''Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 17 (1955)'' is the seventeenth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by

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and Martin H. Greenberg, which attempts to list the great science fiction stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. They date the Golden Age as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. This volume was originally published by DAW books in January 1988.

* "The Tunnel Under the World" by

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

* " The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. * "The Cave of Night" by James E. Gunn * "Grandpa" by

James H. Schmitz James Henry Schmitz (October 15, 1911 – April 18, 1981) was an American science fiction writer born in Hamburg, Germany of American parents. Life Schmitz was educated at a ''Realgymnasium'' in Hamburg, and grew up speaking both English ...

* "Who?" by Theodore Sturgeon * "The Short Ones" by Raymond E. Banks * "Captive Market" by

Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his l ...

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Allamagoosa "Allamagoosa" is a science fiction short story by English author Eric Frank Russell, originally published in the May 1955 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and collected in '' The Hugo Winners'' (1962), ''The Best Of Eric Frank Russell'' (1978), ...

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Eric Frank Russell Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's '' Astounding Science ...

* "The Vanishing American" by Charles Beaumont * "The Game of Rat and Dragon" by Cordwainer Smith * "

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Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...

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Nobody Bothers Gus "Nobody Bothers Gus" is a 1955 science fiction short story by Algis Budrys. It was first published in ''Astounding Science-Fiction''. There were two sequel stories: "The Peasant Girl" (1956), and "And Then She Found Him" (1957).

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Algis Budrys Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John ...

* " Delenda Est" by Poul Anderson * " Dreaming Is a Private Thing" by

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