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Publisher's Summary
The definitive collection of the best in science fiction stories between 1929 and 1964.
This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America, those who have shaped the genre and who know, more intimately than anyone else, what the criteria for excellence in the field should be.
The authors chosen for the Science Fiction Hall Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction; their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans.
In "The Roads Must Roll", Robert Heinlein describes an industrial civilization of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. "Country of the Kind", by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. "Nightfall", by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest stories in the science fiction field, is the story of a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium and is a chilling study in mass psychology.
Originally published in 1970 to honor those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame, Vol. One, was the book that introduced tens of thousands of young listeners to the wonders of science fiction. Too long unavailable, this new edition will treasured by all science fiction fans everywhere.
This collection also includes an introduction by Robert Silverberg and stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, John W. Campbell, Lester del Rey, Theodore Sturgeon, Lewis Padgett, Clifford D. Simak, Fredric Brown, Murray Leinster, Judith Merril, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, C. M. Kornbluth, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Tom Godwin, Alfred Bester, Daniel Keyes, and Roger Zelazny.
The complete list of narrators includes Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone, Pete Larkin, Graham Halstead, Eliza Foss, Fred Berman, Michael David Axtell, Michael Braun, Rick Adamson, Gabriel Sloyer, Amanda Leigh Cobb, Neil Hellegers, Mark Boyett, David Shih, Alex Bloch, Jeff Gurner, and Tom Burka.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- dipanjanb
- 05-02-19
Really a treasure trove!
Really a treasure trove! Really profound ideas. Human aspects covered in as much or greater depth than science fiction. My favourite is "Flowers for Algernon"
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- Lance
- 07-06-18
CHAPTER LIST to Help Find Stories
Update: THEY FIXED IT !!!
Chapter titles are now in the app !!! *******
Here’s a CHAPTER LIST to help find stories.
I wish that Audible would do this for books of short stories, essays, and poems.
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Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. One
Edited by Robert Silverberg
—-- Contents by Audible Chapter —-
01: Introduction: Robert Silverberg
02: A MARTIAN ODYSSEY, Stanley G. Weinbaum
03: TWILIGHT, John W. Campbell
04: HELEN O'LOY, Lester del Rey
05–06: THE ROADS MUST ROLL, Robert A. Heinlein
07–08: MICROCOSMIC GOD, Theodore Sturgeon
09–10: NIGHTFALL, Isaac Asimov
11–12: THE WEAPON SHOP, A. E. van Vogt
13–14: MIMSY WERE THE BOROGOVES, Lewis Padgett
15: HUDDLING PLACE, Clifford D. Simak
16: ARENA, Fredric Brown
17–21: FIRST CONTACT, Murray Leinster
22: THAT ONLY A MOTHER, Judith Merfil
23–28: SCANNERS LIVE IN VAIN, Cordwainer Smith
29: MARS IS HEAVEN, Ray Bradbury
30–31: THE LITTLE BLACK BAG. C. M. Kornbluth
32: BORN OF MAN AND WOMAN, Richard Matheson
33: COMING ATTRACTION, Fritz.Leiber
34: THE QUEST FOR SAINT AQUIN, Anthony Boucher
35–40: SURFACE TENSION, James Blish
41: THE NINE BILLION NAMES OF GOD, Arthur C. Clarke
42: IT'S A GOOD LIFE, Jerome Bixby
43: THE COLD EQUATIONS, Torn Godwin
44: FONDLY FAHRENHEIT, Alfred Bester
45: THE COUNTRY OF THE KIND, Damon Knight
46–47: FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON, Daniel Keyes
48–51: A ROSE FOR ECCLESIASTES, Roger Zelazny
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- mike
- 25-06-18
Fun to listen; hard to find
A good listen but there is no index or TOC to return to a story. I've run into this before in Audible poetry and other compilations. It can't be that difficult to list titles instead of a useless list of "chapters" and it would be a significant benefit to the listener.
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- Alex Pogel
- 15-04-18
Excellant Collection
If you could sum up The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929–1964 in three words, what would they be?
Thrilling, Imaginative, Heart-rending
What did you like best about this story?
The stories were original and poignant.
Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I've listen to other narrators, and these are among the best.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Out There
Any additional comments?
