A review by willv
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 by Judith Merril, C.M. Kornbluth, Murray Leinster, Lewis Padgett, Anthony Boucher, Lester del Rey, Jerome Bixby, Cordwainer Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, James Blish, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, Daniel Keyes, Clifford D. Simak, Robert Silverberg, John W. Campbell Jr., A.E. van Vogt, Alfred Bester, Damon Knight, Arthur C. Clarke, Tom Godwin, Roger Zelazny, Robert A. Heinlein, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Ray Bradbury
5.0
An excellent collection of short stories; some better than others. My favourites were:
Scanners Live in Vain, by Cordwainer Smith
The Little Black Bag, by C. M. Kornbluth
Surface Tension, by James Blish
Mars is Heaven!, by Ray Bradbury
The Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C. Clarke
Flowers for Algernon*, by Daniel Keyes
The Roads Must Roll, by Robert Heinlein
Microcosmic God, by Theodore Sturgeon
Nightfall*, by Isaac Asimov
The Weapon Shop, by A. E. van Vogt
Mimsy Were the Borogoves, by Lewis Padgett
Arena, by Fredric Brown
First Contact, by Murray Leinster
Born of Man and Woman, by Richard Matheson
It's a Good Life**, by Jerome Bixby
The ones I liked the least were
The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin
The Quest for Saint Aquin, by Anthony Boucher
Coming Attraction, by Fritz Leiber
A Rose for Ecclesiastes, by Roger Zelazny
And the several others were generally good, but didn't stick to my mind as much.
* I had read this before this collection
** the original story that led to the famous Twilight Zone episode, as well as the Treehouse of Horror in which Bart was the special kid
Scanners Live in Vain, by Cordwainer Smith
The Little Black Bag, by C. M. Kornbluth
Surface Tension, by James Blish
Mars is Heaven!, by Ray Bradbury
The Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C. Clarke
Flowers for Algernon*, by Daniel Keyes
The Roads Must Roll, by Robert Heinlein
Microcosmic God, by Theodore Sturgeon
Nightfall*, by Isaac Asimov
The Weapon Shop, by A. E. van Vogt
Mimsy Were the Borogoves, by Lewis Padgett
Arena, by Fredric Brown
First Contact, by Murray Leinster
Born of Man and Woman, by Richard Matheson
It's a Good Life**, by Jerome Bixby
The ones I liked the least were
The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin
The Quest for Saint Aquin, by Anthony Boucher
Coming Attraction, by Fritz Leiber
A Rose for Ecclesiastes, by Roger Zelazny
And the several others were generally good, but didn't stick to my mind as much.
* I had read this before this collection
** the original story that led to the famous Twilight Zone episode, as well as the Treehouse of Horror in which Bart was the special kid