First Series: 36 stories and novella by various authors from 1939-1940. Previously published as two separate works entitled Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 1 (1939) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 2 (1940) Authors include: Eando Binder Robert Bloch Nelson Bond L. Sprague De Camp Lester Del Rey H. L. Gold Robert A. Heinlein Joseph E. Kelleam Henry Kuttner Milton A. Rothman Theodore Sturgeon John Taine William F. Temple Jack Williamson Robert Arthur Isaac Asimov Henry Bates Oscar J. Friend Willard Hawkins Fritz Leiber P. Schuyler Miller Ross Rocklynne A. E. Van Vogt

28 stories and novellas from various authors from 1941-1942. Previously published as two separate works entitled Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 3 (1941) and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 4 (1942)

Science fiction stories by authors, such as Fredric Brown, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ray Bradbury concern strange creatures from other planets, the exploration of outer space and futuristic technology