| 1 | ''Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction'' is an anthology book series put together by Creator/IsaacAsimov and editors Creator/MartinHGreenberg, and [[Creator/CharlesGWaugh Charles G. Waugh]] to showcase noteworthy ScienceFiction short stories. It spanned ten books from 1983 to 1990. Each book focused on a specific subject and featured an introduction by Asimov discussing the volume's topic. Starting with the sixth book, ''Tin Stars'', the series began having a unified visual theme in terms of cover art. See also ''Literature/FantasticCreatures'' |
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| 4 | !!Works collected in #1 ''Intergalactic Empires'' (1983): |
| 5 | [[index]] |
| 6 | * "[[Literature/ChaliceOfDeath Chalice of Death]]" by Creator/RobertSilverberg (1957) |
| 7 | * "[[Literature/TheManWhoWasntHome Orphan of the World]]" by [[Creator/LloydBiggleJr Lloyd Biggle, Jr.]] (1972) |
| 8 | * "[[Literature/DownToTheWoodsOfMen Down to the Woods of Men]]" by Creator/AlexeiPanshin (1963) |
| 9 | * "[[Literature/MinistryOfDisturbance Ministry of Disturbance]]" by [[Creator/HBeamPiper H. Beam Piper]] (1958) |
| 10 | * "Literature/BlindAlley" by Isaac Asimov (1945) |
| 11 | * "Literature/APlanetNamedShayol" by Creator/CordwainerSmith (1961) |
| 12 | * "Literature/{{Diabologic}}" by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1955) |
| 13 | * "Literature/FightingPhilosopher" by [[Creator/EBCole E.B. Cole]] (1954) |
| 14 | * "Literature/HonorableEnemies" by Creator/PoulAnderson (1951) |
| 15 | [[/index]] |
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| 18 | !!Works collected in #2 ''The Science Fictional Olympics'' (1984): |
| 19 | [[index]] |
| 20 | * "[[Literature/RunToStarlight Run to Starlight]]" by Creator/GeorgeRRMartin (1974) |
| 21 | * "Literature/TheMickeyMouseOlympics" by Creator/TomSullivan (1979) |
| 22 | * "Literature/DreamFighter" by Creator/BobShaw (1977) |
| 23 | * "Literature/TheKokodWarriors" by Creator/JackVance (1952) |
| 24 | * "Literature/GettingThroughUniversity" by Creator/PiersAnthony (1968) |
| 25 | * "[[Literature/ForTheSakeOfGrace For the Sake of Grace]]" by Creator/SuzetteHadenElgin (1969) |
| 26 | * "Literature/TheNationalPastime" by Creator/NormanSpinrad (1973) |
| 27 | * "Literature/ADayForDying" by Creator/CharlesNuetzel (1969) |
| 28 | * "Literature/ThePeopleTrap" by Creator/RobertSheckley (1968) |
| 29 | * "Literature/WhyJohnnyCantSpeed Why Johnny Can't Speed]]" by Creator/AlanDeanFoster (1971) |
| 30 | * "[[Literature/NothingInTheRules Nothing in the Rules]]" by [[Creator/LSpragueDeCamp L. Sprague de Camp]] (1939) |
| 31 | * "Literature/TheOlympians" by Creator/MikeResnick (1982) |
| 32 | * "[[Literature/TheWindFromTheSun The Wind from the Sun]]" by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1964) |
| 33 | * "Literature/ProseBowl" by [[Creator/BarryNMalzberg Barry N. Malzberg]] and Creator/BillPronzini (1979) |
| 34 | * "[[Literature/FromDowntownAtTheBuzzer From Downtown at the Buzzer]]" by Creator/GeorgeAlecEffinger (1977) |
| 35 | * "[[Literature/AGlintOfGold A Glint of Gold]]" by Creator/SimonHawke (1980) |
| 36 | * "LiteratureTheSurvivor" by [[CreatorWalterFMoudy Walter F. Moudy]] (1965) |
| 37 | [[/index]] |
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| 41 | !!Works collected in #3 ''Supermen'' (1984): |
| 42 | [[index]] |
| 43 | * "Literature/AngelDarkAngel" by Creator/RogerZelazny (1967) |
| 44 | * "[[Literature/WorldsToKill Worlds to Kill]]" by Creator/HarlanEllison (1968) |
