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Chapters: Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Frederik Pohl, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Damon Knight, Donald A. Wollheim, Hannes Bok, Judith Merril, Arthur W. Saha, Richard Wilson, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Pascual Enguídanos, David Kyle, Larry Shaw, Leslie Perri. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 126. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Isaac Asimov (Russian: pronounced ; born Isaak Yudovich Ozimov, Russian: ; c. January 2, 1920 April 6, 1992), was an American author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited about 500 books and over 9,000 letters and postcards. His works have been published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (the sole exception being the 100s: philosophy and psychology). Isaac Asimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified "future history" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, an accolade that many still find persuasive. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French. The prolific Asimov also...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=14573 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Judith Merril, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1438 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Title: Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril. (Reviews of Books).(Book Review)
Author: Cathy Hawkins
Publication: Extrapolation (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2003
Publisher: Extrapolation
Volume: 44Issue: 1Page: 125(6)

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nice book, condition as advertised
I bought this for one story ("Voices in the Dust" by Gerald Kersh). Totally worth it for that story alone, plus it's full of stuff by other classic SF authors.

The awesomely lurid cover is a bonus.

A nifty collection of early s-f, fantasy and horror.
"Shot in the Dark" was published by Bantam Books in 1950, with cover art that made it appear to be more in the mystery genre than the then-marginal science fiction.The cover blurb reads "A different kind of mystery thrill," and I'm sure a lot of copies were sold to people expecting something more along the lines of Mickey Spillane or Raymond Chandler!In any case, it's a good little collection, with 23 selections by authors ranging from s-f icons like Asimov and Heinlein to old-timers like H.G. Wells and even Edgar Allan Poe. Overall a bit more "literary' than most s-f.If you ever run across a copy, it's worth picking up. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Judith Merril, Henry James Morgan, Romuald Bourque, Mark Abley, Yvon Malette. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Judith Merril (née Judith Josephine Grossman le 21 janvier 1923 à Boston aux États-Unis et décédée le 12 septembre 1997 à Ontario aux Canada), est une éditrice et écrivaine américaine (puis canadienne) de science-fiction. Judith Josephine Grossman est née à Boston en 1923. À l'âge de 6 ans, elle apprend le suicide de son père suite à la grande dépression. Sa mère ayant trouvé du travail dans le Bronx, elle déménage New York en 1936 et commence ses études à Morrows High School dont elle sortira diplômée en 1939. Très tôt, elle s'engage dans la politique comme trotskiste. Elle rencontre d'ailleurs son premier mari, Dan Zissman lors d'une manifestation politique; ils se marient en 1940 et ont une fille, Merril, en 1942. C'est en l'honneur de sa fille qu'elle choisira son pseudonyme. Le premier contact de Judith avec la science-fiction se produit lorsqu'elle parcourt certains livres de son mari alors qu'elle est malade. Elle suit alors des cours de sage-femme. En 1945, elle rencontre Johnny Michel, Bob Lowndes et Virginia Kidd. Dans le même temps, elle se sépare de son amis et rejoint le groupe des Futurians avec Virginia Kidd. Dans ce cadre, elle rencontre Frederik Pohl qu'elle épouse en 1949 et avec qui elle a une seconde fille, Ann, en 1950. En 1948, elle publie sa première histoire de science-fiction, That Only a Mother dans le magazine Astounding. L'année suivante, elle écrit son premier roman, Shadow on the Hearth. En 1952, elle se sépare de Pohl (le divorce sera prononcé en 1953) et vit avec Walter Miller pendant 6 mois. En 1956, elle publie le premier volume de son anthologie SF: Th...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Sylvia Plath, Leon Eisenberg, Kurt Busiek, Judith Merril, Robert Dana, Maturin Murray Ballou, Frances Hamerstrom, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., Annie Haven Thwing, Edwin Monroe Bacon, Joseph Alexander Ames, Jeanne Robinson. Excerpt:Annie Haven Thwing (July 4, 1851-June 5, 1940), also known as A.H. Thwing and Anne Haven Thwing , was an historian and children's author. Biography Thwing's book for children, Chicken Little , with illustrations by Nelly Littlehale Umbstaetter, appeared in 1899. Contemporary advertisements for the book show Thwing as the book's distributor, from her home in Roxbury . As the title suggests, the book re-tells the old story of a chicken who believes the sky is falling . As an historian, Thwing compiled an enormous card index of subjects related to the history of Boston , Massachusetts . She donated the index to the Massachusetts Historical Society , where the cards "occupied seventy-four library drawers in the catalog room." She also created a 3-dimensional model of the town of Boston as it appeared in 1775, based on her research. The model now resides on public display in the Old South Meeting House . In 1920, Thwing's book on Boston history, The Crooked ... Read more

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Table of Contents
First Voyages ed. Damon Knight, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander (Avon, May '81, pb); Expanded version of First Flight by Damon Knight, Lancer, 1963.

