Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 8 (1946), Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg – 1982 [Oliviero Berni]

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A thematically symbolic piece by Oliviero Berni, combining thematic elements connoting war (albeit war-just-ended), robotics (great robot!), technology, and space travel.  Is that hovering red sphere a star, or, some kind of weapon?

Contents

A Logic Named Joe, by William F. Jenkins, from Astounding Science Fiction

Memorial, by Theodore Sturgeon, from Astounding Science Fiction

Loophole, by Arthur C. Clarke, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Nightmare, by Chan Davis, from Astounding Science Fiction

Rescue Party, by Arthur C. Clarke, from Astounding Science Fiction

Placet Is A Crazy Place, by Frederic Brown, from Astounding Science Fiction

Conqueror’s Isle, by Nelson S. Bond, from Blue Book Magazine

Lorelei of The Red Mist, by Ray Bradbury and Leigh Brackett, from Planet Stories

The Million Year Picnic, by Ray Bradbury, from Planet Stories

The Last Objective, by Paul A. Carter, from Astounding Science Fiction

Meihem In Ce Klasrum, by Dolton Edwards K.W. Lessing), from Astounding Science Fiction

Vintage Season, by Lawrence O’Donnell (Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore), from Astounding Science Fiction

Evidence, by Isaac Asimov, from Astounding Science Fiction

Absalom, by Henry Kuttner, from Startling Stories

Mewhu’s Jet, by Theodore Sturgeon, from Astounding Science Fiction

Technical Error, by Arthur C. Clarke, from Fantasy (Great Britain)

Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6 (1944), Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg – December, 1981 [Oliviero Berni]

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Art by Oliviero Berni connoting themes of solitude, power, mystery, and transformation.  This piece would actually be fitting for Theodore Sturgeon’s 1959 short story The Man Who Lost the Sea.

Contents

Far Centaurus, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction

Deadline, by Cleve Cartmill, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Veil of Astellar, by Leigh Brackett, from Thrilling Wonder Stories

Sanity, by Fritz Leiber, from Astounding Science Fiction

Invariant, by John R. Pierce, from Astounding Science Fiction

City, by Clifford D. Simak, from Astounding Science Fiction

Arena, by Frederic Brown, from Astounding Science Fiction

Huddling Place, by Clifford D. Simak, from Astounding Science Fiction

Kindness, by Lester del Rey, from Astounding Science Fiction

Desertion, by Clifford D. Simak, from Astounding Science Fiction

When the Bough Breaks, Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore (as “Lewis Padgett”), from Astounding Science Fiction

Killdozer!, by Theodore Sturgeon, from Astounding Science Fiction

No Woman Born, by Catherine L. Moore, from Astounding Science Fiction