Abridged from the three-volume series, Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection (1990), published by Easton Press.
- "First Carroll & Graf edition 1992" stated on the copyright page.
- Month of publication is from Locus1.
- "Introduction by Poul Anderson and collection copyright (c) 1990 by Davis Publications. Inc." (over) "Abridged from a three-volume series published by The Easton Press in arrangement with Davis Publications, Inc."
- The introduction is the same as the Introduction in Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection (Vol. 3) up to the end of page ix in that publication. The introduction ends at this point in The Best of Astounding while in Astounding Stories the introduction continues with summaries of the stories contained in that volume.
- This publication does not include the original story illustrations nor cover images that were included in the three-volume Astounding Stories set.
