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9780312868802

The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume 1 Robert A. Heinlein, Jack Williamson, Clifford D. Simak, L. Sprague De Camp, and Fritz Leiber

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312868802

  • ISBN10:

    0312868804

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-08-05
  • Publisher: Tor Books
  • Purchase Benefits
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Summary

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 SF, 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. Volume One, presenting the first five writers to receive the award, features the fiction of: Robert A. Heinlein Jack Williamson Clifford D. Simak L. Sprague de Camp Fritz Leiber AUTHORBIO: FREDERIK POHL lives in Palatine, Illinois.

Author Biography

Frederik Pohl has won all the major awards in the field of science fiction, including three Hugo Awards, two Nebula Awards, both for Best Novel; the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, also for Best Novel; he was accorded the accolade of Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. He's also won three Hugo awards as editor of the best magazine. He edited the groundbreaking Star Science Fiction series of original-story anthologies. He and his wife, educator and political activist Elizabeth Anne Hull, live in Palatine, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Introduction 11(2)
Robert A. Heinlein
Introduction
13(3)
``The Roads Must Roll''
16(40)
``The Year of the Jackpot''
56(37)
``Jerry Was a Man''
93(27)
``The Farthest Place''
120(9)
``The Long Watch''
129(15)
Recommended Reading
144(1)
Jack Williamson
Introduction
145(4)
``With Folded Hands''
149(46)
``Jamboree''
195(11)
``The Manana Literary Society''
206(6)
``The Firefly Tree''
212(4)
Recommended Reading
216(1)
Clifford D. Simak
Introduction
217(2)
``Desertion''
219(13)
``Founding Father''
232(12)
``Grotto of the Dancing Deer''
244(19)
Recommended Reading
263(2)
L. Sprague De Camp
Introduction
265(4)
``A Gun for Dinosaur''
269(27)
``Little Green Men from Afar''
296(13)
``Living Fossil''
309(17)
Recommended Reading
326(1)
Fritz Leiber
Introduction
327(3)
``Sanity''
330(16)
``The Mer She''
346(31)
``A Bad Day for Sales''
377(7)
Recommended Reading
384

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