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In this volume, Carr anthologized a dozen classic stories from science fiction's golden age, the John Campbell-dominated early years of World War Two. All but three of the selections are from his Astounding Science Fiction Magazine. There are two stories each by Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. I can't find fault with any of the selections; my reservations are more with what's not here than with what is. (No Leinster or Moore or Simak or...or...or...) I'd read almost all of the stories before in other collections, though I believe he made an attempt to include some that were not quite as well previously exposed. I'm particularly fond of Microcosmic God by Theodore Sturgeon and Vault of the Beast by A.E. van Vogt, as well as The Mechanical Mice by Eric Frank Russell and the Heinleins. It's a good, strong, representative picture of the field of the time.