Nebula Award Winning Authors brings together 22 classic science-fiction short stories from some of the most celebrated voices of the genre—including Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg, Clifford D. Simak, Nelson S. Bond, Jack Vance, Theodore Sturgeon, Fritz Leiber, and more.
These stories represent science fiction at its most imaginative and enduring: tales of alien worlds, future societies, moral dilemmas, first contact, and cosmic wonder—written during the golden decades when big ideas mattered more than spectacle. Here you’ll find quiet, haunting explorations of humanity’s place in the universe alongside thrilling adventures across space, time, and strange new environments.
Includes these classic stories:
A Walk in the Dark – Arthur C. Clarke
X Marks the Pedwalk – Fritz Leiber
F. O. B. Venus – Nelson S. Bond
The Other Tiger – Arthur C. Clarke
Before Eden – Arthur C. Clarke
No Shield from the Dead – Gordon R. Dickson
The Sky Was Full of Ships – Theodore Sturgeon
Yesterday Was Monday – Theodore Sturgeon
Solitary – Robert Silverberg
Transience – Arthur C. Clarke
Collision Orbit – Katherine MacLean
Mr. Meek—Musketeer – Clifford D. Simak
Mr. Meek Plays Polo – Clifford D. Simak
Summertime on Icarus – Arthur C. Clarke
The Madness of Lancelot Biggs – Nelson S. Bond
Bleekman’s Planet – Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg
Postmark Ganymede – Robert Silverberg
The Men Return – Jack Vance
Lancelot Biggs: Master Navigator – Nelson S. Bond
Hide and Seek – Arthur C. Clarke
Later Than You Think – Fritz Leiber
The Day the Monsters Broke Loose – Robert Silverberg