*Introduction * Damon Knight * in
*The Isolinguals * L. Sprague de Camp * ss Astounding Sep '37
*The Faithful * Lester del Rey * ss Astounding Apr '38
*Black Destroyer * A. E. van Vogt * nv Astounding Jul '39
*Life-Line * Robert A. Heinlein * ss Astounding Aug '39
*Ether Breather * Theodore Sturgeon * ss Astounding Sep '39
*Proof * Hal Clement * ss Astounding Jun '42
*Loophole * Arthur C. Clarke * ss Astounding Apr '46
*Tomorrow's Children * Poul Anderson * nv Astounding Mar '47
*That Only a Mother * Judith Merril * ss Astounding Jun '48
*Scanners Live in Vain * Cordwainer Smith * nv Fantasy Book #6 '50
*Time Trap * Charles L. Harness * nv Astounding Aug '48; New Worlds May '65
*Defense Mechanism * Katherine MacLean * ss Astounding Oct '49
*Angel's Egg * Edgar Pangborn * nv Galaxy Jun '51
*Come On, Wagon! * Zenna Henderson * ss F&SF Dec '51
*Walk to the World * Algis Budrys * ss Space Science Fiction Nov '52
*Beyond Lies the Wub * Philip K. Dick * ss Planet Stories Jul '52
*My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello * Avram Davidson * ss F&SF Jul '54
*T * Brian W. Aldiss * ss Nebula #18 '56
*Prima Belladonna * J. G. Ballard * ss Science-Fantasy #20 '56
*April in Paris * Ursula K. Le Guin * ss Fantastic Sep '62

Good concept for an anthology
This anthology collects the first published stories of writers who would later go on to be among the most celebrated names in science fiction.Some authors, such as Lester del Rey and Theodore Sturgeon, improved greatly later to judge from their sub-standard initial offerings.AE Van Vogt's inexplicably beloved "Black Destroyer" is also anthologized here yet again.Yet these and a few other disappointments are offset by some remarkable stories from Zenna Henderson, Algis Budrys, Philip K. Dick, Avram Davidson, JG Ballard, and others. ... Read more

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The Best Stuff from 1959
All the best from the year 1959 (although a few from both '58 and '60 seem to have snuck in).

CONTENTS:

The Handler[Damon Knight - Rogue]
The Other Wife [Jack Finney- Saturday Evening Post]
No Fire Burns[Avram Davidson - Playboy]
No, No, Not Rogov! [Cordwainer Smith - IF]
The Shoreline at Sunset[Ray Bradbury - from *Medicine For Melancholy*]
The Dreamsman[Gordon R. Dickson- Star SF #6]
Multum in Parvo[Jack Sharkey - Gent]
Flowers For Algernon [Daniel Keyes - F&SF]
"What Do You Mean . . . Human?"[John W. Campbell Jr. - Astounding]
Sierra Sam [Ralph Dighton- N.Y. Times]
A Death in the House [Clifford D. Simak- Galaxy]
Mariana[Fritz Leiber - Fantastic]
An Inquiry Concerning the Curvature
Of the Earth's Surface and
Divers Investigations of a
Metaphysical Nature [Roger Price- Monocle]
Day At the Beach [Carol Emshwiller - F&SF]
Hot Argument [Randall Garrett- F&SF]
What the Left Hand was Doing [Randall Garrett
(as Darrel T. Langart) - Analog]
The Sound Sweep[J. G. Ballard- Science Fantasy]
Plentitude [Will Worthington - F&SF]
The Man Who Lost the Sea [Theodore Sturgeon- F&SF]
Make a Prison[Lawrence Block - Original SF] Stories
What Now, Little Man?[Mark Clifton - F&SF]
Me [Hilbert Schenk Jr. - F&SF]
Summary and Honorable Mentions [Judith Merril]

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