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Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 11 (1949) is the eleventh book in the Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories anthology series from DAW books. This volume includes an overview of the major events of the year 1949, both inside and outside the world of science fiction, and then presents what editors Martin Greenberg and Isaac Asimov considered the fifteen finest short stories from the year, each preceded by a brief comment from each of the two editors.

Bonanza Books included this volume as the first half of their hardback, Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series.

Contents

“The Red Queen’s Race” by Isaac Asimov
“Flaw” by John D. MacDonald
“Private Eye” by Lewis Padgett
“Manna” by Peter Phillips
“The Prisoner in the Skull” by Lewis Padgett
“Alien Earth” by Edmond Hamilton
“History Lesson” by Arthur C. Clarke
“Eternity Lost” by Clifford D. Simak
“The Only Thing We Learn” by C.M. Kornbluth
“Private—Keep Out” by Philip MacDonald
“The Hurkle is a Happy Beast” by Theodore Sturgeon
“Kaleidoscope” by Ray Bradbury
“Defense Mechanism” by Katherine MacLean
“Cold War” by Harry Kuttner
“The Witches of Karres” by James H. Schmitz