''Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 20 (1958)'' is the twentieth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, which is a series of short story collections, edited by

Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...

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 February 1990.

Stories

# ''The Last of the Deliverers'' by Poul Anderson # ''

The Feeling of Power "The Feeling of Power" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in the February 1958 issue of '' If: Worlds of Science Fiction'', and was reprinted in the 1959 collection ''Nine Tomorrows'', the ...

'' by

# ''Poor Little Warrior!'' by

Brian W. Aldiss Brian Wilson Aldiss (; 18 August 1925 – 19 August 2017) was an English writer, artist, and anthology editor, best known for science fiction novels and short stories. His byline reads either Brian W. Aldiss or simply Brian Aldiss, except for ...

#
The Iron Chancellor
' by Robert Silverberg # ''The Prize of Peril'' by Robert Sheckley # ''

Or All the Seas with Oysters "Or All the Seas with Oysters" is a science fiction short story by American writer Avram Davidson. It first appeared in the May 1958 issue of ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' and won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1958. One of Davidson's best-k ...

'' by Avram Davidson # ''Two Dooms'' by

C. M. Kornbluth Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author and a member of the Futurians. He used a variety of pen-names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, W ...

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The Big Front Yard "The Big Front Yard" is a science fiction short story by American writer Clifford D. Simak which won a 1959 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. It was also included in ''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two'' (1973) after being voted one of the ...

'' by

Clifford D. Simak Clifford Donald Simak (; August 3, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was an American science fiction writer. He won three Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award. The Science Fiction Writers of America made him its third SFWA Grand Master, and the Horror Wr ...

# ''The Burning of the Brain'' by Cordwainer Smith # ''The Yellow Pill'' by

Rog Phillips ''Rog'' () is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romance thriller film directed by Himanshu Brahmbhatt, written by Mahesh Bhatt and produced by Pooja Bhatt. The film stars Irrfan Khan, Himanshu Malik and Ilene Hamann. Plot Uday Singh Rathod is a ...

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Unhuman Sacrifice "Unhuman Sacrifice" is a short story by the American writer Katherine MacLean. It was first published in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in November 1958, and has appeared in several anthologies.. Retrieved June 9, 2022. In the story, a space ship ...

'' by Katherine MacLean # ''The Immortals'' by James E. Gunn

Notes

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