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Kind of lame story by (unfortunately) Poul Anderson--"Genius"--too many fatuous generalized assumptions (also ripped off Asimov amazingly--even used the Foundation at one point). Anthology basically journeyman mainstream SF--unlike Judith Merril's (increasingly) artsy offerings. Sort of like Wollheim back then (had he been older than 10). "Mars Is Heaven" hokey and annoying--except the last few pages are good. And all the theories they come up with are fun...but why he suddenly thinks/realizes h...
This collection of stories has the distinction of being the first of all the "Best of the Year" genre short story collections. Basically the editors went around all the Science Fiction Magazines and a couple of general interest ones and selected the best of the year in their opinion. Actually it is a pretty good collection.There are a couple of surprises here but a lot is as expected, there are some name that you know will give you good stories, and this is particularly true with 2 entries by Ra...
This is the first ever year's best anthology of science fiction short stories, published in 1949 to cover those released in 1948. I thought, for some reason, that it would be "fun" to start here and slowly make my way to the present by means of the various annual anthology series that have been published over the years. Turns out, though, is that these are, by and large, not stories worth reading. Forced to sum them up pithily I would probably default to "monumentally boring." Maybe sticking wit...
Wonderful! The two and not just one stories by Bradbury were a special treat. Could've done without the TWO introductions, though. After reading a few poor modern SF anthologies, this was a great tonic (even if some of the predictions from 1949 are laughable today.)And is it just me or does the guy on the cover look like Peter Gabriel?
This volume is from the golden age of science fiction and contains short stories by some of the best. Alas, that does not mean the stories are the best. Some good ones here, but there are a lot of also rans as well. Wouldn’t recommend this one.
