Line #9 Literature/IsaacAsimovPresentsTheGreatScienceFictionStoriesVolume131951


1	First published in 1985 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/MartinHGreenberg. This GenreAnthology contains fifteen ScienceFiction stories that were first published in 1951, 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.
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4	!!Works in this anthology:
5	[[index]]
6	* "[[Literature/NullP Null-P]]", by Creator/WilliamTenn
7	* "Literature/TheSentinel", by Creator/ArthurCClarke
8	* "Literature/TheFireBalloons", by Creator/RayBradbury
9	* "Literature/TheMarchingMorons", by Creator/CyrilMKornbluth
10	* "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown
11	* "Literature/AngelsEgg", by Creator/EdgarPangborn
12	* "Literature/BreedsThereAMan", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
13	* "Literature/PicturesDontLie", by Creator/KatherineMacLean
14	* "{{Literature/Superiority}}", by Creator/ArthurCClarke
15	* "Literature/ImScared", by Creator/JackFinney
16	* "Literature/TheQuestForSaintAquin", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher
17	* "Literature/TigerByTheTail", by Creator/AlanENourse
18	* "Literature/WithTheseHands", by Creator/CyrilMKornbluth
19	* "Literature/APailOfAir", by Creator/FritzLeiber
20	* "Literature/DuneRoller", by Creator/JulianMay
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23	!!''Isaac Asimov Presents: The Great Science Fiction Stories, Volume 13 (1951)'' provides examples of:
24	* AmbiguousInnocence: Creator/RayBradbury's "Literature/TheFireBalloons": Bradbury explored the idea of an entire species of innocents, by using a human missionary who wants to save the Martians' souls. He eventually discovers that their souls do not need saving. This is not presented as making the Martians bad so much as making [[HumansAreSpecial humanity tragic]] because we are [[HumansAreBastard comparatively destined to sinfulness]].
25	* {{Biography}}: Each story is prefaced by a short description of why this story (from this author) was chosen to represent one of the fifteen best stories of the year along with a paragraph from Creator/IsaacAsimov's perspective.
26	* EndlessWinter: Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/APailOfAir": The Earth is ripped away from the Sun by a passing black hole. As a result of losing the heat from the Sun, the Earth has gotten so cold that the atmosphere has frozen.
27	* FishbowlHelmet: Creator/FritzLeiber's "Literature/APailOfAir": A lot of survival equipment had to be made out of whatever was available. The EVA suits' headpieces used to be "big double-duty transparent food cans".
28	* FurryReminder: Creator/WilliamTenn's "[[Literature/NullP Null-P]]": Once the Earth is taken over by sentient dogs, the only surviving humans are pets maintained for the purpose of throwing sticks.
29	* NonMaliciousMonster: Creator/JulianMay's "Literature/DuneRoller": Long ago, the titular monster crashed to Earth, with many small parts of itself (its "children") being widely scattered. It doesn't go out of its way to harm other creatures, but if you get in its way when it tries to reabsorb its children, it ''will'' go MamaBear on you.
30	* OneWordTitle: "{{Literature/Superiority}}", by Creator/ArthurCClarke
31	* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Creator/WilliamTenn's "[[Literature/NullP Null-P]]": Characters discover that George Abnego happens to be statistically average in every way. This makes him a celebrity of sorts, and he ends up becoming President because of it.
32	* ShoutOut: In the introduction, multiple works are mentioned as being first published or becoming hits in 1951:
33	** ''Film/AbbotAndCostelloMeetTheInvisibleMan''
34	** ''Film/TheAfricanQueen'', starring Creator/HumphreyBogart and Creator/KatharineHepburn
35	** ''Film/AnAmericanInParis'', starring Creator/GeneKelly
36	** ''Magazine/AvonScienceFictionReader'' launched, edited by Creator/DonaldAWollheim
37	** ''Literature/BetweenPlanets'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
38	** "Literature/BeyondBedlam", by Creator/WymanGuin, would've been included as an example of the best ScienceFiction stories published this year, but was too long.
39	** Creator/MelBrooks is singled out as (probably) still using the name Melvin Kaminsky.
40	** ''Literature/TheCaineMutiny'', by Creator/HermanWouk
41	** ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye'', by Creator/JDSalinger, is mentioned for being highly controversial, and even banned in certain cities.
42	** "Art/ChristOfStJohnOfTheCross", by Creator/SalvadorDali
43	** ''Literature/CityAtWorldsEnd, by Creator/EdmondHamilton
44	** "Music/ComeOnaMyHouse"
45	** "Music/{{Cry}}", by Creator/JohnnyRay
46	** ''Literature/TheDayOfTheTriffids'', by Creator/JohnWyndham
47	** ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951''
48	** ''Literature/TheDisappearance'', by Creator/PhilipWylie
49	** "Literature/TheFireman", by Creator/RayBradbury, would've been included as an example of the best ScienceFiction stories published this year, but was too long.
50	** ''Film/{{Five}}''
51	** ''Film/FlightToMars''
52	** ''Literature/FromHereToEternity'', by Creator/JamesJones
53	** "Music/GettingToKnowYou"
54	** "Music/HelloYoungLovers"
55	** ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'', by Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein
56	** "Music/KissesSweeterThanWine"
57	** ''Film/LostContinent''
58	** ''Film/TheManFromPlanetX''
59	** ''Literature/TheMartianChronicles'', by Creator/RayBradbury
60	** ''Film/LePlaisir'', directed by Creator/MaxOphul
61	** ''Literature/RogueQueen'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
62	** ''Theatre/TheRoseTattoo'', written by Creator/TennesseeWilliams
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64	** ''Literature/TheSandsOfMars'', by Creator/ArthurCClarke
65	** ''Film/AStreetcarNamedDesire'', starring Creator/MarlonBrando
66	** ''Film/StrangersOnATrain'', directed by Creator/AlfredHitchcock
67	** "Music/ShrimpBoats"
68	** ''Literature/ShadowOverMars'', by Creator/LeighBrackett
69	** ''Literature/SeeteeShip'', by Creator/JackWilliamson
70	** ''Literature/TheStarsLikeDust'', by Creator/IsaacAsimov
71	** ''Magazine/SuperScienceStories'' collapsed
72	** ''Magazine/ScienceFictionQuarterly'' collapsed
73	** ''Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld''
74	** ''Literature/TimeAndAgain'', by Creator/CliffordSimak
75	** ''Film/VivaZapata'', directed by Creator/EliaKazan
76	** ''Literature/TheWeaponShopsOfIsher'', by Creator/AEVanVogt
77	** ''Film/WhenWorldsCollide''
78	** ''Magazine/WorldsBeyond'' collapsed
79	* TallPoppySyndrome: Creator/WilliamTenn's "[[Literature/NullP Null-P]]": A future society so afraid of individual variation that all rewards (e.g. scholarships or public office) are given to those whose performance is closest to the exact average of their group, culminating in a RidiculouslyAverageGuy becoming President.
80	* TwistEnding: Creator/ArthurCClarke's "{{Literature/Superiority}}": The twist isn't anything to do with the technology involved, but that [[spoiler:the {{narrator}} has been forced to share a prison cell with the man responsible for the downfall of their nation]].

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