The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Series | The Great SF Stories › Golden Years of SF #4 |
| Publisher | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Fernandez |
| Pages | 632 |
| Price | $6.98 |
| ISBN | 0517447355 |
- "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"), price and month from Locus1
- Jacket painting by Fernandez/S.F. Artists on rear flap, no visible signature on the artwork
- This omnibus reprints most of the contents of two previously published anthologies: Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 7 (1945), (omitting ''De Profundis'' by Murray Leinster and ''Pi in the Sky'' by Fredric Brown) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 8 (1946) (omitting ''Absalom'' from Henry Kuttner and ''Mewhu's Jet'' from Theodore Sturgeon). 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.