GREAT SCIENCCE FICTION STORIES BY THE WORLD’S GREAT SCIENTISTS

edited by

ISAAC ASIMOV

with Martin Greenberg and Charles Waugh

INTRODUCTION BY ISAAC ASIMOV

ARTHUR C. CLARKE

The Wind from the Sun

ISAAC ASIMOV

The Winnowing

DAVID BRIN

The Warm Space

GREGORY BENFORD

White Creatures

FRED HOYLE

Blackmail

Plus sixteen additional stories from noted scientist writers

This anthology is about as badly named as it is possible to be—virtually none of the stories here are even very good science fiction, and few of the writers come anywhere near the category of being even moderately well-known (let alone “great”) scientists. Indeed, only Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Wind from the Sun,” James Tiptree, Jr.’s “Love is the Plan the Plan is Death” and Paul J. Nahin’s “Publish and Perish” are really any good.

And then, to add insult to injury, it includes a story by Asimov—”The Winnowing.” Blech! One could frankly not do much worse at trying to illustrate great sf by a great scientist than to choose that travesty.

This is definitely a volume to pass on.

Contents

“The Winnowing”