Literature / Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction is an anthology book series put together by Isaac Asimov and editors Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh to showcase noteworthy Science Fiction short stories. It spanned ten books from 1983 to 1990. Each book focused on a specific subject and featured an introduction by Asimov discussing the volume's topic. Starting with the sixth book, Tin Stars, the series began having a unified visual theme in terms of cover art. See also Fantastic Creatures

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Works collected in #1 Intergalactic Empires (1983):

• "Chalice of Death" by Robert Silverberg (1957)
• "Orphan of the World" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1972)
• "Down to the Woods of Men" by Alexei Panshin (1963)
• "Ministry of Disturbance" by H. Beam Piper (1958)
• "Blind Alley" by Isaac Asimov (1945)
• "A Planet Named Shayol" by Cordwainer Smith (1961)
• "Diabologic" by Eric Frank Russell (1955)
• "Fighting Philosopher" by E.B. Cole (1954)
• "Honorable Enemies" by Poul Anderson (1951)

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Works collected in #2 The Science Fictional Olympics (1984):

• "Run to Starlight" by George R. R. Martin (1974)
• "The Mickey Mouse Olympics" by Tom Sullivan (1979)
• "Dream Fighter" by Bob Shaw (1977)
• "The Kokod Warriors" by Jack Vance (1952)
• "Getting Through University" by Piers Anthony (1968)
• "For the Sake of Grace" by Suzette Haden Elgin (1969)
• "The National Pastime" by Norman Spinrad (1973)
• "A Day For Dying" by Charles Nuetzel (1969)
• "The People Trap" by Robert Sheckley (1968)
• "Why Johnny Cant Speed Why Johnny Can't Speed]]" by Alan Dean Foster (1971)
• "Nothing in the Rules" by L. Sprague de Camp (1939)
• "The Olympians" by Mike Resnick (1982)
• "The Wind from the Sun" by Arthur C. Clarke (1964)
• "Prose Bowl" by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini (1979)
• "From Downtown at the Buzzer" by George Alec Effinger (1977)
• "A Glint of Gold" by Simon Hawke (1980)
• "Literature The Survivor" by Walter F. Moudy (1965)

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Works collected in #3 Supermen (1984):

• "Angel Dark Angel" by Roger Zelazny (1967)
• "Worlds to Kill" by Harlan Ellison (1968)
• "In the Bone" by Gordon R. Dickenson (1966)
• "What Rough Beast?" by Damon Knight (1959)
• "Death by Ecstasy" by Larry Niven (1969)
• "Un-Man" by Poul Anderson (1953)
• "Muse" by Dean Koontz (1969)
• "Resurrection" by A.E. van Vogt (1948)
• "Pseudopath" by Philip E. High (1959)
• "After the Myths Went Home" by Robert Silverberg (1969)
• "Before the Talent Dies" by Henry Slesar (1957)
• "Brood World Barbarian" by Perry A. Chapdelaine

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Works collected in #4 Comets (1986):

• "A Blazing Starre Seene in the West" by Jonas Wright (1642)
• "Into the Sun" by Robert Duncan Milne (1882)
• "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" by Mark Twain (1907)
• "The Comet Doom" by Edmond Hamilton (1928)
• "Sunspot" by Hal Clement (1960)
• "Inside the Comet" by Arthur C. Clarke (1960)
• "Raindrop" by Hal Clement (1960)
• "Comet Wine" by Ray Russell (1967)
• "The Red Euphoric Bands" by R.S. Richardson (1967)
• "Throwback" by Sydney J. Bounds (1969)
• "Kindergarten" by James E. Gunn (1970)
• "West Wind, Falling" by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund (1971)
• "The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule" by Duncan Lunan (1972)
• "Some Joys Under the Star" by Frederik Pohl (1973)
• "Future Forbidden" by R.S. Richardson (1973)
• "The Death of Princes" by Fritz Leiber (1976)
• "The Funhouse Effect" by John Varley (1976)
• "The Family Man" by Theodore L. Thomas (1978)
• "Double Planet" by John Gribbin (1984)
• "Pride" by Poul Anderson (1985)

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Works collected in #5 Tin Stars (1986):

• "Into the Shop" by Ron Goulart (1964)
• "Cloak of Anarchy" by Larry Niven (1972)
• "The King's Legions" by Christopher Anvil (1967)
• "Finger of Fate" by Edward Wellen (1980)
• "Arm of the Law" by Harry Harrison (1958)
• "Voiceover" by Edward Wellen (1984)
• "The Fastest Draw" by Larry Eisenberg (1963)
• "Mirror Image" by Isaac Asimov (1972)
• "Brillo" by Ben Bova and Harlan Ellison (1970)
• "The Powers of Observation" by Harry Harrison (1968)
• "Faithfully Yours" by Lou Tabakow (1955)
• "Safe Harbor" by Donald Wismer (1986)
• "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar (1958)
• "The Cruel Equations" by Robert Sheckley (1971)
• "Animal Lover" by Stephen R. Donaldson (1978)

