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The Golden Age of Science Fiction

Groff Conklin

First published 1980
Publisher Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Ray Yeldham
Pages xxx+785
ISBN 0517334860

  • "This book was previously published as The Best of Science Fiction"
  • "Bonanza 1980 Edition"
  • First printing as per letter line "abcdefgh"
  • Cover artist credit per rear dust jacket flap
  • Cover art is credited as "Ray Yeldham Mendola, Ltd." Ray Yeldham appears to be the person and Mendola, Ltd. the company so recorded as Ray Yeldham.
  • No price on book
  • LCCN per copyright page

Searching by ISBN: 0517334860

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Solution Unsatisfactory Anson MacDonald Novelette
36 The Great War Syndicate (abridged) Frank R. Stockton Short Story
45 The Piper's Son Lewis Padgett Novelette
67 Deadline Cleve Cartmill Novelette
89 Lobby Clifford D. Simak Short Story
103 Blowups Happen Robert Heinlein Novelette
140 Atomic Power Don A. Stuart Short Story
155 Killdozer! Theodore Sturgeon Novella
210 Davey Jones' Ambassador Raymond Z. Gallun Novelette
236 Giant in the Earth Morrison Colladay Short Story
252 Goldfish Bowl Anson MacDonald Novelette
278 The Ivy War David H. Keller Short Story
297 Liquid Life Ralph Milne Farley Novelette
319 A Tale of the Ragged Mountains Edgar Allan Poe Short Story
327 The Great Keinplatz Experiment Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
340 The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes H. G. Wells Short Story
348 The Tissue-Culture King Julian Huxley Novelette
366 The Ultimate Catalyst John Taine Novelette
385 The Terrible Sense Calvin Peregoy Short Story
398 A Scientist Divides Donald Wandrei Short Story
413 Tricky Tonnage Malcolm Jameson Short Story
424 The Lanson Screen Arthur Leo Zagat Short Story
441 The Ultimate Metal Nat Schachner Short Story
460 The Machine Don A. Stuart Short Story
477 Short-Circuited Probability Norman L. Knight Short Story
491 The Search A. E. van Vogt Novelette
518 The Upper Level Road Warner Van Lorne Short Story
532 The 32nd of May Paul Ernst Short Story
542 The Monster from Nowhere Nelson Bond Short Story
559 First Contact Murray Leinster Novelette
584 Universe Robert Heinlein Novelette
622 Blind Alley Isaac Asimov Short Story
641 En Route to Pluto Wallace West Short Story
651 The Retreat to Mars Cecil B. White Short Story
668 The Man Who Saved the Earth Austin Hall Novelette
704 Spawn of the Stars Charles W. Diffin Novelette
730 The Flame Midget Frank Belknap Long, Jr. Short Story
740 Expedition Anthony Boucher Short Story
752 The Conquest of Gola Leslie F. Stone Short Story
764 Jackdaw Ross Rocklynne Novelette
ix Concerning Science Fiction John W. Campbell, Jr. Essay
vii Foreword (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) Alix Gudefin Perrachon Essay
xvii Introduction (The Best of Science Fiction) Groff Conklin Essay