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* ToTheFutureAndBeyond: A variation occurs in "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere", which is written in the form of documents from the future -- starting [[NextSundayAD five years after the story's publication]] and ending in a future so remote that [[HitSOHardTheCalendarFeltIt the calendar itself has become unrecognizable]].
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Three stories by Creator/RobertAHeinlein were selected for inclusion; "{{Literature/Requiem}}", "{{Literature/Coventry}}", and "Literature/BlowupsHappen". However, obtaining legal use within the deadline for publication was not possible, so the editors direct the reader to ''Literature/PastThroughTomorrow'', ''Literature/ThePastThroughTomorrow'', which does contain all three stories.
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First published in 1979 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/MartinHGreenberg, under the title ''Isaac Asimov Presents Great Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (1940)''. This GenreAnthology contains sixteen ScienceFiction stories, ranging in length from ShortStory to {{Novelette}}. The introduction describes "the world outside reality" first, marking significant historical events, sports trivia, and literary publications. The "real world" is science fiction and fantasy pop culture, where more ScienceFiction magazines were being launched, great authors were producing some of their greatest work while the previous generations die and the next generations are being born.
Three stories by Creator/RobertAHeinlein were selected for inclusion; "{{Literature/Requiem}}", "{{Literature/Coventry}}", and "Literature/BlowupsHappen". However, obtaining legal use within the deadline for publication was not possible, so the editors direct the reader to ''Literature/PastThroughTomorrow'', which does contain all three stories.
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!!Works in this {{Anthology}}:
[[index]]
* "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere", by Creator/WillardHawkins
* "Literature/TheAutomaticPistol", by Creator/FritzLeiber
* "{{Literature/Hindsight}}", by Creator/JackWilliamson
* "Literature/PostpaidToParadise", by Creator/RobertArthur
* "Literature/IntoTheDarkness", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Literature/DarkMission", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "{{Literature/It}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "Literature/VaultOfTheBeast", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "Literature/TheImpossibleHighway", by Creator/OscarJFriend
* "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "[[{{Literature/Robbie}} Strange Playfellow]]", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/TheWarriorRace", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/FarewellToTheMaster", by Creator/HarryBates
* "Literature/ButylAndTheBreather", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "Literature/TheExalted", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/OldManMulligan", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
[[/index]]
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!!''Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories 1940'' provides examples of:
* {{Biography}}: Each story is prefaced by a short description of why this story (from this author) was chosen to represent one of the sixteen best stories of the year along with a paragraph from Creator/IsaacAsimov's perspective.
* {{Chronoscope}}: "{{Literature/Hindsight}}" has an autosight that is able to predict the trajectory and events in the near future. With a few changes by Brek Veronar, he's able to use their predictive capabilities to extrapolate information about past events as well, making the past viewable and modifiable.
* EpistolaryNovel: "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere" is told as a series of diary entries from multiple generations of engineers and scientists.
* {{Familiar}}: DiscussedTrope in "Literature/TheAutomaticPistol", where Glasses suggests to No Nose that Inky's gun might've been his familiar.
* FramingDevice: "Literature/PostpaidToParadise" begins in [[PointOfView third-person omniscient]] with the characters meeting for Hobby Week. While one of them is showing off their stamp collection, Murchison Morks keeps interrupting before finally [[CharacterNarrator telling a story about five rare stamps]].
* FunetikAksent:
** "Literature/DarkMission" has a newsboy hawking news with a heavy drawl in their dialogue, pronouncing words like "all" as "awl" and "Mars" as "Mahs".
** "Literature/TheExalted" has several characters whose dialogue is spelled oddly to imply their accents. Out of them, main character Johnny is has the most, replacing his "th" sounds for "z", like in zen, ze, and zose. In addition, he uses words like "awr" for "all", "bass" instead of "bath", "whire" instead of "while", and many more.
* TheNamesake: "Literature/IntoTheDarkness" plays with the concept of namesake, because Darkness is the main character, but the meaning of the title isn't revealed until the very end of the story, when [[spoiler:Darkness describes dying as a journey into darkness]].