| 45 | * "[[Literature/InTheBone In the Bone]]" by [[Creator/GordonRDickenson Gordon R. Dickenson]] (1966) |
| 46 | * "[[Literature/WhatRoughBeast What Rough Beast?]]" by Creator/DamonKnight (1959) |
| 47 | * "[[Literature/DeathByEcstasy Death by Ecstasy]]" by Creator/LarryNiven (1969) |
| 48 | * "[[Literature/UnMan Un-Man]]" by Poul Anderson (1953) |
| 49 | * "Literature/{{Muse}}" by Creator/DeanKoontz (1969) |
| 50 | * "Literature/{{Resurrection}}" by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948) |
| 51 | * "Literature/{{Pseudopath}}" by [[Creator/PhilipEHigh Philip E. High]] (1959) |
| 52 | * "[[Literature/AfterTheMythsWentHome After the Myths Went Home]]" by Robert Silverberg (1969) |
| 53 | * "[[Literature/BeforeTheTalentDies Before the Talent Dies]]" by Creator/HenrySlesar (1957) |
| 54 | * "Literature/BroodWorldBarbarian" by [[Creator/PerryAChapdelaine Perry A. Chapdelaine]] |
| 55 | [[/index]] |
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| 58 | !!Works collected in #4 ''Comets'' (1986): |
| 59 | [[index]] |
| 60 | * "[[Literature/ABlazingStarreSeeneInTheWest A Blazing Starre Seene in the West]]" by Creator/JonasWright (1642) |
| 61 | * "[[Literature/IntoTheSun Into the Sun]]" by Creator/RobertDuncanMilne (1882) |
| 62 | * "[[Literature/ExtractFromCaptainStormfieldsVisitToHeaven Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven]]" by Creator/MarkTwain (1907) |
| 63 | * "Literature/TheCometDoom" by Creator/EdmondHamilton (1928) |
| 64 | * "Literature/{{Sunspot}}" by Creator/HalClement (1960) |
| 65 | * "[[Literature/IntoTheComet Inside the Comet]]" by Arthur C. Clarke (1960) |
| 66 | * "Literature/{{Raindrop}}" by Hal Clement (1960) |
| 67 | * "Literature/CometWine" by Creator/RayRussell (1967) |
| 68 | * "Literature/TheRedEuphoricBands" by [[Creator/RSRichardson R.S. Richardson]] (1967) |
| 69 | * "Literature/{{Throwback}}" by [[Creator/SydneyJBounds Sydney J. Bounds]] (1969) |
| 70 | * "Literature/{{Kindergarten}}" by Creator/JamesEGunn (1970) |
| 71 | * "[[Literature/WestWindFalling West Wind, Falling]]" by Creator/GregoryBenford and Creator/GordonEklund (1971) |
| 72 | * "[[Literature/CometCarinAndCapsule The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule]]" by Creator/DuncanLunan (1972) |
| 73 | * "[[Literature/SomeJoysUnderTheStar Some Joys Under the Star]]" by Creator/FrederikPohl (1973) |
| 74 | * "Literature/FutureForbidden" by R.S. Richardson (1973) |
| 75 | * "[[Literature/TheDeathOfPrinces The Death of Princes]]" by Creator/FritzLeiber (1976) |
| 76 | * "Literature/TheFunhouseEffect" by Creator/JohnVarley (1976) |
| 77 | * "Literature/TheFamilyMan" by [[Creator/TheodoreLThomas Theodore L. Thomas]] (1978) |
| 78 | * "Literature/DoublePlanet" by Creator/JohnGribbin (1984) |
| 79 | * "Literature/{{Pride}}" by Poul Anderson (1985) |
| 80 | [[/index]] |
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| 83 | !!Works collected in #5 ''Tin Stars'' (1986): |
| 84 | [[index]] |
| 85 | * "[[Literature/IntoTheShop Into the Shop]]" by Creator/RonGoulart (1964) |
| 86 | * "[[Literature/KnownSpace Cloak of Anarchy]]" by Larry Niven (1972) |
| 87 | * "[[Literature/TheKingsLegions The King's Legions]]" by Creator/ChristopherAnvil (1967) |
| 88 | * "[[Literature/FingerOfFate Finger of Fate]]" by Creator/EdwardWellen (1980) |
| 89 | * "[[Literature/ArmOfTheLaw Arm of the Law]]" by Creator/HarryHarrison (1958) |
| 90 | * "Literature/{{Voiceover}}" by Edward Wellen (1984) |
| 91 | * "Literature/TheFastestDraw" by Creator/LarryEisenberg (1963) |
| 92 | * "Literature/MirrorImage" by Isaac Asimov (1972) |
| 93 | * "Literature/{{Brillo}}" by Creator/BenBova and Harlan Ellison (1970) |
