The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3
Author: | Frederik Pohl |
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Tor, 2001 |
Series: | The SFWA Grand Masters: Book 3 |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented, by active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The Grand Master Award is given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.
Frederik Pohl, an eminent figure in science fiction, has been authorized by the SFWA to edit an anthology in three big volumes featuring substantial selections of the work of all the first fifteen Grand Masters. These are the seminal writers of the modern SF field, whose works are of dominant importance and influence. This series of collections is a permanent record of greatness in SF.
Volume Three, presenting the last five writers to receive the Grand Master award, features the fiction of Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. Van Vogt, Jack Vance.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Frederik Pohl
- Lester del Rey 1915-1993 - essay by Frederik Pohl
- Recommended Reading by Lester del Rey - essay by uncredited
- The Faithful - (1938) - short story by Lester del Rey
- The Pipes of Pan - (1940) - short story by Lester del Rey
- The Coppersmith - (1939) - short story by Lester del Rey
- For I Am a Jealous People! - (1954) - novella by Lester del Rey
- Frederik Pohl b. 1919 - essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull
- Recommended Reading by Frederik Pohl - essay by uncredited
- Let the Ants Try - (1949) - short story by Frederik Pohl
- The Tunnel Under the World - (1955) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
- Day Million - (1966) - short story by Frederik Pohl
- The Gold at the Starbow's End - (1972) - novella by Frederik Pohl
- Damon Knight - essay by Frederik Pohl
- Recommended Reading by Damon Knight - essay by uncredited
- The Handler - (1960) - short story by Damon Knight
- Dio - (1957) - novelette by Damon Knight
- Not With a Bang - (1950) - short story by Damon Knight
- I See You - (1976) - short story by Damon Knight
- Masks - (1968) - short story by Damon Knight
- A. E. van Vogt 1912-2000 - essay by Frederik Pohl
- Recommended Reading by A. E. van Vogt - essay by uncredited
- Black Destroyer - (1939) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
- Far Centaurus - (1944) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
- Vault of the Beast - (1940) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
- Dear Pen Pal - (1949) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
- Jack Vance b. 1916 - essay by Frederik Pohl
- Recommended Reading by Jack Vance - essay by uncredited
- Sail 25 - (1962) - novella by Jack Vance
- Ullward's Retreat - (1958) - novelette by Jack Vance
- The Miracle Workers - (1958) - novella by Jack Vance
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