The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Isaac Asimov (Introduction), Charles G. Waugh (Editor)

A collection which includes stories by such noted science fiction writers as Robert Silverberg, Norman Spinrad, Roger Zelazny, Frederik Pohl and Isaac Asimov

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

651 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1986

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Ari Pérez · Rating 3 out of 5]

⭐⭐⭐ After HENRY SLESAR
⭐⭐ All Cats Are Gray ANDRE NORTON
⭐⭐⭐ The Assassin ROBERT SILVERBERG
⭐⭐⭐ Better Than We Know WILLIAM F. TEMPLE
⭐⭐⭐ The Big Bounce WALTER TREVIS
⭐⭐⭐ Bounty T. L. SHERRED
⭐⭐⭐ The Briefing RANDALL GARRETT
⭐ Capsule ROSALIND M. GREENBERG
⭐⭐⭐ The Chasm BRYCE WALTON
⭐⭐ The Chicago Plan to Save a Species THOMAS A. EASTON
⭐⭐ Cinderella, Inc. CHRISTOPHER ANVIL
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Common Denominator JOHN D. MACDONALD
⭐⭐⭐ Crazy Annaoj FRITZ LEIBER
⭐⭐⭐ The Damned Thing AMBROSE BIERCE
⭐⭐⭐ The Dancing Partner JEROME K. JEROME
⭐⭐⭐ The Dead Valley RALPH ADAMS CRAM
⭐⭐⭐ Deadly Game EDWARD WELLEN
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dear Pen Pal A. E. VAN VOGT
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Deathwatch NORMAN SPINRAD
⭐⭐⭐ Defense Mechanism KATHERINE MACLEAN
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Divine Madness ROGER ZELAZNY
⭐⭐⭐ The Dread Tomato Addiction MARK CLIFTON
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Dueling Clowns BARRY B. LONGYEAR
⭐⭐⭐⭐ End as a World F. L. WALLACE
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Evensong LESTER DEL REY
⭐⭐⭐ Exile EDMOND HAMILTON
⭐⭐⭐ The Exterminator A. HYATT VERRILL
⭐⭐⭐ The Eyes Have It PHILIP K. DICK
⭐⭐⭐ Father's in the Basement PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER
⭐⭐⭐ The Fear of It ROBERT BARR
⭐⭐⭐ Feeding Time JAMES E. GUNN
⭐⭐ The Fiend FREDERIK POHL
⭐⭐ For Value Received ANDREW J. OFFUTT
⭐⭐⭐ The Forbidden Word EDWARD D. HOCH
⭐⭐⭐ The Good Neighbors EDGAR PANGBORN
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Good Work THEODORE L. THOMAS
⭐⭐ The Great Secret GEORGE H. SMITH
⭐⭐⭐ The Harvest TOM GODWIN
⭐⭐ The Homesick Chicken EDWARD D. HOCH
⭐⭐⭐ The House of Ecstasy RALPH MILNE FARLEY
⭐⭐⭐⭐ How I Take Their Measure BARRY N. MALZBERG
⭐⭐ Hunting Machine CAROL EMSHWILLER
⭐⭐ The Immortal Bard ISAAC ASIMOV
⭐⭐ In Case of Fire RANDALL GARRETT
⭐⭐ An Incident on Route 12 JAMES H. SCHMITZ
⭐⭐⭐ Interview FRANK A. JAVOR
⭐⭐ Into the Shop RON GOULART
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Into Your Tent I'll Creep ERIC FRANK RUSSELL
⭐⭐ Itself! A. E. VAN VOGT
⭐⭐⭐ Job Offer HENRY SLESAR
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just Desserts IRVING FANG
⭐⭐⭐ The Last Brave Invader CHARLES L. FONTENAY
⭐⭐⭐ The Last Men FRANK BELKNAP LONG
⭐⭐ Last Warning MACK REYNOLDS
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Light of Other Days BOB SHAW
⭐⭐⭐ Long Way Home CHARLES G. WAUGH
⭐⭐⭐ The Looking Glass of the Law KEVIN O'DONNELL, JR.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Lost Love ALGIS BUDRYS
⭐⭐ Lucifer ROGER ZELAZNY
⭐⭐⭐ Man of Destiny JOHN CHRISTOPHER
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Man of Distinction MICHAEL SHAARA
⭐⭐⭐ The Man Who Always Knew ALGIS BUDRYS
⭐ The Man with English H. L. GOLD
⭐⭐ The Mansion of Forgetfulness DON MARK LEMON
⭐⭐⭐⭐ My Object All Sublime POUL ANDERSON
⭐⭐⭐ No Harm Done JACK SHARKEY
⭐⭐ Nobody Lives on Burton Street GREGORY BENFORD
⭐⭐⭐ Now I'm Watching Roger ALEXEI PANSHIN
⭐⭐⭐ On Account of Darkness BARRY N. MALZBERG / BILL PRONZINI
⭐⭐⭐ One Man's Ambition A. BERTRAM CHANDLER
⭐⭐ Optical Illusion MACK REYNOLDS
⭐⭐ The Pair JOE L. HENSLEY
⭐⭐ The Patient E. MAYNE HULL
⭐⭐⭐ The People's Choice WILLIAM JOHN WATKINS
⭐⭐⭐ Playing the Game JACK DANN / GARDNER DOZOIS
⭐⭐⭐ Ponce GLEN COOK
⭐⭐⭐ Poor Little Warrior! BRIAN W. ALDISS
⭐⭐⭐ The Problem Was Lubrication DAVID R. BUNCH
⭐⭐⭐ Publish and Perish PAUL J. NAHIN
⭐⭐⭐ Pythias FREDERIK POHL
⭐⭐⭐ Refuge DONALD WISMER
⭐⭐⭐ The Rescuer ARTHUR PORGES
⭐⭐⭐ Ripples RAY RUSSELL
⭐⭐⭐ The Saga of DMM LARRY EISENBERG
⭐⭐⭐ Segregationist ISAAC ASIMOV
⭐⭐⭐ The Spy THEODORE L. THOMAS
⭐⭐⭐ Straw GENE WOLFE
⭐⭐ Superiority Complex THOMAS N. SCORTIA
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Teaching Prime LEO P. KELLEY
⭐⭐⭐ That Only a Mother JUDITH MERRIL
⭐⭐⭐ They Live Forever LLOYD BIGGLE, JR.
⭐ They're Playing Our Song HARRY HARRISON
⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Thousand Deaths JACK LONDON
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Threshold SHARON WEBB
⭐⭐⭐ To Be Continued ROBERT SILVERBERG
⭐⭐ Too Many Eggs KRIS NEVILLE
⭐⭐⭐ Try and Change the Past FRITZ LEIBER
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Turning Point ARTHUR PORGES
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Twerlik JACK SHARKEY
⭐⭐ What's Your Excuse? ALEXEI PANSHIN
⭐⭐⭐ While-You-Wait EDWARD WELLEN