| 94 | * "[[Literature/ThePowersOfObservation The Powers of Observation]]" by Harry Harrison (1968) |
| 95 | * "Literature/FaithfullyYours" by Creator/LouTabakow (1955) |
| 96 | * "Literature/SafeHarbor" by Creator/DonaldWismer (1986) |
| 97 | * "Literature/ExaminationDay" by Henry Slesar (1958) |
| 98 | * "Literature/TheCruelEquations" by Robert Sheckley (1971) |
| 99 | * "Literature/AnimalLover" by Creator/StephenRDonaldson (1978) |
| 100 | [[/index]] |
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| 103 | !!Works collected in #6 ''Neanderthals'' (1987): |
| 104 | [[index]] |
| 105 | * "[[Literature/Genesis1951 Genesis]]" by H. Beam Piper (1951) |
| 106 | * "Literature/TheUglyLittleBoy" by Isaac Asimov (1958) |
| 107 | * "Literature/TheLongRemembering" by Poul Anderson (1957) |
| 108 | * "[[Literature/TheApotheosisOfKi The Apotheosis of Ki]]" by [[Creator/MiriamAllenDeFord Miriam Allen deFord]] (1956) |
| 109 | * "[[Literature/ManODreams Man o' Dreams]]" by [[Creator/WillMcMorrow Will [=McMorow=]]] (1929) |
| 110 | * "[[Literature/TheTreasureOfOdirex The Treasure of Odirex]]" by Creator/CharlesSheffield (1978) |
| 111 | * "Literature/TheOgre" by Creator/AvramDavidson (1959) |
| 112 | * "[[Literature/AlasPoorYorick Alas, Poor Yorick]]" by [[Creator/ThomasAEastman Thomas A. Eastman]] (1981) |
| 113 | * "Literature/TheGnarlyMan" by L. Sprague de Camp (1939) |
| 114 | * "Literature/TheHairyParents" by [[Creator/ABertramChandler A. Bertram Chandler]] (1975) |
| 115 | * "Literature/TheAlleyMan" by Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer (1959) |
| 116 | [[/index]] |
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| 119 | !!Works collected in #7 ''Space Shuttles'' (1987): |
| 120 | [[index]] |
| 121 | * "Literature/TruckDriver" by Creator/BobChilson (1972) |
| 122 | * "[[Literature/HermesToTheAges Hermes to the Ages]]" by [[Creator/FrederickDGottfried Frederick D. Gottfried]] (1980) |
| 123 | * "Literature/PushbuttonWar" by [[Creator/JosephPMartino Joseph P. Martino]] (1960) |
| 124 | * "Literature/TheLastShuttle" by Isaac Asimov (1981) |
| 125 | * "Literature/TheGetawaySpecial" by Creator/JerryOltion (1985) |
| 126 | * "[[Literature/BetweenARockAndAHighPlace Between a Rock and a High Place]]" by Creator/TimothyZahn (1982) |
| 127 | * "Literature/ToGrabPower" by Creator/HaydenHoward (1971) |
| 128 | * "[[Literature/ComingOfAgeInHensonsTube Coming of Age in Henson's Tube]]" by Creator/WilliamJohnJenkins (1977) |
| 129 | * "[[Literature/DeborahsChildren Deborah's Children]]" by Creator/GrantCarlin (1983) |
| 130 | * "[[Literature/TheBookOfBaraboo The Book of Baraboo]]" by [[Creator/BarryBLongyear Barry B. Longyear]] (1980) |
| 131 | * "Literature/TheSpeckledGantry" by Creator/JosephGreen and Creator/PatriceMilton (1979) |
| 132 | * "Literature/TheNanny" by Creator/ThomasWylde (1983) |
| 133 | * "Literature/{{Hitchhiker}}" by Creator/SheilaFinch (1987) |
| 134 | * "Literature/DeadRinger" by Edward Wellen (1987) |
| 135 | [[/index]] |
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| 138 | !!Works collected in #8 ''Monsters'' (1988): |
| 139 | [[index]] |
| 140 | * "Literature/{{Passengers}}" by Robert Silverberg (1968) |
| 141 | * "Literature/TheBotticelliHorror" by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1960) |
| 142 | * "Literature/TheShapes" by [[Creator/JHRosnyAine J. H. Rosny aîné]] (1968) |
| 143 | * "Literature/TheClone" by Theodore L. Thomas (1959) |
| 144 | * "[[Literature/TheMenInTheWalls The Men in the Walls]]" by Creator/WilliamTenn (1963) |
