Before the Golden Age
A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s
by Isaac Asimov, Edmond Hamilton, Neil R. Jones, S. P. Meek, P. Schuyler Miller, Clifford D. Simak, Charles R. Tanner, Jack Williamson, Laurence Manning, Donald Wandrei, Murray Leinster, Raymond Z. Gallun, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Henry Hasse, Leslie Frances Stone, John W. Campbell, John D. Clarke, Nathan Schachner, Ross Rocklynne
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Part one 1920 to 1930 Part two 1931 The man who evolved / Edmond Hamilton The Jameson Satellite / Neil R. Jones Submicroscopic / Capt. S.P. Meek Awlo of Ulm / Capt. S.P. Meek Tetrahedra of space / P. Schuyler Miller The world of the red Sun / Clifford D. Simak Part three 1932 Tumithak of the corridors / Charles R. Tanner The Moon era / Jack Williamson Part four 1933 The man who awoke / Laurence Manning Tumithak in Shawm / Capt. Charles R. Tanner Part five 1934 Colossus / Donald Wandrei Born of the Sun / Jack Williamson Sidewise in time / Murray Leinster Old Faithful /
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Having read Asimov's autobiographical inserts in anthologies such as Before the Golden Age and The Early Asimov, I get the idea that young (as in prior to the age of 30) Asimov suffered from a problem similar to many male mangakas: their exposure to girls/women is so minimal as to be almost…
on “The Last Question by Issac Asimov [pdf]” ↗…have a huge number of paperback and hardcover anthologies of sci-fi stories, sometimes by a single author (say Element 79 by Fred Hoyle) and others by many authors (say https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Before_the_Golden_Age) and given that many of them were reprinted many times I can't believe they didn't make money. Interesting directions are: - Maybe literary fiction is trash and genre fiction is treasure. I mean,…
on “The Long and Unprofitable Life of the Short Story Collection” ↗