This is one of the best sci-fi anthologies I've encountered.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
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- Gary
- 28-04-18
Better Than Old Time Radio
These stories were extraordinary for three reasons. 1) They were like listening to old time radio shows from the past only better since the narrative was spoken, 2) Each story gave an incredible peek into the time period they were written in. Pay attention to the time the story was written in order to get the full impact of the story. 3) The stories all have a meaning within themselves. The truths they reach are autonomous, they exist for their own being, and they help one understand one’s own existence all the more because they help in partially resolving the ‘paradox of the ego’ (a J.S. Mills expression).
My wife and I would listen to these together as we were in bed tucked in for the night. They made for a perfect end for our days. I like Robert Heinlein and have listened to gobs of his stories over the years, but I did not realize how much of a dick he was in 1940 and how much he was opposed to the working person out of ‘first principles’ as was illustrated by his story featured in this book. It made me reassess his other works through a different lens than I had previously.
To enhance the story and its meaning we would do a Wiki on ‘Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume I’ and look up the story background and plot summary for each short story featured. That added immensely to our listening pleasure.
More fun than old time radio, stories with meaning that transcend the ordinary, and a historical window that was more edifying than time travel and a perfect bed time companion, one cannot ask for more than that with ones entertainment!
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- Guy Todaro
- 19-02-19
Glitchy but great
An amazing collection of great sci-fi that enthralled and captivated the mind. However, the book doesn't react well on the app and you can't bookmark or choose chapters. Going back to a favorite story is impossible.
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- MikeFarr
- 16-10-18
Best, varied, entertaining, thoughtful, all star narration
This is the single best audio book I have ever listened too and I own 800. I’m immediately ordering volume 2. It doesn’t matter if you are an SF fan. I’ve never before listened to an anthology where every single story is astounding and yet so varied. Stretch your mind. This is my first triple 5 star review, will likely be yours too.
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- Greg D. Joffe
- 14-07-18
Brilliant short SF stories
Although these stories were written between 1920 and the 1950s, they have aged really well. I found myself moved by a number of them in their view of humanity and our possibilities.
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- nathan
- 28-01-18
A great primer for SF history
A great foundation for modern sci-fi. Some stories were truly awesome in scope of imagination while others were a tad weaker. but all in all, a very good mix of styles and topics. I think both those beginning to read sci-fi and literary veterans will equally enjoy it.
At times the readings suffered from antiquated ideas and speech patterns but that's trifling over small things. Two example were how many times I heard the term "atomic" or flawed ideas about space from stories prior to our development of space travel, but I was never driven mad by it either.
One really nice thing was the absence of graphic sex, gore, and strong cursing. I would not say kid friendly but fairly tween friendly if you feel they are ready for the intellectual challenge that these stories will bring.
Loved the variety of stories. No one story wore you out because of their shorter nature. From stories that were ahead of their time socially, one that showed years ago what would happen in a world ruled by SJW's, to attitudes that seemed like AMC's "Mad Men" with rockets!
No topic was safe either. Gender, religion, what it was to be human along with all it's glory and failings were there too. So stop reading this and buy the book already. If you've read this much then I know you'll love it. So get in your rocket, crank up that artificial gravity, n' fire up the atomic motors! Were going to the FUTURE!!!
19 of 24 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Jim Harris
- 08-01-18
The heart and soul of science fiction
I’ve always felt the short stories appearing in the pulp magazines were the heart and soul of science fiction. These twenty-six tales are the one the Science Fiction Writers of America voted as the best published before 1964. This anthology comes as close to that goal as it’s possible to achieve with a poll of experts.
The narrators has showcased these stories in the best way possible.
9 of 11 people found this review helpful
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- Florida Robert
- 06-05-18
Only one of these stories was uninteresting
Excellent and very eye opening. Most of the later sci-fi are “variation” on these.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Johnny Bigbaws
- 29-09-18
Frustrating delivery from audible...
A whole bunch of amazing stories, narrated clearly...the only problem is, there is no chapter labels and many of the stories spill over into 2-5 chapters. Don't let this deter you though as there is a chapter guide available on the website, goto library and click "view pdf" I'll paste the contents below... Enjoy!
