Language English Originally published March 1979 Cover artist Jack Gaughan | Publication date March 1979 Publisher DAW Books Country United States of America | |
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Series Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback) Followed by Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) Genres Anthology, Science Fiction Similar Works by Martin H Greenberg, Isaac Asimov books | ||
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) is an American collection of short stories, edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. It attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the first half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 36 Stories and Novellas with the second half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940).
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This volume was originally published by DAW books in March 1979.
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Reception
Writing for Strange Horizons in 2010, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro described the series as essential read for modern SF fans, stating that "if we wish to fully understand today's work, we need to be at least somewhat familiar with its ancestry." He goes on to review the various stories individually, discussing how they have aged and their value to the modern reader. AsimovReviews.net describes this volume as "an excellent volume in an excellent series."