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, this was a disappointment. There were only a handful of excellent stories. Most are just "meh." One good point in it's favor -- the cover image actually refers to a story in the anthology. Many sci-fi or speculative fiction anthologies just use a generic "spacey" image. The intro by Asimov is peculiar -- he seemed really pissed off that he has to write one. I also was disappointed to see so many typos in my edition. (I'm sure it was BLOCK and tackle and not BLACK and tackle, for example.) There were THREE editors on this, so all of the typos are unacceptable because they interrupted the flow of the stories.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

101 Science Fidtion Stories Edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh and Jenny-Lynn Waugh.

651 pages of shirt science fiction stories, most between 4-10 pages long. Most were good, some great and a few average, no terrible ones. A noticeable number of spelling and editing mistakes throughout but not too bad. Really enjoyed and will be glad to have it on my shelf.

[Phorc Ewe · Rating 1 out of 5]

Phuc this book.
There were only like FIVE or so good stories, a number of ok ones, and a LOT of terrible ones.

[Moe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read 25 stories. Most under 8 pages. Weak to average.

[Charlie Pasta · Rating 4 out of 5]

A particularly good collection

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101 Science Fiction Stories by Martin H. Greenberg (1987)

[Chris Gager · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sustitute for one of those Amazon deletes. A stand-in for an anthology I read and didn't write down the actual title.

[Lance · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very short stories, as usual some better than others. The good ones are worth the time to find them, some thought provoking.

[Glyn Gardner · Rating 1 out of 5]

Couldn't finish. Some of the stories were pretty good. Some were just down right bad. Had to put it down for good.

[James Turner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice collection of stories. Many different catagories are here from dead serious to downright funny.

[Michelle Farinella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really short sci-fi shorts. Funny intro by Asimov. Some stories are more than worth trying to ignore all the typos and misspellings. Some of them are so bad they hurt my feelings.

[Katie Robles · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's 650 pages of sci-fi stories...does it get any better than that?!