First Voyages [Paperback]

Damon Knight (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Joseph D. Olander (Editor), Zenna Henderson (Contributor), Ursula K. Le Guin (Contributor), Katherine MacLean (Contributor), Judith Merril (Contributor), L. Sprague de Camp (Contributor), Lester del Rey (Contributor), A. E. van Vogt (Contributor)

Product Details

• Paperback: 373 pages
• Publisher: Avon (May 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380775867
• ISBN-13: 978-0380775866
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,183,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Table of Contents, March 22, 2006

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Susan O'Fearna "MoonShadow SilverEyes" (Flagstaff, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Voyages (Paperback)

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

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good concept for an anthology, February 23, 2003

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David Bonesteel (Fresno, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: First Voyages (Paperback)

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.