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A compilation of sixteen science fiction tales, written between 1940 and 1970, such as "Moon Duel" and the "The Sky People", brings works together from such acclaimed writers as Jack Vance, H. Beam Piper, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, and Ursula K. LeGuin. Original.
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This is the first of two companion anthologies compiled by SF's leading short fiction editor, Gardner Dozois. Although Dozois is notable for tastes that are skewed heavily toward the literary side of the science fiction spectrum, his avowed purpose with this volume is to collect the seminal works of good old-fashioned adventure SF. Dozois has limited his stomping grounds to the years between 1948 and 1971, though the bulk of these stories were first published in the 1950s, a period he calls "the second great Age of the Space Opera." The book starts off with A.E. van Vogt's classic "The Rull" and continues with 16 more adventure stories, culminating with James Tiptree Jr.'s "Mother in the Sky with Diamonds." In between are works by James H. Schmitz, L. Sprague de Camp, Jack Vance, C.M. Kornbluth, Leigh Brackett, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Cordwainer Smith, Brian W. Aldiss, H. Beam Piper, Ursula K. Le Guin, Fritz Leiber, and Roger Zelazny. Although The Good Old Stuff may contain some tough moments for contemporary readers--the tales here are, after all, a product of times when race and gender discrimination were more prominent than they are today--this is an excellent collection of some of the best SF, adventure or otherwise. --Craig E. Engler
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"Dozois is a fine editor." --Washington Post Book World
"Dozois once again unites a magnificent gamut of epic storytellers into one volume that travels beyond the outermost galaxies and stirs the emotional foundations of the human condition." --Bookpage on The Year's Best Science Fiction
"The most imaginative editor is SF today." --The Village Voice
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- PublisherGriffin
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0312192754
- ISBN 13 9780312192754
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages434
- EditorDozois Gardner R.
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