18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories
| First published | 1971 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap |
| Format | Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Richard Powers (artist) |
| Pages | x+310 |
| Price | $0.95 |
| ISBN | 0448053756 |
- "Tempo Books Edition, 1971"
- "First Printing, January 1971"; no number line
- The artist is not credited, Powers is on the artwork
- ISBN incorrectly printed as 0-448-5375-6 on the copyright page. The missing digit is 0 which is found at the bottom of spine: 448-05375
- (Originally titled: Masters' Choice) on copyright page, title page and front cover.
- ToC entry for The Dwindling Sphere is William Hawkins, while the title story page is Willard Hawkins
- And Now the News is without ellipses in ToC, stories copyright/publication page, and story title page.
- The Honor Roll is signed LMJ for Laurence M. Janifer.
- Printed in the US
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Spider Robinson | Galaxy, March 1976 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liar! | Isaac Asimov | Short Story |
| 19 | It's a Good Life | Jerome Bixby | Short Story |
| 37 | The Veldt | Ray Bradbury | Short Story |
| 52 | The Golem | Avram Davidson | Short Story |
| 58 | Helen O'Loy | Lester del Rey | Short Story |
| 69 | The Cold Equations | Tom Godwin | Novelette |
| 95 | The Dwindling Sphere | Willard Hawkins | Short Story |
| 112 | Requiem | Robert A. Heinlein | Short Story |
| 130 | Theory of Rocketry | C. M. Kornbluth | Short Story |
| 145 | Don't Look Now | Henry Kuttner | Short Story |
| 159 | Seven-Day Terror | R. A. Lafferty | Short Story |
| 166 | Coming Attraction | Fritz Leiber | Short Story |
| 180 | Politics | Murray Leinster | Novelette |
| 209 | Memento Homo | Walter M. Miller, Jr. | Short Story |
| 227 | The Bright Illusion | C. L. Moore | Short Story |
| 253 | And Now the News | Theodore Sturgeon | Novelette |
| 274 | The Custodian | William Tenn | Novelette |
| 295 | The New Accelerator | H. G. Wells | Short Story |
| 309 | The Honor Roll | Laurence M. Janifer | Essay |
| vii | Preface (18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories) | Laurence M. Janifer | Essay |