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The Golden Age of Science Fiction
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Contents:
11 Editor's Note: About Science Fiction (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) (1981) essay by Kingsley Amis
16 Introduction (The Golden Age of Science Fiction) (1981) essay by Kingsley Amis
37 The Quest for Saint Aquin (1951) novelette by Anthony Boucher
56 The Xi Effect (1950) shortstory by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham ]
78 The Tunnel Under the World (1955) novelette by Frederik Pohl
111 Old Hundredth (1960) shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
124 A Work of Art (1956) novelette by James Blish
141 Harrison Bergeron (1961) shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
148 The Voices of Time (1960) novelette by J. G. Ballard
183 Specialist (1953) shortstory by Robert Sheckley
200 He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] (1948) novelette by H. Beam Piper
223 The Game of Rat and Dragon [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1955) shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
239 The Nine Billion Names of God (1953) shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
247 The Streets of Askelon (1962) shortstory by Harry Harrison (aka The Streets of Ashkelon)
263 The Country of the Kind (1956) shortstory by Damon Knight
278 The Machine That Won the War (1961) shortstory by Isaac Asimov
284 Student Body (1953) novelette by F. L. Wallace
306 It's a Good Life (1953) shortstory by Jerome Bixby
325 Sister Planet (1959) novella by Poul Anderson
Author: Kingsley Amis (all their books in stock)
Genre: Fiction, Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983
Pages: 365
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140063820
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