''The Good Old Stuff: Adventure SF in the Grand Tradition'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
short stories edited by
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fict ...
. It was first published in trade paperback by
St. Martin's Griffin
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in December 1998, with an ebook following from the same publisher in December 2013. It was combined with its companion anthology ''
The Good New Stuff'' in the omnibus edition ''The Good Stuff'', issued by the Science Fiction Book Club in January 1999. It has also been translated into Italian.
Summary
The book collects sixteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors originally published from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, together with a preface by the editor.
Contents
*"Preface" (
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of '' The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fict ...
)
*"
The Rull" (
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 ...
)
*"The Second Night of Summer" (
James H. Schmitz
James Henry Schmitz (October 15, 1911 – April 18, 1981) was a German-American science fiction writer.
Early life
Schmitz was born in Hamburg, Germany to American parents and was educated at a ''Realgymnasium'' in Hamburg, and grew up sp ...
)
*"
The Galton Whistle
"The Galton Whistle" is a science fiction short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, a story in his ''Viagens Interplanetarias'' series. It is the first (chronologically) set on the planet Vishnu. It was first published, as "Ultrasonic G ...
" (
L. Sprague de Camp
Lyon Sprague de Camp (; November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American author of science fiction, Fantasy literature, fantasy and non-fiction literature. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, both novels and works of ...
)
*"
The New Prime" (
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer. He also wrote several mystery novels under pen names, including Ellery Queen.
Vance won the World Fantasy Award for Life Ach ...
)
*"That Share of Glory" (
C. M. Kornbluth)
*"The Last Days of Shandakor" (
Leigh Brackett
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 24, 1978) was an American author and screenwriter. Nicknamed "the Queen of space opera, Space Opera", she was one of the most prominent female writers during the Golden Age of Science Fiction. ...
)
*"
Exploration Team" (
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster () was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of List of science fiction authors, science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 ...
)
*"The Sky People" (
Poul Anderson
Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times an ...
)
*"
The Man in the Mailbag" (
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon Rupert Dickson (November 1, 1923 – January 31, 2001) was an American science fiction writer. He was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000.
Biography
Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923 ...
)
*"
Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons" (
Cordwainer Smith
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 – August 6, 1966), known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a noted scholar of East Asia, and an expert in psycholo ...
)
*"A Kind of Artistry" (
Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for oc ...
)
*"
Gunpowder God" (
H. Beam Piper
Henry Beam Piper (March 23, 1904 – ) was an American science fiction writer. He wrote many short stories and several novels. He is best known for his extensive Terro-Human Future History series of stories and a shorter series of "Paratime" al ...
)
*"
Semley's Necklace" (
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guin ( ; Kroeber; October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the ''Earthsea'' fantas ...
)
*"Moon Duel" (
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Along with Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery.
Life ...
)
*"
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 ...
)
*"Mother in the Sky With Diamonds" (
James Tiptree, Jr.)
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