The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B

The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America

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Ben Bova

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This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas. It contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field Published in 1973 to honor stories written before the institution of the Nebula Awards, the Science Fiction Hall of Fame introduced tens of thousands of young readers to the wonders of science fiction and was a favorite of libraries across the country.

 

This volume contains novellas by: Ray Bradbury, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Theodore Cogswell, E. M. Forster, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, T. L. Sherred, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, and Jack Vance.

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Michael  rated it  
Oct 7, 2011
This is a remarkable collection of science fiction novellas that completes the previous volume, IIA. Personally, I feel that it is a stronger collection than its predecessor. I thoroughly enjoyed several of the stories herein. Of the ones that I didn't care for as much, it can be said that each had ...more
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Jeffrey  rated it  
Feb 25, 2011
These books changed my life. Without picking up the best short stories and novellas volumes in the early 1980s, I doubt I would have become the ravenous SF fan I became. The selection of stories and novellas is impeccable. READ IT. ...more
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Dan  rated it  
Jul 4, 2010
Excellent selection of really toprate novellas and 'novelets' with few, and debatable, exceptions. Highlights were The Spectre General (Cogswell), E for Effort (Sherred), and The Moon Moth (Vance). Pleased with The Martian Way (Asimov) as a return to a universe I know and love well. The Machine Stop ...more
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Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Leviathans of Jupiter and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction’s Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova’s writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.

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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B
The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
SF Hall of Fame
Ben Bova

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