Isaac Asimov Presents Great Science Fiction 03

by Isaac Asimov

First published 1980

This collection brings together twenty-two science fiction stories selected by Isaac Asimov from the genre's golden age. Theodore Sturgeon explores the boundaries of evolution and divine power in "Microcosmic God," while his "Shottle Bop" ventures into alien communication. Robert Heinlein's geometric puzzle "--And He Built a Crooked House--" traps residents in an impossible tesseract home. Eric Frank Russell's "Jay Score" follows an artificial being questioning its nature. Asimov contributes his robot story "Liar!" about a mind-reading machine caught in logical paradox, plus the legendary "Nightfall" depicting civilization's collapse when eternal daylight finally ends. Alfred Bester's "Adam and No Eve" chronicles humanity's last survivor, while Fredric Brown's "Armageddon" compresses cosmic conflict into tight narrative. The anthology spans themes from time travel to microscopic worlds, each story demonstrating why these authors shaped science fiction's core.

Genres: short-stories, science-fiction, classic-literature

Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: impossible-architecture, logical-paradox, mind-reading

Period: 20th-Century

Mass Market Paperback · DAW

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