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I don't know how well proofed it is. If it is well-proofed, it's a steal at $40. Forget the novels, and novel excerpts. The shorter pieces are worth the price. I counted 6 Hugo winning short stories/noevelettes/novellas, and another dozen that are considered to be absolute classics in the field. it's totally across science fiction history and political/philsophical spectrum from Heinlein to Joanna Russ to Harlan Ellison to Eric Frank Russell to Cordwainer Smith.
I might quibble about some of the selections, but that's personal taste. (Example, Theodore Sturgeon has Microcosmic God, a classic, yes, but maybe Saucer of Lonliness, or The Man Who Lost the Sea would have been even better choices. Or Lovecraft might have been better served (ahem), by A Shadow Over Innsmouth, instead of At The Mount of Madness.) But all the choices that I am familar with are reasonable and excellent.
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