Nebula Award Stories

selected by Isaac Asimov


Nebula Award Stories Selected by Isaac Asimov Asimov writes a good introduction to each story. These stories were written in the 50s and 60s. Asimov distinguishes between hard sci-fi and fantasy. Arthur C Clarke's story is the former and is about a balloonist travelling to Jupiter and the creatures he finds there. Frederick Pohl's story is about a tax fiddle run by the Mafia and contains little science. There's one story by a woman, Joanna Russ, about a planet where all the men have been wiped out. The women have become very macho, fighting duels and the like. Then men arrive and the women have to decide whether they will kill them or accept them. All the stories are very good.
Rory 06/05/01

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