The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two

Introducing the collected novellas, Bova wrote, "The purpose of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame anthologies is to bestow a similar recognition on stories that were published prior to 1966 [sic], and thus never had a chance to earn a Nebula.

Theodore Sturgeon reviewed the anthology favorably, praising the decision to issue it in two volumes rather than scale back the contents.

[2] Bova's introduction (identical in both volumes) honored 24 works by identifying two that made the cut but were not included.

[2] The first half, Volume Two A, includes eight of the ten leading stories by SFWA vote and the other two are not in the anthology, as described just above.

In the U.S. Avon published identical contents in 1982 as Volume III, crediting Clarke and George W. Proctor as editors (ISBN 0-380-79335-0, 672pp, paperback) and followed with Volume IV in 1986, edited by Terry Carr, comprising 14 works published 1970 to 1974 (ISBN 0-380-89710-5, xiv+434pp, paperback).