Golden Age of Science Fiction
Language: English
Published by Random House Value Publishing, 1988
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- Title
- Golden Age of Science Fiction
- Author
- Groff Conklin
- Publisher
- Random House Value Publishing
- Publication year
- 1988
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0517334860
- ISBN 13
- 9780517334867
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
Introduction· Groff Conklin
Part One The Atom
Solution Unsatisfactory· Anson MacDonald· Astounding 5/41
The Great War Syndicate· Frank R. Stockton· Once a Week 12/1888; abridged
The Piper’s Son/Baldy· Lewis Padgett· Astounding 2/45
Deadline· Cleve Cartmill· Astounding 3/44
Lobby· Clifford D. Simak· Astounding 4/44
Blowups Happen· Robert Heinlein· Astounding 9/40
Atomic Power· Don A. Stuart· Astounding 12/34
Part Two The Wonders of Earth
Killdozer· Theodore Sturgeon· Astounding 11/44
Davey Jones’ Ambassador· Raymond Z. Gallun· Astounding 12/35
Giant in the Earth· Morrison Colladay· Wonder Stories 4/33
Goldfish Bowl· Anson MacDonald· Astounding 3/42
The Ivy War· David H. Keller· Amazing 5/30
Liquid Life· Ralph Milne Farley· Thrilling Wonder Stories 10/36
Part Three The Superscience of Man
A Tale of the Ragged Mountains· Edgar Allan Poe· Godey’s Lady’s Book 4/1844
The Great Keinplatz Experiment· Arthur Conan Doyle· Belgravia 7/1885
The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes· H.G. Wells· Pall Mall Budget 3/28/1895
The Tissue-Culture King· Julian Huxley· Yale Review 4/26
The Ultimate Catalyst· John Taine· Thrilling Wonder Stories 6/39
The Terrible Sense· Calvin Peregoy· Astounding 8/38
A Scientist Divides· Donald Wandrei· Astounding 9/34
Part Four Dangerous Inventions
Tricky Tonnage· Malcolm Jameson· Astounding 12/44
The Lanson Screen· Arthur Leo Zagat· Thrilling Wonder Stories 12/36
The Ultimate Metal· Nat Schachner· Astounding 2/35
The Machine Don A. Stuart· Astounding 2/35
Part Five Adventures in Dimension
Short-Circuited Probability· Norman L. Knight· Astounding 9/41
The Search· A.E. van Vogt· Astounding 1/43
The Upper Level Road· Warner van Lorne· Astounding 8/35
The 32nd of May· Paul Ernst· Astounding 4/35
The Monster from Nowhere· Nelson Bond· Fantastic Adventures 7/39; wrongly attributed to Donald Wandrei in 1st ed.
Part Six From Outer Space
First Contact· Murray Leinster· Astounding 5/45
Universe/Hugh Hoyland· Robert Heinlein· Astounding 5/41
Blind Alley· Isaac Asimov· Astounding 3/45
En Route to Pluto/Yahna· Wallace West· Astounding 8/36
The Retreat to Mars/Dr Hargraves· Cecil B. White· Amazing 8/27
The Man Who Saved the Earth· Austin Hall· All-Story Weekly 12/13/19
Spawn of the Stars· Charles W. Diffin· Astounding 2/30
The Flame Midget· Frank Belknap Long Jr· Astounding 12/36
Expedition· Anthony Boucher· Thrilling Wonder Stories 8/43
The Conquest of Gola· Leslie F. Stone· Wonder Stories 4/31
Jackdaw· Ross Rocklynne· Astounding 8/42
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