Analog's Lighter Side: Wild and Whimsical Tales from the Leading Science Fiction Magazine

Schmidt Analog Anthologies #4

by Stanley Schmidt

New Dial Press,, (1982). Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped, tiny slit in upper edge of dj). First printing. "Wild and whimsical tales from the leading science fiction magazine." SIGNED by TWO on the title page by Stanley Schmidt, the editor and by Joe Haldeman at his story "A!Tangled Web." Also includes stories by Isaac Asimov, Eric Frank Russell, Poul Anderson, Andrew Offutt and more.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Stanley Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an anthology of humorous science fiction stories that originally appeared in Astounding SF magazine, which was renamed Analog in 1960, between 1940 and 1981. There are some good, funny stories, though I think the selection could have been better and more well rounded. (No Spider Robinson or Thiotimoline or Murray Leinster or...?) The authors include Isaac Asimov, Gordon R. Dickson, Poul Anderson, Lewis Padgett (a pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore, the only female author in the book), L. Sprague de Camp, Christopher Anvil, andrew j. offutt (in capitol letters, hmmm...), Joe Haldeman, etc. My favorite is Eric Frank Russell's Allamagoosa, the award-winning, all-time best shaggy dog story.

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Borrowed it from the library, didn't finish it, didn't see a reason to. Maybe I'll get it again. The book is from 1982 but the stories are from before I was born and are a bit dated. The future tech is quite quaint now.

[Chuck Whiteneck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oldie but goodie.

[Kevin Connery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid collection of humorous SF stories.