The Best of Fritz Leiber

10 best books like The Best of Fritz Leiber (Fritz Leiber): The Best of Leigh Brackett, The Best of John W. Campbell, The Best of L. Sprague de Camp, The Best of C. M. Kornbluth, The Best of C.L. Moore, The Best of Frederik Pohl, The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Volume 1, Mothers & Other Monsters: Stories, The Wind From the Sun, Stable Strategies and Others

The Best of Leigh Brackett
AuthorLeigh Brackett
ISBN0345259548
There was once a young girl who created a host of strange and wonderful worlds. These were her very own planets, with such fascinating features as the Sea of Morning Opals, the Mountains of White Cloud, wicked Canal cities, and lost lands full of magic and mystery.

That girl's name is Leigh Brackett....
AuthorJohn W. Campbell Jr.
ISBN0345249607
THE VISIONS OF JOHN W. CAMPBELL

Here are the finest stories by the man who almost single-handedly created modern science fiction--the writer who taught a generation to dream...and to write of all possible futures.

TWILIGHT
He was a mere hitchhiker now, but he had once seen the...
AuthorL. Sprague de Camp
ISBN0345254740
This volume provides a generous collection of the science-fiction and fantasy of L. Sprague de Camp. There is also a non-fiction essay on language, three poems, and a short auto-biographical "Afterword".
The tone of most of the stories is lightly satiric and humorous but "Judgement Day" is a powerful...
AuthorC.M. Kornbluth
ISBN0800807235
I had never heard of C.M. Kornbluth, but found this in one of the "Little Free Libraries" around town and noted the introduction by Frederik Pohl. The stories were all decidedly science fiction, but in that way that doesn't require aliens or interstellar travel. Stories set in bars and dirty apartments....
AuthorC.L. Moore
ISBN0345289528
Forty Years of C. L. Moore '75 essay by Lester del Rey
Shambleau [Northwest Smith] '33 novelette by C. L. Moore
Black Thirst [Northwest Smith] '34 novelette by C. L. Moore
The Bright Illusion '34 story by C. L. Moore
Black God's Kiss [Jirel of Joiry] '34 novelette by C. L. Moore
Tryst...
AuthorFrederik Pohl
ISBN0345245075
Introduction by Lester del Rey.

Contents:
The Tunnel under the World (1955)
Punch (1961)
Three Portraits and a Prayer (1962)
Day Million (1966)
Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus (1956)
We Never Mention Aunt Nora (1958)
Father of the Stars (1964)
The Day the Martians...
AuthorUrsula K. Le Guin
ISBN0586046224
Even in her early stories, Le Guin's writing is illustrative and graceful without excessive description. Reading her is always an exercise is learning how to better write. However, I found the plots and characterization in some of the stories somewhat wanting, compared to other Le Guin works. Many...
AuthorMaureen F. McHugh
ISBN1931520194
In her debut collection, Maureen F. McHugh examines the impacts of social and technological shifts on families. Using deceptively simple prose, she illuminates the relationship between parents and children and the expected and unexpected chasms that open between generations.

Contents:
Ancestor...
AuthorArthur C. Clarke
ISBN0575600527
A volume containing all 18 short stories written by Arthur C. Clarke in the 1960s. They depict a future in which technologies are beginning to dictate man's lifestyle - even to demand life for themselves.
Contents

vii • Preface (The Wind from the Sun) • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
3...
AuthorEileen Gunn
This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From a hilarious tale about bioengineering and the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder to an evocative story of a woman who...
AuthorDavid G. Hartwell
Something exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, "hard SF" - science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning...
AuthorJames Blish
ISBN0380595273
Armageddon - the end of the world.
Or is it?
Theron Ware - Black Magician,
Doctor Baines - owner of Consolidated Warfare Service,
Jack Ginsburg - secretary to Dr Baines,
Father F. X. Domenico Bruno Garell - a monk and White Magician.
Having started the End these unlikely people...
AuthorStanley G. Weinbaum
ISBN0345238907
Okay this was a book I picked up because of the cover. However I will this time admit it was more because I recognised the artist than I did the author. The piece is by Peter Ellson and goes by the same names as the book. Peter Elson was yet another artist featured in the books of Paper Tiger so I sort of use that...
AuthorClifford D. Simak
ISBN0722178360
A collection of ten stories by Simak that date from 1939 to 1971. It also includes a six-page introduction by Simak, and a three-page bibliography of his science fiction books. The book is edited by Angus Wells.

Contents:
1. A Death in the House
2. Day of Truce
3. Final Gentleman
4....
AuthorLucius Shepard
ISBN0948893362
The Jaguar Hunter: Powerful, hallucinatory stories in exotic locales
Originally posted at Fantasy Literature
I try to avoid excessive praise unless it is truly deserved, but I can say this without hesitation - Lucius Shepard was one of the best SF short story writers of the 1980s. His prose,...
AuthorRobert Sheckley
ISBN0385034954
Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? (1969) story
Cordle to Onion to Carrot (1969) story
The Petrified World (1968) story
Game: First Schematic (1971) story
Doctor Zombie & His Little Furry Friends (1971) story
The Cruel Equations (1971) story
The Same to You Doubled...
AuthorRobert Silverberg
ISBN0671802828
Contents:
· Thinking about Silverberg · Barry N. Malzberg · in
· Road to Nightfall · nv Fantastic Universe Jul ’58
· Warm Man · ss F&SF May ’57
· To See the Invisible Man · ss Worlds of Tomorrow Apr ’63
· The Sixth Palace · ss Galaxy Feb ’65
· Flies · ss Dangerous...
AuthorTheodore Sturgeon
Eleven stories first published 1954-71.
Foreword (1971) • essay
To Here & the Easel (1954) • novella
Slow Sculpture (1970) • novelette
It's You! (1970) • story
Take Care of Joey (1971) • story
Crate (1970) • story
The Girl Who Knew What They Meant (1970)...
AuthorJames Tiptree Jr.
ISBN0812503384
This collection brings together the last work Sheldon turned out before she died in 1987 with her husband Huntington. The challenges she was facing with her husband's degrading health and her own depression resulted in some of the darkest work I've read by any author. Even so, this is not pure anger on...
The Early Asimov: Volume 3
AuthorIsaac Asimov
ISBN0586039376
Contents

9 • Introduction (The Early Asimov Volume 3) • (1973) • essay by Isaac Asimov
16 • Author! Author! • (1964) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
45 • Death Sentence • (1943) • short story by Isaac Asimov
64 • Blind Alley • (1945) • short story by Isaac Asimov
...
AuthorVernor Vinge
ISBN0312875843
Since his first published story, "Apartness," appeared in 1965, Vernor Vinge has forged a unique and awe-inspiring career in science fiction as his work has grown and matured. He is now one of the most celebrated science fiction writers in the field , having won the field's top award, the Hugo, for each...
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