Adventures in Time and Space [Paperback]

Raymond J. Healy (Editor), Francis McComas (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 997 pages
• Publisher: Del Rey (April 12, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345277473
• ISBN-13: 978-0345277473
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,406,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pleasure Not Prophecy, December 31, 2000

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Milo Miles "doctornork" (Cambridge, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Adventures in Time and Space (Hardcover)

Dated? Of course -- this landmark collection came out in 1946. But "Adventures in Time and Space" defined Astounding magazine as the foundation of modern sci-fi and every single story in it has a twist, a sparkle and that elusive sense of wonder you just can't get any more because we, and science, and science-fiction, and maybe even dreams, have changed. Other good points: lots of humorous stories and passages; a nearly definitive selection of the now almost defunct genre of time-travel tales. If you think of these as uncommonly intelligent Saturday matinees on the page, there's nothing but hours of pleasure here. "Adventures in Time and Space" remains essential for anyone who wants to understand the full range of science fiction.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Outstanding Collection, December 1, 2004

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Dave_42 "Dave_42" (Australia) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Adventures in Time and Space (Hardcover)

This is one of the best collections of science fiction short stories, novellas, and novelettes ever published. Originally released in August of 1946 as collection of 35 works from what are now considered the legends of science fiction. It was tied for 4th on the Arkham Survey in 1949 and the top rated book on the Astounding/Analog polls in 1952 and 1956. In 1966, 20 years after it was published, it was still rated as the 20th best science fiction book on the Astounding/Analog pole, and in 1999 it was ranked as the 3rd best SF anthology of all time.

Fourteen of the original 35 stories have also been long remembered by science fiction fans, including such stories as `Requiem' (Robert Heinlein), `Forgetfulness' (Don A. Stuart, a.k.a. John W. Campbell, Jr.), Nerves (Lester Del Rey), Black Destroyer (A.E. van Vogt), Nightfall (Isaac Asimov), and many more. One must be careful in purchasing this book to be sure to get the full collection. The second edition omits five of the stories, and there are several derivative collections that were released using the same or similar names. The original 35 story collection was republished in 1957 under the title `Famous Science Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space.'

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Most Important Golden Age SF Anthology Of All Time!, August 31, 2005

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The Comics Maven (Kansas City, KS USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Adventures in Time and Space (Hardcover)

Due to a combination of hard work, circumstance, and just plain old luck Raymond Healy was able to lock up the reprint rights to many of the best SF stories from the thirties and early forties. They range from what's considered to be the best SF story of all time (Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall") to my own favorite novella (John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?"). Sure they're dated a bit but there's nevertheless a lot of reading pleasure to be found between it's two covers.