''Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)'' is the eighteenth 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 August 1988.

* "Brightside Crossing" by

Alan E. Nourse Alan Edward Nourse (August 11, 1928 – July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction writer and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His SF works sometimes focused ...

* "Clerical Error" by

Mark Clifton Mark Clifton (1906–1963) was an American science fiction writer, the co-winner of the second Hugo Award for best novel. He began publishing in May 1952 with the widely anthologized story "What Have I Done?". Series About half of his work fa ...

* "Silent Brother" by Algis Budrys * "

The Country of the Kind "The Country of the Kind" is a science fiction short story by American writer Damon Knight. It was first published in the February 1956 issue of ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' and has been reprinted several times, including in '' ...

" by Damon Knight * "

Exploration Team "Exploration Team" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Murray Leinster, originally published in the March 1956 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1956. Writing in 1998, Gardner Dozoi ...

" by Murray Leinster * "Rite of Passage" by

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

and

C. L. Moore Catherine Lucille Moore (January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as C. L. Moore. She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and ...

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The Man Who Came Early "The Man Who Came Early" is a science fiction short story by Danish-American author Poul Anderson. Similar in some respects to Mark Twain's ''A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'', the story is in fact its antithesis; Anderson sharply differ ...

" by Poul Anderson * "A Work of Art" by James Blish * "Horrer Howce" by Margaret St. Clair * "Compounded Interest" by Mack Reynolds * "The Doorstop" by

Reginald Bretnor Reginald Bretnor (born Alfred Reginald Kahn; July 30, 1911 – July 22, 1992) was an American science fiction author who flourished between the 1950s and 1980s. Most of his fiction was in short story form, and usually featured a whimsical story l ...

* " The Last Question" by

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Stranger Station A stranger is a person who is unknown to another person or group. Because of this unknown status, a stranger may be perceived as a threat until their identity and character can be ascertained. Different classes of strangers have been identified fo ...

" by Damon Knight * "2066: Election Day" by Michael Shaara * "And Now the News..." by Theodore Sturgeon

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