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1950s Science Fiction 8: 29 Remarkable Stories From Science Fiction’s Most Imaginative Decade

1950s Science Fiction 8: 29 Remarkable Stories From Science Fiction’s Most Imaginative Decade

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Part of Lost Sci-Fi Decades
Author:
Roger D. Aycock , J. F. Bone , Dean Evans , Miguel Hidalgo , William Oberfield , Mike Curry , Bryce Walton , Evelyn E. Smith , Edward W. Ludwig , C.M. Kornbluth , Joseph Slotkin , Charles E. Fritch , Lynn Venable , Ray Bradbury , Alfred Bester , Walter M. Miller Jr , Lord Dunsany , Charles Einstein , Robert Sheckley , David Mason , Frank Herbert , Fritz Leiber , Frank M. Robinson , Robert Silverberg , Donald E. Westlake , Isaac Asimov
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July 18, 2024
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12 hours 31 minutes
Summary
The 1950s were a remarkable time for science fiction, when established masters and rising young writers filled magazines with stories that challenged expectations and carried readers into futures no one had seen before. 1950s Science Fiction 8 brings together 29 stories from that extraordinary decade, with celebrated classics alongside forgotten tales ready to be discovered again.

The lineup is exceptional. Alfred Bester delivers the unforgettable Fondly Fahrenheit, Fritz Leiber takes us beneath an altered sky in The Moon Is Green, and Frank Herbert invites us inside the mysterious Old Rambling House. Isaac Asimov contributes The Portable Star, while Walter M. Miller Jr. brings us Way of a Rebel. Ray Bradbury, Robert Silverberg, Evelyn E. Smith, C. M. Kornbluth, and Donald E. Westlake add even more variety to this impressive collection.

Robert Sheckley is represented by three stories—Proof of the Pudding, The Monsters, and The Deep Hole to China—each displaying the imagination and unexpected turns that made his fiction so distinctive. Elsewhere, strange transformations begin, missing rooms refuse to stay ordinary, distant worlds conceal dangerous secrets, and humanity encounters things it never expected to find.

There are journeys into space and stories that never leave familiar surroundings. Some imagine remarkable technology, while others begin with something seemingly ordinary before reality takes a very different turn.

With 29 vintage stories and an extraordinary roster of authors, 1950s Science Fiction 8 offers another journey through one of science fiction’s greatest decades. From famous names to writers rarely heard today, there is always another story—and another surprise—waiting just ahead.
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