But outdoing themselves, The Library of America has also launched an accompanying website that contains essays about each novel, cover galleries, and several critical essays about science fiction in the 1950s. As usual, the books come with extensive notes. Heinlein The Stars My Destination (1956), by Alfred Bester A Case of Conscience (1958), by James Blish Who? (1958), by Algis Budrys and The Big Time (1958), by Fritz Leiber. Kornbluth More Than Human (1953), by Theodore Sturgeon The Long Tomorrow (1955), by Leigh Brackett The Shrinking Man (1956), by Richard Matheson Double Star (1956), by Robert A. The set includes nine science-fiction novels from the 1950s: The Space Merchants (1953), by Frederik Pohl and C.M. I sent my brother a picture, and within a minute he told me he had pre-ordered the set on Amazon. Clearly, The Library of America knew what they were doing when they constructed their new science-fiction box set, because when I received the announcement for the collection I stared, like a child, at the cover art. I don’t read a lot of science fiction these days, but it’s a genre I loved when I was growing up. Kornbluth (1953) The Library of America: American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s, Volume 1 (2012) 186 pp The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M.
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