The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book Two

by Harry Harrison (Editor), Brian W. Aldiss (Editor), Chris Foss (Illustrator)

Second half of The Astounding-Analog Reader, Volume One, an anthology series of two volumes edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss, collecting some of the best short stories from John W. Campbell's legendary science fiction magazine Astounding (later renamed Analog).
Stories in this book date from 1942 to 1946.

1. The Push of a Finger (1942) • novella by Alfred Bester
2. Clash by Night [Keeps] (1943) • novella by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]
3. The Storm [Mixed Men] (1943) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
4. City (1944) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
5. First Contact (1945) • novelette by Murray Leinster
6. Giant Killer (1945) • novella by A. Bertram Chandler
7. Vintage Season (1946) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]
8. Placet Is a Crazy Place (1946) • short story by Fredric Brown

Genres: Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey) was an American science fiction author best known for his character the The Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He was also (with Brian W. Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.

Excerpted from Wikipedia.

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not *quite* the same power as the first volume, but still very good - and including the classic comedy science fiction story "Placet is a Crazy Place" and several other excellent tales. Dated, of course, but that's exactly the point - these are historical "golden age" SF stories. Still a good starting place for the style of science fiction which Astounding's John W. Campbell moulded into a major part of the genre.