num_pages: 477
description: The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented, by active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The Grand Master Award is given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.Frederik Pohl, an eminent figure in science fiction, has been authorized by the SFWA to edit an anthology in three big volumes featuring substantial selections of the work of all the first fifteen Grand Masters. These are the seminal writers of the modern SF field, whose works are of dominant importance and influence. This series of collections is a permanent record of greatness in SF.Volume Three, presenting the last five writers to receive the Grand Master award, features the fiction of Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. Van Vogt, Jack Vance.Contents:9 • Introduction (The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3) • essay by Frederik Pohl19 • The Faithful • (1938) • shortstory by Lester del Rey28 • The Pipes of Pan • (1940) • shortstory by Lester del Rey42 • The Coppersmith • (1939) • shortstory by Lester del Rey57 • For I Am a Jealous People! • (1954) • novella by Lester del Rey102 • Let the Ants Try • (1949) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl113 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl143 • Day Million • (1966) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl148 • The Gold at the Starbow's End • (1972) • novella by Frederik Pohl205 • The Handler • (1960) • shortstory by Damon Knight209 • Dio • (1957) • novelette by Damon Knight244 • Not With a Bang • (1950) • shortstory by Damon Knight249 • I See You • (1976) • shortstory by Damon Knight261 • Masks • (1968) • shortstory by Damon Knight275 • Black Destroyer • [Space Beagle] • (1939) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt306 • Far Centaurus • (1944) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt326 • Vault of the Beast • (1940) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt352 • Dear Pen Pal • (1949) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt363 • Sail 25 • (1962) • novella by Jack Vance (variant of Gateway to Strangeness)388 • Ullward's Retreat • (1958) • novelette by Jack Vance411 • The Miracle Workers • (1958) • novella by Jack Vance (variant of The Miracle-Workers)
language: English
title: The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3
titlecomplete: The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3
genres: Anthologies, Short Stories, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 46
series: The SFWA Grand Masters
publisher: Tor Books