Before the Golden Age Book 3: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's
by edited by Isaac Asimov
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- Paperback
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- Very Good-- condition - light front cover creases/none
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Before the Golden Age Book 3 - A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's
12 Science Fiction classics of tthe 1930's by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Murray Leinster , etc.edited by Isaac Asimov
Publisher is Fawcett Crest#: Q2525
Paperback4.1 x 7 inches, 400 pages
Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s is an anthology of 25 science fiction stories from 1930s pulp magazines, edited by American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It also includes "Big Game", a short story written by Asimov in 1941 and never sold. The anthology was first published in April 1974, and won the 1975 Locus Award for Best reprint anthology.
The anthology was inspired by a dream Asimov had on the morning of 3 April 1973. In his dream, Asimov had prepared an anthology of his favorite science fiction stories from the 1930s and was delighted to get a chance to read them again. After waking, he told his fianceé Janet Jeppson about the dream, and she suggested that he actually do such an anthology. Doubleday agreed to publish the anthology, and Asimov's friend Sam Moskowitz provided him with copies of the relevant science fiction magazines. Asimov completed work on the anthology on 10 May.
The stories were selected by Asimov, and the main selection criterion was the degree to which they influenced him when he was growing up in the 1930s. The prefatory material and individual introductions to the stories fill in the details about the early life of the child prodigy, which effectively makes the volume an autobiographical prequel to his earlier collection The Early Asimov.
The anthology was first published as a large hardcover by Doubleday in 1974 and re-issued as three smaller paperbacks by Fawcett Books the following year. The series was re-issued multiple times between 1975 and '84 in sets of either three or four paperbacks. As of 2018, it is out of print.
12 Science Fiction classics of tthe 1930's by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Murray Leinster , etc.edited by Isaac Asimov
Publisher is Fawcett Crest#: Q2525
Paperback4.1 x 7 inches, 400 pages
Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930s is an anthology of 25 science fiction stories from 1930s pulp magazines, edited by American science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. It also includes "Big Game", a short story written by Asimov in 1941 and never sold. The anthology was first published in April 1974, and won the 1975 Locus Award for Best reprint anthology.
The anthology was inspired by a dream Asimov had on the morning of 3 April 1973. In his dream, Asimov had prepared an anthology of his favorite science fiction stories from the 1930s and was delighted to get a chance to read them again. After waking, he told his fianceé Janet Jeppson about the dream, and she suggested that he actually do such an anthology. Doubleday agreed to publish the anthology, and Asimov's friend Sam Moskowitz provided him with copies of the relevant science fiction magazines. Asimov completed work on the anthology on 10 May.
The stories were selected by Asimov, and the main selection criterion was the degree to which they influenced him when he was growing up in the 1930s. The prefatory material and individual introductions to the stories fill in the details about the early life of the child prodigy, which effectively makes the volume an autobiographical prequel to his earlier collection The Early Asimov.
The anthology was first published as a large hardcover by Doubleday in 1974 and re-issued as three smaller paperbacks by Fawcett Books the following year. The series was re-issued multiple times between 1975 and '84 in sets of either three or four paperbacks. As of 2018, it is out of print.
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- Title
- Before the Golden Age Book 3
- Author
- edited by Isaac Asimov
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-- condition - light front cover creases
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fawcett Crest
- Pages
- 400
- Size
- 4.1 x 7 inches
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Sci Fi
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