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The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941

Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg

First published 1980
Series The Great SF Stories #3
Publisher DAW Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Catalog ID UE1523
Cover art Jack Gaughan
Pages 352
Price $2.25
ISBN 0879975237

I have chosen to take the words "Isaac Asimov Presents" not as an actual part of the Title, but as an introduction to the Title. CoachPaul

  • "First Printing, March 1980" (all caps)
  • First printing as per the number line: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
  • DAW Book No. 377.
  • Title on the Cover reads "Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)". Title on the spine reads, "Asimov The Great SF Stories: 3".
  • Introduction not signed, but according to Isaac Asimov in an essay from Gold stated that all of the Introductions from this series were written by Greenberg.
  • Introduction as by "The Editors" on the TOC.
  • The TOC misspells Fredric Brown's first name as "Frederic". The title page has the right name.
  • Five Robert A. Heinlein stories ("And He Built a Crooked House", "They", "Universe", "Solution Unsatisfactory", and "By His Bootstraps") were meant to be included, but arrangements for their use could not be made. The introductions for them are still in the book. The introduction erroneously states that all five can be found in his Collection "The Past Through Tomorrow" (1967). Volume 4 of the series has an errata note about this.

Year Reviewer Publication
2011 Alvaro Zinos-Amaro Strange Horizons, 4 April 2011

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 Cover 1980 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Paperback Anthology Jack Gaughan 352