Men Against the Stars

Men Against the Stars
Men Against the Stars  
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Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author(s) edited by Martin Greenberg
Cover artist Edd Cartier
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Science fiction Short stories
Publisher Gnome Press
Publication date 1950
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 351 pp
ISBN NA

Men Against the Stars is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. It was the first “theme” anthology in science fiction, where all stories are about a common idea, setting, or concept[1]. All the stories, save one, had originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. The other story, "When Shadows Fall", first appeared in Startling Stories.

Contents

Contents

Reception

Anthony Boucher praised the volume as "a pioneer among 'patterned' anthologies [and] an outstanding collection."[2] P. Schuyler Miller called it "one of the best science fiction antholgies to date [in 1950], praising the consistent selection of "stories of human problems and human values."[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd.. pp. 298. 
  2. ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, May 1957, p.77.
  3. ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding, November 1950, p.93-94

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