Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin placed the novel " among the great works of the imagination written in English in the last decade or more.

Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin described Legend as " a weird rather slow-moving first novel ... a horrid, violent, sometimes exciting but too often overdone tour de force.

Groff Conklin found the novel to be " a richly textured and thoroughly mature tale.

Groff Conklin described the novel as " one of Heinlein's most enchanting tales.

Groff Conklin praised the novel as " an adventure story with an unusual amount of realism in its telling.

Reviewer Groff Conklin described the Shasta edition as " a classic " and the lead story as " a smashing tale of revolution in the United States.

It was anthologised by Groff Conklin in The Best of Science Fiction, the first of Asimov's stories to have been reprinted, and was later included in The Early Asimov ( in 1972, along with a very brief history of its origins ), The Asimov Chronicles in 1989 and in volume 2 of The Complete Stories in 1992.

Groff Conklin described the novel as " a thoroughly delightful job ".

Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin termed the novel " a formidably impressive job.

However, Groff Conklin, reviewing the novel's initial book publication, characterized it as " a good run-of-the-mill affair " and " pleasant reading ... provided you aren't out hunting science fiction masterpieces.

Groff Conklin praised the collection as " an excellent introduction to the style and to the imagination of one of science fiction's most important writers.

Edward Groff Conklin ( September 6, 1904-July 19, 1968 ) was a leading science fiction anthologist.

A major survey of Conklin's contribution to science fiction is Bud Webster's 41 Above the Rest: An Index and Checklist for the Anthologies of Groff Conklin.

: Groff Conklin was the most important science fiction anthologist through the years of the genre's true second generation, that point at which its previously magazine-bound masterpieces were being systematically located, aligned and placed into permanent format.

* Book Think: Interview with Bud Webster about 41 Above the Rest: An Index and Checklist for the Anthologies of Groff Conklin

It was anthologized in the collection 17 X Infinity ( 1963 ) edited by Groff Conklin.

Reviewer Groff Conklin declared Foundation " a book of real intellectual entertainment and adventure.

On its initial publication, Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin described Second Foundation as " a thoroughly satisfying and adult play of the scientific imagination.

Groff Conklin praised the novel for its " richness of character development.

Groff Conklin described Foundation and Empire as " fine swashbuckling galactic adventure on some extremely hard-headed, scientific and mature social-political thinking.

Reviewing the novel for a genre science fiction audience, Groff Conklin declared it " a biting, vividly alive and very effectively understated anti-Utopia.

Reviewer Groff Conklin characterized Prelude as " a magnificent book.

On its initial book publication, reviewer Groff Conklin termed the novel " a first-rate piece of imaginative story-telling.

It was first anthologised by Groff Conklin in The Best of Science Fiction, the first of Asimov's stories to have been reprinted, and was later included in The Early Asimov ( in 1972, along with a very brief history of its origins ), The Asimov Chronicles in 1989 and in volume 2 of The Complete Stories in 1992.

Critic Groff Conklin reviewed the collection for Galaxy Science Fiction in 1954 ; although generally favorable, the review claimed that Sheckley was " still trying to discover his own particular bent " and that he " hasn't quite found his footing.

Groff Conklin described the original edition of the novel as " a light, simple, fast-moving and often richly imaginative fantasy.

Groff Conklin, reviewing the American edition, characterized the novel as " sheer melodrama, sure, but melodrama spiced with wit with pungent commentary on human foibles.

" Galaxy reviewer Groff Conklin described the novel as " genuinely good reading.

Groff Conklin praised the novel as effective juvenile fare: " no romance, parlous little science, but endless imagination, exciting ideas and events.

" Reviewer Groff Conklin described the novel as " almost entirely conceived in the straight gee-whiz adventure technique that is the classical pattern for teenage adventure stories.

Reviewer Groff Conklin characterized The Demolished Man as " a magnificent novel.

Reviewing the Gnome Press edition, Groff Conklin found the novel to have " real merit " considered as an imaginative work, but characterized Howard's writing as " only average laden with bombast.

Reviewer Groff Conklin found Oceans of Venus a cut above the series's first two installments, calling it " a colorful and exciting tale.

* Charles Wister Groff ( 1898 – 1987 ), a renowned southern California real estate developer and philanthropist

Originally in Astounding Science Fiction ( February, 1950 ), this story was first anthologized in Groff Conklin's Omnibus of Science Fiction ( Crown, 1952 ) and has also been published under the title " The Pyramid in the Desert.

Ferrigno married Susan Groff in 1978, divorcing a year later.

Most cultivars grown in the United States were imported from China, except for the ' Groff ', which was developed in the state of Hawaii.

The names of the original Lancaster County townships reflect the diverse array of settlers in the new county: two had Welsh names ( Caernarvon and Lampeter ), three had Native American names ( Cocalico, Conestoga and Peshtank or Paxton ), six were English ( Warwick, Lancaster, Martic, Sadsbury, Salisbury and Hempfield ); four were Irish ( Donegal, Drumore, Derry, and Leacock ), Manheim was German, Lebanon came from the Bible, and Earl the anglicization of the German surname of Graf or Groff.

The land which became Quarryville Borough was originally located within New Providence Township and was the property of a John (" Swamp John ") Groff.

The township includes a village called Mascot, named by Annie Groff, a deceased member of the Ressler family, owners of the Mascot Roller Mills.

The current mayor is Janet Groff.

Recent former mayors have included Jerry Alford ( retired telecommunications executive ), Toby Osburn ( university administrator ), Dr. Allen Groff ( physician ), and Tom Porter ( retired educator ).

Groff is an anglicized form of the surname Graf or Graff and of predominantly Swiss and sometimes German origin.

* Jonathan Groff ( b. 1985 ), American actor

* Lauren Groff ( b. 1978 ), Modern Novelist from Cooperstown New York