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The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s
Cover of first edition
EditorsIsaac Asimov
Martin H. Greenberg
Charles G. Waugh
Cover artistLes Edwards
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Mammoth Book of ... Science Fiction
GenreScience fiction
PublisherRobinson
Publication date
1988
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesxiii, 572
ISBN0-948164-72-7
Followed byThe Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction 

The Mammoth Book of Classic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1930s is a themed anthology of science fiction short works edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, the first in a series of six samplers of the field from the 1930s through the 1980s. It was first published in trade paperback by Robinson in June 1988. The first American edition was issued in trade paperback by Carroll & Graf in July of the same year. A hardcover edition was issued under the variant title Great Tales of Classic Science Fiction by Galahad Books in May 1990.[1]

The book collects ten novellas and novelettes by various science fiction authors that were originally published in the 1930s, together with an introduction by Asimov.

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