Track
Title
1
Introduction
2
A Martian Odyssey
3
Twilight
4
Helen O'Loy
5
The Roads Must Roll
6
The Roads Must Roll, continued
7
Microcosmic God
8
Microcosmic God, continued
9
Nightfall
10
Nightfall, continued
11
The Weapon Shop
12
The Weapon Shop, continued
13
Mimsy Were the Borogoves
14
Mimsy Were the Borogoves, continued
15
Huddling Place
16
Arena
17
First Contact, 1
18
First Contact, 2
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First Contact, 3
20
First Contact, 4
21
First Contact, 5
22
That Only a Mother
23
Scanners Live in Vain
24
Scanners Live in Vain, 1
25
Scanners Live in Vain, 2
26
Scanners Live in Vain, 3
27
Scanners Live in Vain, 4
28
Scanners Live in Vain, 5
29
Mars is Heaven!
30
The Little Black Bag
31
The Little Black Bag, continued
32
Born of Man and Woman
33
Coming Attraction
34
The Quest for Saint Aquin
35
Surface Tension
36
Surface Tension, 1
37
Surface Tension, 2
38
Surface Tension, 3
39
Surface Tension, 4
40
Surface Tension, 5
41
The Nine Billion Names of God
42
It's a Good Life
43
The Cold Equations
44
Fondly Fahrenheit
45
The Country of the Kind
46
Flowers for Algernon
47
Flowers for Algernon, continued
48
A Rose for Ecclesiastes, 1
49
A Rose for Ecclesiastes, 2
50
A Rose for Ecclesiastes, 3
51
A Rose for Ecclesiastes, 4
203 of 206 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 20-07-18
WHY no chapter information??
A fabulous collection of stories but with no way of seeing what you are listening to, which story is which or who is reading what. Laziness Audible!
81 of 84 people found this review helpful
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- R. Mcintyre
- 29-05-18
Klunky to the point of uselessness.
I ordered this and its sequel volume on the presumption that Audible had bothered themselves to format it in some way. They haven't. As a result you've no idea what's on the file. it's a total of 43 hours of continuous speech, and labled "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2" etc.
You've not a clue what's what's playing and what might be next, and they haven't even included text to help you sort it out. As a result, although the content is great, your chances of finding (or even knowing about) a given story are negligible
Can't recommend for any purpose.
106 of 113 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Peter Shackleton
- 03-07-19
Audible, please add chapter headings....
...as this is currently unusable. Few people want to have to download a PDF before they can figure out what story they want to hear.
EDIT: Audible have added chapter headings, making navigation a breeze. Many thanks.
12 of 12 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- olympian
- 21-08-18
Interesting read
A great mix of science fiction stories, most of which I probably wouldn't have come across if bit for this collection. I definitely enjoyed some more than others, but still, on balance would fly recommend.
Generally I find the narration clear and engaging.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- KiLLiNG-TiME
- 06-07-18
Listerners will find more here than they expect.
Excellent, these are some very poinate stories from the past but they wont feel old once read, thus is the beautie of science fiction.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Boo Boo
- 08-06-18
Outstanding!
I received this title on a 2 for 1 offer and I am so glad I chose it.
These are a series of excellent science fiction stories, which encompass many different nuances of the genre: space adventure, the technological, the philosophical, and so on. Not only are the stories wonderful classics and frequently thought-provoking, they are also uniformly very well read. In an anthology of nearly twenty nine hours a single narrator's voice might have become wearisome, but here there is a different narrator for each story and so something fresh is brought to each one. The readings are excellent.
I think if you have a passing interest in science fiction, you won't be disappointed in this release.
One of my favourite Audible purchases!
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- C. Merrick
- 14-11-18
Absolutely fantastic voyage through Sci-Fi
A collection o great stories. The earlier ones were not so much to my taste but still well read and worth hearing. The later ones some of the very best short stories you could wish for, from giants of the genre.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- dave nolan
- 04-05-19
classics, every one.
every story in this Anthology is absolutely original and just about every emotion is broached.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- sandro
- 05-10-19
Personally, I don't like the narrator,
Personally, I don't like the narrator, I was expacting something different by a sci-fi books, I will try with another narrator
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- Anonymous User
- 28-08-19
enjoyable mix of sci fi classics
I havent read that much sci fi before so figured this collection of short stories was perfect. some of the stories are timeless and written very well. others are fairly dated reflecting racist or sexist undertones that permeated the decade they were written in. often those were the poorer works but also were funny. my favorite story was the one by Clarke will read more of his stuff for sure.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful