 Cover of first edition | |
| Editors | Isaac Asimov Martin H. Greenberg Charles G. Waugh |
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| Cover artist | Les Edwards |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Mammoth Book of ... Science Fiction |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Robinson |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | xiii, 572 |
| ISBN | 0-948164-72-7 |
| Followed by | The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction |
The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s is a themed anthology of science fiction short works edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, the first in a series of six samplers of the field from the 1930s through the 1980s. It was first published as a trade paperback by Robinson in June 1988. The first American edition was issued in trade paperback by Carroll & Graf in July of the same year. A hardcover edition was issued under the variant title Great Tales of Classic Science Fiction by Galahad Books in May 1990. [1]
The book collects ten novellas and novelettes by various science fiction authors that were originally published in the 1930s, together with an introduction by Asimov.