* OneWordTitle:
** "{{Literature/Hindsight}}", by Creator/JackWilliamson
** "{{Literature/It}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
** "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* {{Revenge}}: In "Literature/TheAutomaticPistol", the titular pistol takes revenge for its owner's death.
* ShoutOut: In the introduction, multiple works are mentioned as being first published or becoming hits in 1940:
** "Literature/EmergencyRefueling" is published by Creator/JamesBlish.
** "Literature/MartianQuest" is Creator/LeighBrackett's first ScienceFiction ShortStory.
** Creator/MelBrooks is singled out as still using the name Melvin Kaminsky.
** ''Magazine/CaptainFuture'' launches for the first time.
** ''Film/TheGreatDirector'' is made by Creator/CharlieChapman.
** ''Magazine/CometStories'' enters the world.
** "Literature/LockedOut" is Creator/HBFyfe's first ScienceFiction.
** ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' is published by Creator/ErnestHemingway.
** Creator/AlfredHitchcock does well;
*** ''{{Film/Gaslight}}'' is considered a top film in 1940.
*** ''{{Film/Rebecca}}'' is considered a top film in 1940.
** Creator/LRonHubbard published two novel-length stories in serial format, meaning they were published as incomplete parts over several magazine issues.
*** ''Literature/TypewriterInTheSky''
*** ''Literature/FinalBlackout''
** "Literature/StepsonsOfMars" is co-authored by Creator/CMKornbluth and Creator/RichardWilson, and published in April 1940.
** ''{{Music/Medea}}'' is composed by Creator/DariusMilhaud.
** ''Theatre/LongDaysJourneyIntoTheNight'' is written by Creator/EugeneONeill, but won't be produced for another sixteen years.
** Creator/FrederikPhol is name-dropped twice:
*** For launching ''Magazine/AstonishingStories'' and ''Magazine/SuperScienceStories''
*** For co-authoring "Literature/BeforeTheUniverse".
** ''Literature/TheRealmOfSpirit'' is published by Creator/GeorgeSantayana.
** ''Magazine/ScienceFictionQuarterly'' hits the newsstands.
** ''Music/SymphonyInC'' is composed by Creator/IgorStravinsky.
** "Art/LauraRidley" is painted by Creator/RexWhistler.
** ''Literature/DarkerThanYouThink'', by Creator/JackWilliamson, is published in serial format, meaning it was published as incomplete parts over several magazine issues.
* WhamLine: "Literature/FarewellToTheMaster" has a robot, Gnut, whom everyone assumes is a ServantRace for Klaatu, but the last line reveals [[spoiler:Gnut is the master of Klaatu]].
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Three stories by Creator/RobertAHeinlein were selected for inclusion; "{{Literature/Requiem}}", "{{Literature/Coventry}}", and "Literature/BlowupsHappen". However, obtaining legal use within the deadline for publication was not possible, so the editors direct the reader to ''Literature/PastThroughTomorrow'', which does contain all three stories.
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!!Works in this {{Anthology}}:
[[index]]
* "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere", by Creator/WillardHawkins
* "Literature/TheAutomaticPistol", by Creator/FritzLeiber
* "{{Literature/Hindsight}}", by Creator/JackWilliamson
* "Literature/PostpaidToParadise", by Creator/RobertArthur
* "Literature/IntoTheDarkness", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Literature/DarkMission", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "{{Literature/It}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "Literature/VaultOfTheBeast", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "Literature/TheImpossibleHighway", by Creator/OscarJFriend
* "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "[[{{Literature/Robbie}} Strange Playfellow]]", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/TheWarriorRace", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/FarewellToTheMaster", by Creator/HarryBates
* "Literature/ButylAndTheBreather", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "Literature/TheExalted", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/OldManMulligan", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
[[/index]]
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!!''Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories 1940'' provides examples of:
* {{Biography}}: Each story is prefaced by a short description of why this story (from this author) was chosen to represent one of the sixteen best stories of the year along with a paragraph from Creator/IsaacAsimov's perspective.
