Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Series | The Great SF Stories › Golden Years of SF #3 |
| Publisher | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Romas |
| Pages | 633 |
| ISBN | 0517435225 |
Omnibus of the anthologies Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 (1943) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6 (1944).
- "This 1984 edition is published by Bonanza Books..." printed on the copyright page with a complete letter-line: "h g f e d c b a".
- No printed price (this was an "instant remainder".)
- This is actually an omnibus which reprints -partly- the contents of two previously published anthologies: Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 (1943) (omitting ''The Iron Standard'' by Lewis Padgett) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6 (1944) (omitting ''Far Centaurus'' by A.E. van Vogt; ''Deadline'' from Clive Cartmill; ''Sanity'' from Fritz Leiber and ''Invariant'' from John R. Pierce. There is only one Table of Contents and there is continuous pagination (some volumes of this series were published with each half having its own Table of Contents and pagination.)
- The Introduction is a combination of the two introductions for the individual volumes. It is not credited here, but is credited as by Martin H. Greenberg in the original anthologies.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Introduction (Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series) | uncredited | Essay |
| 11 | The Cave | P. Schuyler Miller | Novelette |
| 30 | The Halfling | Leigh Brackett | Novelette |
| 57 | Mimsy Were the Borogoves | Lewis Padgett | Novelette |
| 91 | Q. U. R. | Anthony Boucher | Short Story |
| 113 | Clash by Night | Lawrence O'Donnell | Novella |
| 172 | Exile | Edmond Hamilton | Short Story |
| 178 | Daymare | Fredric Brown | Novelette |
| 219 | Doorway Into Time | C. L. Moore | Short Story |
| 238 | The Storm | A. E. van Vogt | Novelette |
| 271 | The Proud Robot | Lewis Padgett | Novelette |
| 306 | Symbiotica | Eric Frank Russell | Novelette |
| 352 | The Veil of Astellar | Leigh Brackett | Novelette |
| 381 | City | Clifford D. Simak | Novelette |
| 409 | Arena | Fredric Brown | Novelette |
| 438 | Huddling Place | Clifford D. Simak | Short Story |
| 457 | Kindness | Lester del Rey | Short Story |
| 473 | Desertion | Clifford D. Simak | Short Story |
| 486 | When the Bough Breaks | Lewis Padgett | Novelette |
| 513 | Killdozer! | Theodore Sturgeon | Novella |
| 584 | No Woman Born | C. L. Moore | Novella |