Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 02, 1940 (1979)

A collection of classice Science Fiction short stories from 1940. 1. * Requiem by Robert A. Heinlein 2. The Dwindling Sphere by Williard Hawkins 3. The Automatic Pistol by Fritz Leiber 4. Hindsight by Jack Williamson 5. Postpaid to Paradise by Robert Arthur 6. * Coventry by Robert A. Heinlein 7. Into the Darkness by Ross Rocklynne 8. Dark Mission by Lester del Rey 9. It by Theodore Sturgeon 10. Vault of the Beast by A. E. van Vogt 11. The Impossible Highway by Oscar J. Friend 12. Quietus by Ross Rocklynne 13. * Blowups Happen by Robert A. Heinlein 14. Strange Playfellow by Isaac Asimov 15. The Warrior Race by L. Sprague de Camp 16. Farewell to the Master by Harry Bates 17. Butyl and the Breather by Theodore Sturgeon 18. The Exalted by L. Sprague de Camp 19. Old Man Mulligan by P. Schuyler Miller The three stories by Robert A. Heinlein were not printed in this volume because arrangements for their use could not be made. Martin Greenberg and Isaac Asimov's notes for each are included where the stories would have appeared. Science Fiction's Golden Age generated robots and flying saucers. This collection features some of the best science fiction stories, including the one that's the foundation for the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still. Among these classic harbingers are:

• THE WARRIOR RACE - L. Sprague De Camp
• IT - Lester Del Rey
• THE IMPOSSIBLE HIGHWAY - Oscar J. Friend
• STRANGE PLAYFELLOW - Isaac Asimov
• BUTYL AND THE BREATHER - Theodore Sturgeon
• and more!

Like Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939 this anthology is fantastically absorbing.