Golden Age of Short Science Fiction

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Anthologies
The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology [edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.] (anthology) 1952
Tomorrow, the Stars: A Science Fiction Anthology [edited by Robert A. Heinlein] (anthology) 1952
A Treasury of Great Science Fiction [edited by Anthony Boucher] (anthology) 1959
Science Fiction Hall of Fame [edited by Robert Silverberg] (anthology) 1970
Science Fiction: The Great Years [edited by Frederik and Carol Pohl] (anthology) 1973
Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s [edited by Isaac Asimov] (anthology) 1974
The History of the Science Fiction Magazine [edited by Michael Ashley] (anthology) 1975
Science Fiction of the Thirties [edited by Damon Knight] (anthology) 1975
Science Fiction: The Great Years, Volume II [edited by Frederik and Carol Pohl] (anthology) 1976
Science Fiction of the Forties [edited by Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander] (anthology) 1978
The Golden Age of Science Fiction [edited by Kingsley Amis] (anthology) 1981
The Best of Astounding: Classic Short Novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction [edited by James Gunn] (novellas) 1992

Poul Anderson
“Logic” (short story) 1947
“Tomorrow's Children” [with F. N. Waldrop] (short story) 1947

Isaac Asimov
I, Robot (short stories) 1950
*Foundation (novellas and novelettes) 1951
*Foundation and Empire (novellas and novelettes) 1952
*Second Foundation (novellas and novelettes) 1953
The Martian Way, and Other Stories (short stories) 1955
The Early Asimov (short stories) 1972
The Best of Isaac Asimov (short stories) 1973

Alfred Bester
“The Broken Axiom” (short story) 1939

James Blish
“Emergency Refueling” (short story) 1940
Best Science Fiction Stories of James Blish (short stories) 1965

Anthony Boucher
Far and Away: Eleven Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories (short stories) 1955
The Compleat Werewolf and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction (short stories) 1969

Ray Bradbury
Dark Carnival (short stories) 1947
The Martian Chronicles (short stories) 1950
The Illustrated Man (short stories) 1951

John W. Campbell, Jr.
Who Goes There?: Seven Tales of Science Fiction (short stories) 1948
Cloak of Aesir (short stories) 1952

Cleve Cartmill
“Deadline” (short story) 1944

Arthur C. Clarke
“The Awakening” (short story) 1942
“The Wall of Darkness” (short story) 1949
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (short stories) 2001

Hal Clement
“Proof” (short story) 1942
“Technical Error” (short story) 1943

L. Sprague de Camp
The Wheels of If and Other Science Fiction (short stories) 1948

Lester del Rey
… And Some Were Human (short stories) 1948
Early del Rey. 2 vols. (short stories) 1975
The Best of Lester del Rey 1978

Robert A. Heinlein
The Man Who Sold the Moon (short stories) 1950
The Best of Robert Heinlein, 1939-1959. 2 vols. (short stories and novels) 1973

L. Ron Hubbard
“The Dangerous Dimension” (short story) 1938

Damon Knight
“To Serve Man” (short story) 1950
The Best of Damon Knight (short stories) 1974

C. M. Kornbluth
Thirteen O'Clock and Other Zero Hours (short stories) 1970
The Best of C. M. Kornbluth (short stories) 1976
Before the Universe [with Frederik Pohl] (short stories) 1980

Henry Kuttner
A Gnome There Was, and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy [with C. L. Moore; under pseudonyms Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O'Donnell] (short stories) 1950
The Best of Kuttner I (short stories) 1965
The Best of Henry Kuttner (short stories) 1975

Fritz Leiber
“They Never Come Back” (short story) 1941
“Coming Attraction” (short story) 1950

C. S. Lewis
Out of the Silent Planet (short novel) 1938

C. L. Moore
A Gnome There Was, and Other Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy [with Henry Kuttner; under pseudonyms Lewis Padgett and Lawrence O'Donnell] (short stories) 1950
The Best of C. L. Moore (short stories) 1975

Frederik Pohl
Alternating Currents (short stories) 1956
The Best of Frederik Pohl (short stories) 1975
The Early Pohl (short stories) 1976
Before the Universe [with C. M. Kornbluth] (short stories) 1980

Eric Frank Russell
Men, Martians, and Machines (short stories) 1955
The Best of Eric Frank Russell (short stories) 1978

Margaret St. Clair
“Rocket to Limbo” (short story) 1946
“The Sacred Martian Pig” (short story) 1949

Clifford Simak
Best Science Fiction Stories of Clifford Simak (short stories) 1967

Clark Ashton Smith
“The Dark Age” (short story) 1938
“The Great God Awto” (short story) 1940

Olaf Stapledon
The Flames: A Fantasy (novella) 1947

Theodore Sturgeon
Without Sorcery (short stories) 1948
Aliens 4 (short stories) 1959
The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon (short stories) 1994

William Tenn
“Child's Play” (short story) 1947

Jack Vance
The Dying Earth (short stories) 1950

A. E. van Vogt
Masters of Time (short stories) 1950
The Best of A. E. van Vogt (short stories) 1974

Stanley G. Weinbaum
A Martian Odyssey and Others (short stories) 1949
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum (short stories) 1974

Jack Williamson
Lady in Danger (short stories) 1945
The Early Williamson (short stories) 1975

*The novellas and novelettes contained in these works were originally published in Astounding Science Fiction between 1942 and 1949.

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