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Works collected in #6 Neanderthals (1987):

• "Genesis" by H. Beam Piper (1951)
• "The Ugly Little Boy" by Isaac Asimov (1958)
• "The Long Remembering" by Poul Anderson (1957)
• "The Apotheosis of Ki" by Miriam Allen deFord (1956)
• "Man o' Dreams" by Will McMorow (1929)
• "The Treasure of Odirex" by Charles Sheffield (1978)
• "The Ogre" by Avram Davidson (1959)
• "Alas, Poor Yorick" by Thomas A. Eastman (1981)
• "The Gnarly Man" by L. Sprague de Camp (1939)
• "The Hairy Parents" by A. Bertram Chandler (1975)
• "The Alley Man" by Philip José Farmer (1959)

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Works collected in #7 Space Shuttles (1987):

• "Truck Driver" by Bob Chilson (1972)
• "Hermes to the Ages" by Frederick D. Gottfried (1980)
• "Pushbutton War" by Joseph P. Martino (1960)
• "The Last Shuttle" by Isaac Asimov (1981)
• "The Getaway Special" by Jerry Oltion (1985)
• "Between a Rock and a High Place" by Timothy Zahn (1982)
• "To Grab Power" by Hayden Howard (1971)
• "Coming of Age in Henson's Tube" by William John Jenkins (1977)
• "Deborah's Children" by Grant Carlin (1983)
• "The Book of Baraboo" by Barry B. Longyear (1980)
• "The Speckled Gantry" by Joseph Green and Patrice Milton (1979)
• "The Nanny" by Thomas Wylde (1983)
• "Hitchhiker" by Sheila Finch (1987)
• "Dead Ringer" by Edward Wellen (1987)

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Works collected in #8 Monsters (1988):

• "Passengers" by Robert Silverberg (1968)
• "The Botticelli Horror" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1960)
• "The Shapes" by J. H. Rosny aîné (1968)
• "The Clone" by Theodore L. Thomas (1959)
• "The Men in the Walls" by William Tenn (1963)
• "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" by Roger Zelazny (1965)
• "Student Body" by F.L. Wallace (1953)
• "Black Destroyer" by A.E. van Vogt (1939)
• "Mother" by Philip José Farmer (1953)
• "Exploration Team" by Murray Leinster (1956)
• "All the Way Back" by Michael Shaara (1952)

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Works collected in #9 Robots (1988):

• "The Tunnel Under the World" by Frederik Pohl (1955)
• "Brother Robot" by Henry Slesar (1958)
• "The Lifeboat Mutiny" by Robert Sheckley (1955)
• "The Warm Space" by David Brin (1985)
• "How-2" by Clifford Simak (1954)
• "Too Robot to Marry" by George H. Smith (1959)
• "The Education of Tigress McArdle" by Cyril M. Kornbluth (1957)
• "Sally" by Isaac Asimov (1953)
• "Breakfast of Champions" by Thomas A. Easton (1980)
• "Sun Up" by A.A. Jackson IV and Howard Waldrop (1976)
• "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick (1953)
• "The Problem Was Lubrication" by David R Bunch (1961)
• "First to Serve" by Algis Budrys (1954)
• "Two-Handed Engine" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (1955)
• "Though Dreamers Die" by Lester del Rey (1944)
• "Soldier Boy" by Michael Shaara (1953)
• "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates (1940)

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Works collected in #10 Invasions (1990):

• "Living Space" by Isaac Asimov (1956)
• "Asylum" by A.E. van Vogt (1942)
• "Exposure" by Eric Frank Russell (1950)
• "Invasion of Privacy" by Bob Shaw (1970)
• "What Have I Done?" by Mark Clifton (1952)
• "Impostor" by Philip K. Dick (1953)
• "The Soul-Empty Ones" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1951)
• "The Cloud-Men" by Owen Oliver (1911)
• "Stone Man" by Fred Saberhagen (1967)
• "For I Am a Jealous People!" by Lester del Rey (1967)
• "Don't Look Now" by Henry Kuttner (1948)
• "The Certificate" by Avram Davidson (1959)
• "The Alien Rulers" by Piers Anthony (1968)
• "Squeeze Box" by Philip E. High and C. L. Moore (1955)
• "The Liberation Of Earth The Liberation of Earth]]" by William Ten (1953)

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