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849 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1962
(3.0 stars - average of my ratings of 23 individual stories)
As expected, some stories were dangerously dated, but others stood the test of time. What surprised me most was how many stories seemed poorly written or pointless. I would be very interested in the motivations of Hugo voters for specific years.
In the longer review on my website, I have mini-reviews for each individual story.
(I only awarded five stars to three of the stories: The Big Front Yard [Simak], Flowers For Algernon [Keyes], and Neutron Star [Niven]. On the flip side, I only twice awarded a single star: The Darfsteller [Miller] and Riders Of The Purple Wage [Farmer].)