The Fourth Galaxy Reader [Hardcover]

Horace Gold (Editor)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company Inc.; Book Club Edition edition (1959)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000K0D890
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,795,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Fourth Galaxy Reader is a great collection of S-F, August 23, 2009

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Joseph Simmons "J Simmons" (Ellicott City, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: THE (4th) FOURTH GALAXY READER: I Am a Nucleus; Name Your Symptom; Horrer Howce; Man of Distinction; The Bomb in the Bathtub; You Were Right Joe; What s He Doing in There; The Gentlest Unpeople; The Hated; Kill Me with Kindness; All the Seas with Oysters (Hardcover)

I first read the 4th Galaxy Reader years ago, and for years remembered the brilliance of its selections, especially the incomparable humor of "The Bomb in the Bathtub." SF has changed and matured, but the stories here are a great sampling of a golden age of innovation.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Old Sci-Fi Compliation, July 29, 2010

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Charles R. Elkins - See all my reviews
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I originally bought mine in the 60's @ K-mart for a dime! Still have it and re-read some of the best sci-fi shorts from well known and unknown authors.

5.0 out of 5 stars 15 Far-Out Items, December 15, 2006

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Jim Gardner "jgmallard" (Adirondack Park, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

Fifteen stories from the period 1956-8. There are some very strange items included int his one! If you don't collect the magazines, these Readers are a must-own.

CONTENTS:


I Am A Nucleus Stephen Barr
Name Your Symptom Jim Harmon
Horrer Howce Margaret St. Clair
Man of Distinction Michael Shaara
The Bomb in the Bathtub Thomas N. Scortia
Your Were Right, Joe J. T. McIntosh
What's He Doing in There? Fritz Leiber
The Gentlest Unpeople Frederik Pohl
The Hated Frederik Pohl (as Paul Flehr)
Kill Me With Kindness Richard Wilson
Or All the Seas With Oysters Avram Davidson
The Gun Without a Bang Robert Sheckley (as Finn O'Donnevan)
Man in a Quandary L. J. Stecher Jr.
Blank Form Arthur Sellings
The Minimum Man Robert Sheckley