title: Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction (Third Series)
author: Rh Value Publishing
description: This is actually an omnibus which reprints -partly- the contents of two previously published anthologies: Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 (1943) (omitting The Iron Standard by Lewis Padgett) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6 (1944) (omitting Far Centaurus by A.E. van Vogt; Deadline from Clive Cartmill; Sanity from Fritz Leiber and Invariant from John R. Pierce). Contents: Introduction, by Martin H. Greenberg (not credited). Stories: The Cave, by P. Schuyler Miller; The Halfling, by Leigh Brackett; Mimsy Were the Borogoves, by Lewis Padgett (filmed as The Last Mimzy); Q. U. R., by Anthony Boucher; Clash by Night, by Lawrence O'Donnell; Exile, by Edmond Hamilton; Daymare, by Fredric Brown; Doorway Into Time, by C. L. Moore; The Storm, by A. E. van Vogt; The Proud Robot, by Lewis Padgett; Symbiotica, by Eric Frank Russell; The Veil of Astellar, by Leigh Brackett; City, by Clifford D. Simak; Arena, by Fredric Brown (adapted for television as a Star Trek episode); Huddling Place, by Clifford D. Simak; Kindness, by Lester del Rey; Desertion, by Clifford D. Simak; When the Bough Breaks, by Lewis Padgett; Killdozer!, by Theodore Sturgeon (made into a TV movie); No Woman Born, by C. L. Moore. The Simak stories were adapted (with others) into the book City, which won the 1953 International Fantasy Award.
zlib_text: Isaac Asimov
  
  
  Presents
  
  
  The Golden Years
  
  
  of Science Fiction
  
  
  Sixth Series
  
  
  Edited By
  
  
  Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg
  
  # CONTENTS
  
  
  Foreword
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction
  
  
  THE RED QUEEN’S RACE Isaac Asimov
  
  
  FLAW John D. MacDonald
  
  
  PRIVATE EYE Lewis Padgett
  
  
  MANNA Peter Phillips
  
  
  THE PRISONER IN THE SKULL Lewis Padgett
  
  
  ALIEN EARTH Edmond Hamilton
  
  
  HISTORY LESSON Arthur C. Clarke
  
  
  ETERNITY LOST Clifford D. Simak
  
  
  THE ONLY THING WE LEARN C.M. Kornbluth
  
  
  PRIVATE—KEEP OUT Philip MacDonald
  
  
  THE HURKLE IS A HAPPY BEAST Theodore Sturgeon
  
  
  KALEIDOSCOPE Ray Bradbury
  
  
  DEFENSE MECHANISM Katherine MacLean
  
  
  COLD WAR Harry Kuttner
  
  
  THE WITCHES OF KARRES James H. Schmitz
  
  
  NOT WITH A BANG Damon Knight
  
  
  SPECTATOR SPORT John D. MacDonald
  
  
  THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS Ray Bradbury
  
  
  DEAR DEVIL Eric Frank Russell
  
  
  SCANNERS LIVE IN VAIN Cordwainer Smith
  
  
  BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN Richard Matheson
  
  
  THE LITTLE BLACK BAG C.M. Kornbluth
  
  
  ENCHANTED VILLAGE A.E. van Vogt
  
  
  ODDY AND ID Alfred Best