Isaac Asimov: Science Fiction Masterpieces [Hardcover]

Isaac Asimov (Editor)

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Publication Date: May 1993

This anthology contains some of the finest selections from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, including short stories by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron, and Jack Chalker.

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• Hardcover: 633 pages
• Publisher: Galahad Books (May 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883657139
• ISBN-13: 978-0883657133
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
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* 11 * Editorial: Escape to Reality? * (1980) * essay by Isaac Asimov
* 14 * In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See * (1979) * shortstory by Melisa Michaels
* 27 * Keepersmith * (1979) * shortstory by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron
* 51 * Good Taste * (1976) * novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 65 * To Sin Against Systems * (1977) * novelette by Gary R. Osgood
* 90 * Louisville Slugger * (1977) * shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
* 93 * A Delicate Shade of Kipney * (1978) * shortstory by Nancy Kress
* 102 * Air Raid * (1977) * shortstory by John Varley [as by Herb Boehm ]
* 112 * A Many Splendored Thing * (1977) * shortstory by Linda Isaacs
* 117 * Boarder Incident * (1977) * shortstory by Ted Reynolds
* 121 * Low Grade Ore * (1977) * novelette by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
* 136 * The Missing Item * [Black Widowers] * (1977) * shortstory by Isaac Asimov
* 148 * Heal the Sick, Raise the Dead * (1978) * shortstory by Steve Perry [as by Jesse Peel ]
* 154 * Polly Plus * (1978) * shortstory by Randall Garrett
* 165 * A Time for Terror * (1979) * novelette by Barry B. Longyear [as by Frederick Longbeard ]
* 183 * Perchance to Dream * (1977) * shortstory by Sally A. Sellers
* 199 * The Small Stones of Tu Fu * (1978) * shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
* 206 * Born Again * (1978) * shortstory by Sharon N. Farber
* 219 * Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe * (1977) * novelette by John Varley
* 242 * How It Happened * (1979) * shortstory by Isaac Asimov
* 243 * Quarantine * (1977) * shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
* 244 * Cautionary Tales * (1978) * shortstory by Larry Niven
* 247 * A Bait of Dreams * (1979) * novelette by Jo Clayton
* 270 * Against a Crooked Stile * (1979) * shortstory by Nancy Kress
* 285 * Joelle * (1977) * novella by Poul Anderson
* 313 * Dance Band on the Titanic * (1978) * novelette by Jack L. Chalker [as by Jack Chalker ]
* 330 * Softly Touch the Stranger's Mind * (1978) * shortstory by E. Amalia Andujar
* 335 * Lorelei at Storyville West * (1977) * shortstory by Sherwood Springer
* 344 * On the Way * (1978) * shortstory by Conway Conley
* 350 * The Napoli Express * [Lord Darcy] * (1979) * novella by Randall Garrett
* 402 * Darkside * (1978) * novelette by Gary D. McClellan
* 422 * No Room in the Stable * (1977) * shortstory by A. Bertram Chandler
* 426 * African Blues * (1978) * shortstory by Paula Smith
* 435 * Coming of Age in Henson's Tube * (1977) * shortstory by William John Watkins [as by William Jon Watkins ]
* 439 * Home Team Advantage * (1977) * shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
* 443 * Star Train * (1978) * shortstory by Drew Mendelson
* 449 * Bystander * (1978) * shortstory by Alan Dean Foster
* 456 * Time and Hagakure * (1977) * shortstory by Steven Utley
* 462 * Ghosts * (1979) * shortstory by Keith Minnion
* 476 * A Simple Outside Job * (1977) * shortstory by Robert Lee Hawkins
* 479 * The Last Defender of Camelot * (1979) * novelette by Roger Zelazny
* 496 * Lost and Found * (1978) * shortstory by Michael A. Banks and George Wagner
* 499 * Hellhole * (1979) * shortstory by David Gerrold
* 512 * The Man Who Took the Fifth * (1978) * shortstory by Michael Schimmel
* 518 * The Adventure of the Global Traveler * (1978) * shortstory by Anne Lear (aka The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie)
* 525 * Backspace * (1977) * shortstory by F. M. Busby
* 529 * On the Q167 File * (1978) * shortstory by John M. Ford
* 532 * Horseless Carriage * (1978) * shortstory by Michael A. Banks
* 537 * Pièce de Résistance * (1978) * shortstory by J. F. Bone [as by Jesse Bone ]
* 543 * Lipidleggin' * [LaNague Federation] * (1978) * shortstory by F. Paul Wilson
* 550 * Omit Flowers * (1977) * shortstory by Dean McLaughlin
* 551 * Message to Myself * (1978) * shortstory by Diana L. Paxson
* 554 * One Rejection Too Many * (1978) * shortstory by Patricia Nurse
* 557 * But Do They Ride Dolphins? * (1978) * shortstory by Frederick S. Lord, Jr.
* 566 * When There's No Man Around * (1977) * shortstory by Stephen Goldin
* 572 * Longshot * (1979) * shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
* 579 * Nothing for Nothing * (1979) * shortstory by Isaac Asimov
* 587 * To Fill the Sea and Air * [LaNague Federation] * (1979) * shortstory by F. Paul Wilson
* 600 * Guilt * (1978) * novelette by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn ]
* 615 * Proud Rider * [Circus World] * (1979) * novelette by Barry B. Longyear