14 short sf stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction. A science fiction anthology, the ninth volume of Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories, a definitive series of sf short story anthologies, covering year by year the truly memorable stories that have progressively brought science fiction to its present prominence. The Golden Age is dated as beginning in 1939 and lasting until 1963. Contents: *Introduction (The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 9, 1947) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg *Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin] (1947) / novelette by Isaac Asimov *Tomorrow's Children [Tomorrow's Children • 1] (1947) / novelette by Poul Anderson, F. N. Waldrop *Child's Play [Child's Play • 1] (1947) / novelette by William Tenn *Time and Time Again (1947) / short story by H. Beam Piper *Tiny and the Monster (1947) / novelette by Theodore Sturgeon *E for Effort (1947) / novelette by T. L. Sherred *Letter to Ellen (1947) / short story by Chan Davis *The Figure (1947) / short story by Edward Grendon *With Folded Hands ... [Humanoids] (1947) / novelette by Jack Williamson *The Fires Within (1947) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke *Zero Hour (1947) / short story by Ray Bradbury *Hobbyist (1947) / novelette by Eric Frank Russell *Exit the Professor [Hogben • 2] (1947) / short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett] *Thunder and Roses (1947) / novelette by Theodore Sturgeon fyi: This book, Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 9 (1947), was later reprinted as the first half of Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction, Fifth Series with the second half being Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 10 (1948). .