Andrew Liptak's SFWA and the 'Science Fiction Hall of Fame' Anthologies

[james_davis_nicoll]

A title has been popping up often as I conduct my research for this column: The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time. Lester Del Rey is quoted on the front with an apt blurb: “Definitive! It even lives up to its subtitle.” The back of the book has a listing of the authors, and it’s a veritable who's who from the science fiction world of the mid-20th century. My battered copy of the book is a prized possession, and it’s considered an essential anthology for those interested in a primer of classic science fiction.

  
Volume   Total   F      M     Mu   F/T
One       26     1.5    24.5       0.06
IIA       11     0.5    10.5       0.05
IIB       11     1      10         0.09
III*      16     2      14         0.14
IV        14     4      10         0.29



* IV in the UK