Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series

Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction #3

by Isaac Asimov (Editor)

2-in-1 (2 previous collections)
20 stories and novellas by various authors from 1943-1944.
Previously published as two separate works entitled Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 (1943) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6 (1944). (Some works omitted.)

Contents include:
The Cave by P. Schuyler Miller
The Halfling by Leigh Brackett
Mimsy Were the Borogoves by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore [as Lewis Padgett]
Q.U.R. by Anthony Boucher
Clash by Night by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore [as Lawrence O'Donnell}
Exile by Edmond Hamilton
Daymare by Fredric Brown
Doorway into Time by C. L. Moore
The Storm by A.E. van Vogt
The Proud Robot by Henry Kuttner [as Lewis Padgett]
Symbiotica by Eric Frank Russell
The Veil of Astellar byLeigh Brackett
City by Clifford D. Simak
Arena by Frederic Brown
Huddling Place by Clifford D. Simak
Kindness by Lester Del Rey
Desertion byClifford D. Simak
When the Bough Breaks by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore [as Lewis Padgett]
Killdozer! by Theodore Sturgeon
No Woman Born by C.L. Moore

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Collections, Anthologies

633 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1944

About the author

Works of prolific Russian-American writer Isaac Asimov include popular explanations of scientific principles, The Foundation Trilogy (1951-1953), and other volumes of fiction.

Isaac Asimov, a professor of biochemistry, wrote as a highly successful author, best known for his books.

Asimov, professor, generally considered of all time, edited more than five hundred books and ninety thousand letters and postcards. He published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey decimal classification but lacked only an entry in the category of philosophy (100).

People widely considered Asimov, a master of the genre alongside Robert Anson Heinlein and Arthur Charles Clarke as the "big three" during his lifetime. He later tied Galactic Empire and the Robot into the same universe as his most famous series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those that Heinlein pioneered and Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson previously produced. He penned "Nightfall," voted in 1964 as the best short story of all time; many persons still honor this title. He also produced well mysteries, fantasy, and a great quantity of nonfiction. Asimov used Paul French, the pen name, for the Lucky Starr, series of juvenile novels.

Most books of Asimov in a historical way go as far back to a time with possible question or concept at its simplest stage. He often provides and mentions well nationalities, birth, and death dates for persons and etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Guide to Science, the tripartite set Understanding Physics, and Chronology of Science and Discovery exemplify these books.

Asimov, a long-time member, reluctantly served as vice president of Mensa international and described some members of that organization as "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs." He took more pleasure as president of the humanist association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, an elementary school in Brooklyn in New York, and two different awards honor his name.

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Reviews

[Jon]

1944 Retro Hugo Finalists

- Best Novella
> “Clash by Night,” by Lawrence O’Donnell (Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore) (Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1943) . . . Read 4/14/2019 (3.5-4 stars)

- Best Novelette
> “The Halfling,” by Leigh Brackett (Astonishing Stories, February 1943) . . . Read 4/3/2019 (3-3.5 stars)
> "Mimsy Were the Borogoves,” by Lewis Padgett (C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1943) . . . Read 4/3/2019 (4-4.5 stars)
> "The Proud Robot,” by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner) (Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1943) *
> “Symbiotica,” by Eric Frank Russell (Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1943) . . . Read 4/6/2019 (4 stars)

- Best Short Story
> “Doorway into Time,” by C.L. Moore (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, September 1943) . . . Read 4/6/2019-4/8/2019 (3.5 stars)
> “Exile,” by Edmond Hamilton (Super Science Stories, May 1943) . . . Read 4/5/2019 (4 stars)
> “Q.U.R.,” by H.H. Holmes (Anthony Boucher) (Astounding Science-Fiction, March 1943) . . .Read 4/4/2019 (3 stars)

* I own this in an ebook anthology so I am returning this Interlibrary Loan without reading "The Proud Robot" in print. For my comprehensive blog covering all the 1944 Retro Hugo Finalists, visit this link: https://mossjon314159.wordpress.com/2...

[Jeff Greason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Been a great fan of the Asimov/Greenberg collections of Golden Age SF. Some years are better than others. This one, covering the latter part of WW2, has fewer really great stories that will stick with me, but all of them are at least good.

[Georgia Kemp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Highlight of this is The Cave by P Schuyler Miller - pure gold

[Chuck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great getting to see what SF greats were up to way back in 1943-1944.