Tumithak of the Corridors / Charles R....more
Contents, 26 science fiction stories, in three divisions:
* Vol I:
The Man Who Evolved / Edmond Hamilton;
The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones;
Submicroscopic / Captain S. P. Meek
Awlo of Ulm / Captain S. P. Meek;
Tetrahedra of Space / P. Schuyler Miller;
The World of the Red Sun / Clifford D. Simak;
Tumithak of the Corridors / Charles R....more
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Published
(first published November 25th 1974)
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This thousand-page monster is one of the longest books I have read for a very long time. I didn't rush through it: I picked it up in a second-hand bookshop in 2003 and began reading it soon after; I finished the final story on the last day of December 2010. Seven years from beginning to end -- exactly as long as the time-frame (1931-1938) covered by the anthology itself, for this is a chronological showcase of Nineteen Thirties pulp SF edited by Isaac Asimov.
The guiding principle behind BTGA is...more
The guiding principle behind BTGA is...more
Isaac Asimov could sure put together a mean anthology, and this has to be one of his best. There are so many great stories in this book that I won't list them all, but my favourite has to be Jack Williamson's classic Wellsian tale "The Moon Era". This is an absolute gem of a story, which featured a complex and sympathetic alien protagonist (the "mother") several years before the first appearance of Tweel, in Stanley G. Weinbaum's "A Martian Odyssey". But, then, Jack Williamson was often ahead of...more
Aug 22, 2011
Celeste
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
speculative,
anthology
An inconsistent collection, but with some stories worth digging for. In particular the two Tumithak stories by Charles R. Tanner I found immensely entertaining, and when I went online to see if the other two stories (post 1940, so outside the scope of this anthology) were available, I was thrilled to find that the author's estate have made all his stories publicly available at http://www.charlesrtanner.com/. Highly recommended.
Some of the stories are understandably dated, but others are just gro...more
Some of the stories are understandably dated, but others are just gro...more
Over the last ten years, I've dipped into this book intermittently at times, most recently in 2008, so it's been parked on my "being read intermittently" shelf since then. But I've recently decided to move it to "started and not finished." It isn't awful as such, like some of the permanently-abandoned books on that shelf; it's just that I've realized that I'm not really excited about finishing it, when there are so many other books out there I actually want to read and would be excited about! (I...more
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Dec 18, 2009
Mary JL
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
Asimov fans; fans of classic sf
Recommended to Mary JL by:
No one-fan of Author
Shelves:
main-sf-fantasy
This is an anthology edited by Isaac Asimov. He picked stories from the 1930's that he felt were memerable or important in the development of science fiction at the time.
He surrounds each stories with autobiographical interludes; telling about his life and times at the time he read the story. So we get a peek at Asimov's life and a peek at lots of old,Classic SF stories.
Of the 26 stories, some of course are much more dated than others. A few I found really pretty bad. However, most of these stor...more
He surrounds each stories with autobiographical interludes; telling about his life and times at the time he read the story. So we get a peek at Asimov's life and a peek at lots of old,Classic SF stories.
Of the 26 stories, some of course are much more dated than others. A few I found really pretty bad. However, most of these stor...more
Some of the best Science Fiction stories I've read were found in anthologies and collections.
William Petersen
William Petersen
this book was amazing, but probably has a pretty specific audience. some of the stories are awkward by today's standards - both literary and science-y - but always fascinating as a sort of sociological record of the thirties. the best part is definitely asimov's commentary. he has written a sort of autobiographical intro as well as a page or two between each story placing them in the context of his life and burgeoning science fiction interest. asimov is brilliant and he knows it and he's still b...more
May 26, 2009
DaughterDaDa
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3 of 5 stars
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Shelves:
science-fiction,
short-stories
I'm enjoying these stories from the early days of science fiction in the 1930s, as quaint as some of them seem nowadays. Interesting that in these stories the travel through space or matter is the result of individuals, not concerted efforts by large groups or nations. Several stories explore the relationships between what might be called the microcosmoses and macrocosmoses, where the protagonist either shrinks or grows and finds multiple levels of universes built on the same patterns. May 26, 2...more
My rating is probably skewed; I read this when I was still very young, because it was an ASIMOV book, and thus good. I remember that some of the stories were somewhat corny, but not which ones. the style of fiction is somewhat different than what is written now, and the fore- and afterwords were written with his characteristic voice.
A good book for those looking for long-lost tropes, anecdotes(I think) and some good, old-fashioned men-from-mars type sci-fi.
A good book for those looking for long-lost tropes, anecdotes(I think) and some good, old-fashioned men-from-mars type sci-fi.
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Isaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.
Professor Asimov is generally considered the most prolific writer of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the te...more
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Professor Asimov is generally considered the most prolific writer of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the te...more
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That is not to say that science fiction stories can be completely trusted as a source of specific knowledge... However, the misguidings of science fiction can be unlearned. Sometimes the unlearning process is not easy, but it is a low price to pay for the gift of fascination over science.”
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The pleasure of reading about such things in the dramatic and fascinating form of science fiction gave me a push toward science that was irresistible. It was science fiction that made me want to be a scientist strongly enough to eventually make me one.
That is not to say that science fiction stories can be completely trusted as a source of specific knowledge... However, the misguidings of science fiction can be unlearned. Sometimes the unlearning process is not easy, but it is a low price to pay for the gift of fascination over science.”
