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Author | Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg |
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Cover artist | Jack Gaughan |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories |
Genre | Science fiction anthology |
Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date
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August 1979 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Preceded by | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939) |
Followed by | Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941) |
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 2 (1940) is an English language anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg. The series attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. The book was later reprinted as the second half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 36 Stories and Novellas with the first half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 1 (1939).
This volume was originally published by DAW books in August 1979.
A set of stories by Robert A. Heinlein were intended for this volume but arrangements for their use could not be made. Greenberg and Asimov's notes for each are included in their stead.