The Science Fiction Hall of Fame is a definitive collection of the best in science fiction writing between 1929 and 1964. Containing 26 stories, it represents the considered verdict of celebrated science fiction writers who know what the criteria for excellence in the field should be.

The authors chosen for The Science Fiction Hall of Fame are the men and women who have shaped the body and heart of modern science fiction. Their brilliantly imaginative creations continue to inspire and astound new generations of writers and fans. Robert Heinlein in The Roads Must Roll describes an industrial civilisation of the future caught up in the deadly flaws of its own complexity. Country of the Kind, by Damon Knight, is a frightening portrayal of biological mutation. Nightfall, by Isaac Asimov, one of the greatest in the field, is the story of a planet where the sun sets only once every millennium, and is a chilling study in mass psychology.

First published in 1970 to honour those writers and their stories that had come before the institution of the Nebula Awards, the new edition introduces young readers to the wonders of science fiction. It contains stories by such great masters as Ray Bradbury, Arthur C Clarke, John W Campbell, Robert A Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon and Roger Zelazny.