Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 (1943), Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg – 1981 [Unknown Artist]

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A distinctly blue theme predominates in this scene of a spacecraft flying by an asteroid.  Given the time of the publication of Volume 5 of this series (1981), the artist was probably influenced by the Cylon Raiders featured in the television series (the original series) Battlestar Gallactica

Contents

The Cave, by P. Schuyler Miller, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Halfling, by Leigh Brackett, from Astounding Stories

Mimsy Were the Borogoves, by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore), from Astounding Science Fiction

Q.U.R., by Anthony Boucher, from Astounding Science Fiction

Clash By Night, by Lawrence O’Donnell (Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore), from Astounding Science Fiction

Exile, by Edmond Hamilton, from Super Science Stories

Daymare, by Frederic Brown, from Thrilling Wonder Stories

Doorway Into Time, by Catherine L. Moore, from Famous Fantastic Mysteries

The Storm, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Proud Robert, by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore), from Astounding Science Fiction

Symbiotica, by Eric Frank Russell, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Iron Standard, by Lewis Padgett (Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore), from Astounding Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 4 (1942), Edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg – October, 1980 [One Plus One Studio]

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A theme of red:  Red cover, and art depicting a space shuttle deploying a probe above a red planet, surrounded by a glowing reddish atmosphere.  

Notice that the cover illustration of Volume 4 of The Great SF Stories is identical to the image on the cover of Volume 7!

Contents

The Star Mouse, by Frederic Brown, from Planet Stories

The Wings of Night, by Lester del Rey, from Astounding Science Fiction

Cooperate – Or Else, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction

Foundation, by Isaac Asimov, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Push of A Finger, by Alfred Bester, from Astounding Science Fiction

Asylum, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction

Proof, by Hal Clement, from Astounding Science Fiction

Nerves, by Lester del Rey, from Astounding Science Fiction

Barrier, by Anthony Boucher, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Twonky, by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore (as “Lewis Padgett”), from Astounding Science Fiction

QRM-Interplanetary, by George O. Smith, from Astounding Science Fiction

The Weapon Shop, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction

Mimic, by Donald A. Wollheim, from Astonishing Stories