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The Great Science Fiction Series

Frederik Pohl & Martin Harry Greenberg & Joseph Olander

First published 1980
Publisher Harper & Row
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Jon Weiman
Pages x+419
Price $16.95
ISBN 0060133821


- On copyright page: "First Edition", printing number line "80 81 82 83 84 10 9 ... 2 1", and "Copyright (c) 1980 by R. Bretnor".
- Locus #240 (December 1980) said publication month is November, and on front flap of jacket is "1180" indicating November. Note that the verification copy has a Harper & Row reviewers slip with "December 3, 1980" as date of publication.
- Note that the ISBN on this book is also on another Harper & Row book, "Nebula Winners Fourteen", which was published 3 months earlier.
- Price on front flap of jacket. On back flap is "Jacket design by Jon Weiman". On copyright page is "Designer: Ruth Bornschlegel".

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Hothouse Series Brian W. Aldiss Essay
3 Hothouse Brian W. Aldiss Novelette
32 The Nicholas van Rijn Series Poul Anderson Essay
34 A Little Knowledge Poul Anderson Novelette
52 The Wendell Urth Series Isaac Asimov Essay
54 The Talking Stone Isaac Asimov Short Story
71 The Vermilion Sands Series J. G. Ballard Essay
72 The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D J. G. Ballard Short Story
86 Introduction to "Bridge" James Blish & Judith Blish Essay
86 The Cities in Flight Series James Blish & Judith Blish Essay
88 Bridge James Blish Novelette
112 Introduction to "Surface Tension" James Blish & Judith Blish Essay
112 The Pantropy Series James Blish & Judith Blish Essay
114 Surface Tension James Blish Novelette
150 The Feghoot Series Grendel Briarton Essay
152 Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot Grendel Briarton Short Story
154 The White Hart Series Arthur C. Clarke Essay
155 The Reluctant Orchid Arthur C. Clarke Short Story
164 Introduction to "The Ancestral Amethyst" L. Sprague de Camp Essay
164 Tales from Gavagan's Bar Series L. Sprague de Camp Essay
166 The Ancestral Amethyst L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt Short Story
173 The People Series Zenna Henderson Essay
175 Ararat Zenna Henderson Novelette
194 The Retief Series Keith Laumer Essay
196 Ballots and Bandits Keith Laumer Novelette
221 The Change War Series Fritz Leiber Essay
223 No Great Magic Fritz Leiber Novella
259 The Dragon Series Anne McCaffrey Essay
261 The Smallest Dragonboy Anne McCaffrey Short Story
273 The Helva Series Anne McCaffrey Essay
274 The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey Novelette
290 The Known Space Series Larry Niven Essay
292 A Relic of the Empire Larry Niven Novelette
308 The Berserker Series Fred Saberhagen Essay
309 Sign of the Wolf Fred Saberhagen Short Story
317 The Slow Glass Series Bob Shaw Essay
318 Burden of Proof Bob Shaw Short Story
331 The AAA Ace Series Robert Sheckley Essay
332 The Lifeboat Mutiny Robert Sheckley Short Story
343 The in Hiding Series Wilmar H. Shiras Essay
344 Opening Doors Wilmar H. Shiras Novelette
373 The City Series Clifford D. Simak Essay
374 Aesop Clifford D. Simak Novelette
400 The Instrumentality Series John J. Pierce Essay
402 Introduction to "The Game of Rat and Dragon" John J. Pierce Essay
402 The Game of Rat and Dragon Cordwainer Smith Short Story
416 Notes on Contributors (The Great Science Fiction Series) uncredited Essay
ix Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Series) Frederik Pohl Essay