THE MARCHING MORONS AND OTHER GOLDEN AGE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES features nine novels and short stories by C. M. Kornbluth, including his novels THE SYNDIC and SEARCH THE SKY (with Frederik Pohl). In his famous dystopian story THE MARCHING MORONS, a few intelligent people struggle to keep the mass of humanity--now hopelessly stupid--alive.

• The Adventurer

• The Altar at Midnight

• The Cosmic Expense Account

• The Luckiest Man in Denv

• The Marching Morons

• The Syndic

• With These Hands

• Search the Sky (with Frederik Pohl)

• Wolfbane (with Frederik Pohl)

C. M. Kornbluth (1923-1958) was an American science fiction writer. As a teenager, Kornbluth was a member of the Futurians, an influential group of science fiction fans and writers. There he met and became friends with fellow science fiction writers Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Donald A. Wollheim, Robert A. W. Lowndes, and his future wife Mary Byers. He also participated in the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Kornbluth is perhaps best known for his dystopian short story, THE MARCHING MORONS and several collaborations with other science fiction writers, notably Frederick Pohl. Kornbluth died of a heart attack at age 34.