This introduction is the same as the Introduction in Astounding Stories: The 60th Anniversary Collection (Vol. 3 with black cover) 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.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| August 1992 |
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The Best of Astounding: Classic Short Novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction | Carroll & Graf | Anthology | vii |