"The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume One" 1970 SILVERBERG, Robert [edited by]

"The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume One" 1970 SILVERBERG, Robert [edited by]SILVERBERG, Robert [edited by] [558] pp. Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1970 Book Club Edition 8 1 2" x 5 7 8" Jacket by Sagebrush The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 19291964 is a 1970 anthology of English language science fiction short stories, edited by Robert Silverberg. Author Lester del Rey said that "it even lives up to its subtitle", referring to the volume's boast of containing "The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time". The book

SILVERBERG, Robert [edited by]

[558] pp.

Doubleday & Company, Inc.

1970

Book Club Edition

8 1/2" x 5 7/8"

Jacket by Sagebrush

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964 is a 1970 anthology of English language science fiction short stories, edited by Robert Silverberg. Author Lester del Rey said that "it even lives up to its subtitle", referring to the volume's boast of containing "The Greatest Science-Fiction Stories of All Time".

The book was first published in the UK in 1971 by Victor Gollancz Ltd and in paperback by First Sphere Books in 1972 (in two volumes, split after "First Contact").

The content of the book was decided by a vote of the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America, choosing among short stories (up to 15,000 words long) that predated the Nebula Awards. Among the top 15 vote-getters, one (Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star") was disqualified in order to prevent any writer from being represented twice; it was replaced by the 16th-place finisher ("Arena"), and the resulting list of 15 stories was included in the collection. Silverberg then used his judgment, rather than the strict vote count, in selecting 11 of the next 15, for a total of 26 stories.