''Monsters'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
,
Martin H. Greenberg
Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ...
and
Charles G. Waugh
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as the eighth volume in their
Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction series. It was first published in paperback by
Signet/New American Library in July 1988. The first British edition was issued in paperback by Robinson in July 1989.
The book collects eleven novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by Asimov.
Contents
*"Introduction: Monsters" (
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...
)
*"Passengers" (
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is a prolific American science fiction author and editor. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo Award, Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a SFWA Grand ...
)
*"The Botticelli Horror" (
Lloyd Biggle, Jr.)
*"The Shapes" (
J. H. Rosny aîné)
*"The Clone" (
Theodore L. Thomas)
*"
The Men in the Walls" (
William Tenn
William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.
Biography
Born to a Jewish family in London, Phillip Klass mo ...
)
*"The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" (
Roger Zelazny
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for '' The Chronicles of Amber''. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominatio ...
)
*"Student Body" (
Floyd L. Wallace)
*"Black Destroyer" (
A. E. van Vogt
Alfred Elton van Vogt ( ; April 26, 1912 – January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born American science fiction writer. His fragmented, bizarre narrative style influenced later science fiction writers, notably Philip K. Dick. He was one of th ...
)
*"Mother" (
Philip José Farmer
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Obituary.
Farmer is best known for two sequences of novels, t ...
)
*"Exploration Team" (
Murray Leinster
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)
*"All the Way Back" (
Michael Shaara
Michael Shaara (June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) was an American author of science fiction, sports fiction, and historical fiction.
Biography
Shaara was born to an Italian immigrant father (the family name was originally spelled Sciarra, which ...
)
Notes
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