| 145 | * "[[Literature/TheDoorsOfHisFaceTheLampsOfHisMouth The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth]]" by Creator/RogerZelazny (1965) |
| 146 | * "Literature/StudentBody" by [[Creator/FLWallace F.L. Wallace]] (1953) |
| 147 | * "Literature/BlackDestroyer" by A.E. van Vogt (1939) |
| 148 | * "Literature/{{Mother}}" by Philip José Farmer (1953) |
| 149 | * "Literature/ExplorationTeam" by Creator/MurrayLeinster (1956) |
| 150 | * "[[Literature/AllTheWayBack All the Way Back]]" by Creator/MichaelShaara (1952) |
| 151 | [[/index]] |
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| 154 | !!Works collected in #9 ''Robots'' (1988): |
| 155 | [[index]] |
| 156 | * "[[Literature/TheTunnelUnderTheWorld The Tunnel Under the World]]" by Frederik Pohl (1955) |
| 157 | * "Literature/BrotherRobot" by Henry Slesar (1958) |
| 158 | * "Literature/TheLifeboatMutiny" by Robert Sheckley (1955) |
| 159 | * "Literature/TheWarmSpace" by Creator/DavidBrin (1985) |
| 160 | * "[[Literature/How2 How-2]]" by Creator/CliffordSimak (1954) |
| 161 | * "[[Literature/TooRobotToMarry Too Robot to Marry]]" by [[Creator/GeorgeHSmith George H. Smith]] (1959) |
| 162 | * "[[Literature/TheEducationOfTigressMacardle The Education of Tigress [=McArdle=]]]" by Creator/CyrilMKornbluth (1957) |
| 163 | * "Literature/{{Sally}}" by Isaac Asimov (1953) |
| 164 | * "[[Literature/BreakfastOfChampions1980 Breakfast of Champions]]" by [[Creator/ThomasAEaston Thomas A. Easton]] (1980) |
| 165 | * "Literature/SunUp" by [[Creator/AAJacksonIV A.A. Jackson IV]] and Creator/HowardWaldrop (1976) |
| 166 | * "Literature/SecondVariety" by Creator/PhilipKDick (1953) |
| 167 | * "Literature/TheProblemWasLubrication" by Creator/DavidRBunch (1961) |
| 168 | * "[[Literature/FirstToServe First to Serve]]" by Creator/AlgisBudrys (1954) |
| 169 | * "[[Literature/TwoHandedEngine Two-Handed Engine]]" by Creator/HenryKuttner and Creator/CLMoore (1955) |
| 170 | * "Literature/ThoughDreamersDie" by Creator/LesterDelRey (1944) |
| 171 | * "Literature/SoldierBoy" by Michael Shaara (1953) |
| 172 | * "[[Literature/FarewellToTheMaster Farewell to the Master]]" by Creator/HarryBates (1940) |
| 173 | [[/index]] |
| 174 | ---- |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | !!Works collected in #10 ''Invasions'' (1990): |
| 177 | [[index]] |
| 178 | * "Literature/LivingSpace" by Isaac Asimov (1956) |
| 179 | * "Literature/{{Asylum}}" by A.E. van Vogt (1942) |
| 180 | * "Literature/{{Exposure}}" by Eric Frank Russell (1950) |
| 181 | * "[[Literature/InvasionOfPrivacy Invasion of Privacy]]" by Bob Shaw (1970) |
| 182 | * "[[Literature/WhatHaveIDone What Have I Done?]]" by Creator/MarkClifton (1952) |
| 183 | * "Literature/{{Impostor}}" by Philip K. Dick (1953) |
| 184 | * "[[Literature/TheSoulEmptyOnes The Soul-Empty Ones]]" by [[Creator/WalterMMillerJr Walter M. Miller, Jr.]] (1951) |
| 185 | * "[[Literature/TheCloudMen The Cloud-Men]]" by Creator/OwenOliver (1911) |
| 186 | * "Literature/StoneMan" by Creator/FredSaberhagen (1967) |
| 187 | * "[[Literature/ForIAmAJealousPeople For I Am a Jealous People!]]" by Lester del Rey (1967) |
| 188 | * "[[Literature/DontLookNow Don't Look Now]]" by Henry Kuttner (1948) |
| 189 | * "Literature/TheCertificate" by Avram Davidson (1959) |
| 190 | * "Literature/TheAlienRulers" by Piers Anthony (1968) |
| 191 | * "Literature/SqueezeBox" by Philip E. High and Creator/CLMoore (1955) |
| 192 | * "Literature/TheLiberationOfEarth The Liberation of Earth]]" by William Ten (1953) |
| 193 | [[/index]] |
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