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Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1950 Publisher Gnome Press Country United States of America | 3.3/5 Goodreads Publication date 1950 Pages 351 pp Cover artist Edd Cartier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genres Short story, Science Fiction Similar Martin Greenberg books, Science Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men Against the Stars is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg, originally published in hardcover by Gnome Press. A British hardcover was issued by Grayson & Grayson in 1951. Pyramid Books published several abridged paperback versions in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
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It was the first “theme” anthology in science fiction, where all stories are about a common idea, setting, or concept. All the stories, save one, had originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. The other story, "When Shadows Fall", first appeared in Startling Stories.
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Reception
Fletcher Pratt, writing in The New York Times, reported that editor Greenberg "has done an extremely good job of choosing his entries". Anthony Boucher praised the volume as "a pioneer among 'patterned' anthologies [and] an outstanding collection." P. Schuyler Miller called it "one of the best science fiction antholgies to date [in 1950], praising the consistent selection of "stories of human problems and human values."