* {{Chronoscope}}: "{{Literature/Hindsight}}" has an autosight that is able to predict the trajectory and events in the near future. With a few changes by Brek Veronar, he's able to use their predictive capabilities to extrapolate information about past events as well, making the past viewable and modifiable.
* EpistolaryNovel: "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere" is told as a series of diary entries from multiple generations of engineers and scientists.
* {{Familiar}}: DiscussedTrope in "Literature/TheAutomaticPistol", where Glasses suggests to No Nose that Inky's gun might've been his familiar.
* FramingDevice: "Literature/PostpaidToParadise" begins in [[PointOfView third-person omniscient]] with the characters meeting for Hobby Week. While one of them is showing off their stamp collection, Murchison Morks keeps interrupting before finally [[CharacterNarrator telling a story about five rare stamps]].
* FunetikAksent:
** "Literature/DarkMission" has a newsboy hawking news with a heavy drawl in their dialogue, pronouncing words like "all" as "awl" and "Mars" as "Mahs".
** "Literature/TheExalted" has several characters whose dialogue is spelled oddly to imply their accents. Out of them, main character Johnny is has the most, replacing his "th" sounds for "z", like in zen, ze, and zose. In addition, he uses words like "awr" for "all", "bass" instead of "bath", "whire" instead of "while", and many more.
* TheNamesake: "Literature/IntoTheDarkness" plays with the concept of namesake, because Darkness is the main character, but the meaning of the title isn't revealed until the very end of the story, when [[spoiler:Darkness describes dying as a journey into darkness]].
* OneWordTitle:
** "{{Literature/Hindsight}}", by Creator/JackWilliamson
** "{{Literature/It}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
** "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* {{Revenge}}: In "Literature/TheAutomaticPistol", the titular pistol takes revenge for its owner's death.
* ShoutOut: In the introduction, multiple works are mentioned as being first published or becoming hits in 1940:
** "Literature/EmergencyRefueling" is published by Creator/JamesBlish.
** "Literature/MartianQuest" is Creator/LeighBrackett's first ScienceFiction ShortStory.
** Creator/MelBrooks is singled out as still using the name Melvin Kaminsky.
** ''Magazine/CaptainFuture'' launches for the first time.
** ''Film/TheGreatDirector'' is made by Creator/CharlieChapman.
** ''Magazine/CometStories'' enters the world.
** "Literature/LockedOut" is Creator/HBFyfe's first ScienceFiction.
** ''Literature/ForWhomTheBellTolls'' is published by Creator/ErnestHemingway.
** Creator/AlfredHitchcock does well;
*** ''{{Film/Gaslight}}'' is considered a top film in 1940.
*** ''{{Film/Rebecca}}'' is considered a top film in 1940.
** Creator/LRonHubbard published two novel-length stories in serial format, meaning they were published as incomplete parts over several magazine issues.
*** ''Literature/TypewriterInTheSky''
*** ''Literature/FinalBlackout''
** "Literature/StepsonsOfMars" is co-authored by Creator/CMKornbluth and Creator/RichardWilson, and published in April 1940.
** ''{{Music/Medea}}'' is composed by Creator/DariusMilhaud.
** ''Theatre/LongDaysJourneyIntoTheNight'' is written by Creator/EugeneONeill, but won't be produced for another sixteen years.
** Creator/FrederikPhol is name-dropped twice:
*** For launching ''Magazine/AstonishingStories'' and ''Magazine/SuperScienceStories''
*** For co-authoring "Literature/BeforeTheUniverse".
** ''Literature/TheRealmOfSpirit'' is published by Creator/GeorgeSantayana.
** ''Magazine/ScienceFictionQuarterly'' hits the newsstands.
** ''Music/SymphonyInC'' is composed by Creator/IgorStravinsky.
** "Art/LauraRidley" is painted by Creator/RexWhistler.
** ''Literature/DarkerThanYouThink'', by Creator/JackWilliamson, is published in serial format, meaning it was published as incomplete parts over several magazine issues.
* WhamLine: "Literature/FarewellToTheMaster" has a robot, Gnut, whom everyone assumes is a ServantRace for Klaatu, but the last line reveals [[spoiler:Gnut is the master of Klaatu]].
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