This outsized collection contains ten novella and novelette length stories of the finest short science fiction of the 1940's - the period in which the great names of science fiction emerged in an eruption of talent.
Contents:
Introduction: The Age of Campbell by Isaac Asimov;
* Time Wants a Skeleton / Ross Rocklynne;
* The Weapons Shop / A. E. van Vogt;
* Nerves / Lester del Rey;
* Daymare / Fredric Brown;
* Killdozer! / Theodore Sturgeon;
* No Woman Born / C. L. Moore;
* The Big and the Little / Isaac Asimov;
* Giant Killer / A. Bertram Chandler;
* E for Effort / T. L. Sherred;
* With Folded Hands... / Jack Williamson.

Within "The Mammoth Book Of..." series, the Second of Asimov's 6 book anthology series, highlighting science fiction thru the 30's (Classic), 40's (Golden Age), 50's (Vintage), 60's (New World), 70's (Fantastic) and 80's (Modern).