Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's

xvi, 912 pp. 8vo. Twenty six science fiction stories, including a never-before-published story by Asimov. These were all originally published before 1939 (when the Golden Age of SF began). Includes autobiographical remarks by Asimov before each story. CONTENTS: Introduction; Part One: 1920 to 1930; Part Two: 1931 - The Man Who Evolved, Edmond Hamilton; The Jameson Satellite, Neil R. Jones; Submicroscopic, Capt. S.P. Meek; Awlo of Ulm, Capt. S.P. Meek; Tetrahedra of Space, P. Schuyler Miller; The World of the Red Sun, Clifford D. Simak; Part Three: 1932 - Tumithak of the Corridors, Charles R. Tanner; The Moon Era, Jack Williamson; Part Four: 1933 - The Man Who Awoke, Laurence Manning; Tumithak in Shawm, Charles R. Tanner; Part Five: 1934 - Colossus, Donald Wandrei; Born of the Sun, Jack Williamson; Sidewise in Time, Murray Leinster; Old Faithful, Raymond Z. Gallun; Part Six: 1935 - The Parasite Planet, Stanley G. Weinbaum; Proxima Centauri, Murray Leinster; The Accursed Galaxy, Edmond Hamilton; Part Seven: 1936 - He Who Shrank, Henry Hasse; The Human Pets of Mars, Leslie Francis Stone; The Brain Stealers of Mars, John W. Campbell, Jr.; Devolution, Edmond Hamilton; Big Game, Isaac Asimov; Part Eight: 1937 - Other Eyes Watching, John W. Campbell, Jr.; Minus Planet, John D. Clark; Past, Present and Future, Nat Schachner; Part Nine: 1938 - The Men and the Mirror, Ross Rocklynne.