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Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg

First published 1983
Series The Great SF StoriesGolden Years of SF #1
Publisher Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Romas
Pages 432+350
ISBN 0517401479

  • "This 1983 edition is published by Bonanza Books..." stated on the copyright page with a complete letter-line: "h g f e d c b a".
  • No printed price, an "instant remainder".
  • Each of the two volumes making up this anthology is individually paginated. Each have a title page (with the addition of "Volume 1" and "Volume 2") and their own introductions.

Page Title Author(s) Type
8 Introduction (The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)) Martin H. Greenberg Essay
11 I, Robot Eando Binder Short Story
25 The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton Robert Bloch Short Story
35 Trouble with Water H. L. Gold Short Story
56 Cloak of Aesir Don A. Stuart Novella
103 The Day Is Done Lester del Rey Short Story
118 The Ultimate Catalyst John Taine Novelette
141 The Gnarly Man L. Sprague de Camp Novelette
163 Black Destroyer A. E. van Vogt Novelette
194 Greater Than Gods C. L. Moore Novelette
229 Trends Isaac Asimov Short Story
248 The Blue Giraffe L. Sprague de Camp Novelette
272 The Misguided Halo Henry Kuttner Short Story
289 Heavy Planet Milton A. Rothman Short Story
299 Life-Line Robert A. Heinlein Short Story
318 Ether Breather Theodore Sturgeon Short Story
332 Pilgrimage Nelson S. Bond Novelette
353 Rust Joseph E. Kelleam Short Story
363 The Four-Sided Triangle William F. Temple Novelette
385 Star Bright Jack Williamson Novelette
412 Misfit Robert A. Heinlein Novelette
108|2108 Dark Mission Lester del Rey Short Story
125|2125 It Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
149|2149 Vault of the Beast A. E. van Vogt Novelette
176|2176 The Impossible Highway Oscar J. Friend Short Story
191|2191 Quietus Ross Rocklynne Short Story
206|2206 Strange Playfellow Isaac Asimov Short Story
219|2219 The Warrior Race L. Sprague de Camp Short Story
237|2237 Farewell to the Master Harry Bates Novelette
276|2276 Butyl and the Breather Theodore Sturgeon Short Story
297|2297 The Exalted L. Sprague de Camp Novelette
30|2030 The Automatic Pistol Fritz Leiber Short Story
321|2321 Old Man Mulligan P. Schuyler Miller Novelette
46|2046 Hindsight Jack Williamson Short Story
65|2065 Postpaid to Paradise Robert Arthur Short Story
80|2080 Into the Darkness Ross Rocklynne Novelette
9|2009 Introduction (The Great SF Stories 2 (1940)) Martin H. Greenberg Essay
9|2009 The Dwindling Sphere Willard E. Hawkins Short Story