The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented, by active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. The Grand Master Award is given to a living author for a lifetime's achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy.Frederik Pohl, an eminent figure in science fiction, has been authorized by the SFWA to edit an anthology in three big volumes featuring substantial selections of the work of all the first fifteen Grand Masters. These are the seminal writers of the modern SF field, whose works are of dominant importance and influence. This series of collections is a permanent record of greatness in SF.Volume Three, presenting the last five writers to receive the Grand Master award, features the fiction of Lester Del Rey, Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, A. E. Van Vogt, Jack Vance. Contents: 9 • Introduction (The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 3) • essay by Frederik Pohl 19 • The Faithful • (1938) • shortstory by Lester del Rey 28 • The Pipes of Pan • (1940) • shortstory by Lester del Rey 42 • The Coppersmith • (1939) • shortstory by Lester del Rey 57 • For I Am a Jealous People! • (1954) • novella by Lester del Rey 102 • Let the Ants Try • (1949) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl 113 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl 143 • Day Million • (1966) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl 148 • The Gold at the Starbow's End • (1972) • novella by Frederik Pohl 205 • The Handler • (1960) • shortstory by Damon Knight 209 • Dio • (1957) • novelette by Damon Knight 244 • Not With a Bang • (1950) • shortstory by Damon Knight 249 • I See You • (1976) • shortstory by Damon Knight 261 • Masks • (1968) • shortstory by Damon Knight 275 • Black Destroyer • [Space Beagle] • (1939) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt 306 • Far Centaurus • (1944) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt 326 • Vault of the Beast • (1940) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt 352 • Dear Pen Pal • (1949) • shortstory by A. E. van Vogt 363 • Sail 25 • (1962) • novella by Jack Vance (variant of Gateway to Strangeness) 388 • Ullward's Retreat • (1958) • novelette by Jack Vance 411 • The Miracle Workers • (1958) • novella by Jack Vance (variant of The Miracle-Workers)