The Golden Age of Science Fiction, from the early 1940s through the 1950s, saw an explosion of talent in SF writing, including authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke. Their writing helped science fiction gain wide public attention, and left a lasting impression upon society. The same writers formed the mold for the next three decades of science fiction, and much of their writing remains as fresh today as it was then.
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Isaac Asimov was for five decades a central figure in science fiction writing. Born in the Soviet Union and raised in Brooklyn, he wrote over 330 books. Martin H. Greenberg has been called the king of anthologists, with more than one thousand anthologies. Charles G. Waugh is a leading authority on science fiction and fantasy.
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This review is from: The Mammoth Book of Golden Age SF: Ten Classic Stories from the Birth of Modern Science Fiction Writing (Paperback)
I am a golden age sci fi fan but I must warn you away from this misbegotten tome. I tried, I really did, but there was not one story here worth my time. It's like the authors were asked to pick their worst stories.
Killdozer is the worst with its dated slang and 40's mentality and, oh yeah, the alien is a rock. That's right, a rock. Nerves is a story about doctors and radiation sickness before they knew what it was, what caused it or what cured it. Wordy, drawn-out and no action or characters worth reading about. Giant killer is about rats in a spaceship. Yup, rats deformed by radiation. If you like deformed rats you'll find it a moving read. "With Folded Hands" is the pick of the litter. That's why they saved it til last I guess. Most are extremely dated. The A bomb was a big thing at the time and it was considered sexy to write anything, no matter how bad, about it at the time is my guess. Ignorance and lack of imagination was no impediment to publication it seems. There are some excellent collections out there from the golden age. Just look up any book by the New England Science Fiction Association. amazon's got dozens. But this collection deserves the darkest obscurity.
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In the first book of the series, which dealt with classic science fiction (s.f.) novellas of the 1930s, I said that the 1930s was the decade in which science fiction found its voice. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
palladium needle, pan tractor, hoist lever, master clutch, black mechanicals, weapon shop, many heartbeats, weapons shop, master trader, blade control, hundred credits, utility men, steel eyes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Daisy Etta, Rod Caquer, Prime Directive, New People, Willem Deem, Hober Mallow, Giant Killer, Jorane Sutt, Lieutenant Caquer, Little Giant, Jane Gordon, Sector Three, Jaim Twer, Different One, Jord Parma, Los Angeles, Perry Peters, Fara Clark, Laurette Overland, Tony Crow, Far Star, Professor Gordon, Sector Two, Humanoid Institute, Lord of the Outside New!
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- Isaac Asimov (Writers of the 21st Century) by Joseph D. Olander in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3 by Edward Gibbon on page 460
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-3 of 6 (Everyman's Library) by Edward Gibbon on page 460
- Duke University NC 2006 (College Prowler Off the Record) by Margaret Campbell on page 2
- The Skylark of Space (Bison Frontiers of Imagination) by E. E. on page 3
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- Isaac Asimov: A Life of the Grand Master of Science Fiction by Michael White in Back Matter
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