I Sing the Body Electric! and Other Stories is an excellent collection of classic Ray Bradbury short stories. The book is filled with great science fiction and fantasy pieces that are similar to those in The Illustrated Man. Although first published in 1976, the book contains work that spans Bradbury's early career from the 1940s through the 1970s.

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick (2002) collects some of the very best short stories from this master of mind-bending science fiction. Dick often writes about realities that have been manufactured by media, governments, and big corporations, and his stories have been the basis for numerous science fiction films including Bladerunner, Total Recall, and Minority Report. This volume is an excellent introduction to the work of this provocative author.

Published in 2003 by Pocket Books Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe collects some...