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A Treasury of Science Fiction
| Author: | Groff Conklin |
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Crown Publishers, 1948 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
One of the earliest hardbound anthologies of science fiction, this collection includes 30 stories by recognized leaders in the field including H.F. Heard, Lewis Padgett, Robert Heinlein, Murray Leinster, A. E. Van Vogt, Arthur Clarke, and many others. Edited by the master of early science fiction anthologies, Groff Conklin.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - essay by Groff Conklin
- The Nightmare - (1946) - novelette by Chan Davis
- Tomorrow's Children - (1947) - novelette by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop
- The Last Objective - (1946) - novelette by Paul A. Carter
- Loophole - (1946) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
- The Figure - (1947) - shortstory by Edward Grendon
- The Great Fog - (1944) - shortstory by Gerald Heard
- The Chrysalis - (1936) - shortstory by P. Schuyler Miller
- Living Fossil - (1939) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp
- N Day - (1946) - shortstory by R. S. Richardson
- With Folded Hands - novelette by Jack Williamson
- No Woman Born - (1944) - novelette by C. L. Moore
- With Flaming Swords - (1942) - novella by Cleve Cartmill
- Children of the "Betsy B" - (1939) - shortstory by Malcolm Jameson
- Child's Play - (1947) - novelette by William Tenn
- The Person from Porlock - (1947) - shortstory by Raymond F. Jones
- Juggernaut - (1944) - shortstory by A. E. van Vogt
- The Eternal Man - (1929) - shortstory by D. D. Sharp
- Mimsy Were the Borogoves - (1943) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
- Time and Time Again - (1947) - shortstory by H. Beam Piper
- Housing Shortage - (1947) - shortstory by Harry Walton
- Flight of the Dawn Star - (1938) - shortstory by Robert Moore Williams
- Vintage Season - (1946) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
- Of Jovian Build - (1938) - shortstory by Oscar J. Friend
- Wings Across the Cosmos - (1938) - shortstory by John Russell Fearn
- The Embassy - (1942) - shortstory by Donald A. Wollheim
- Dark Mission - (1940) - shortstory by Lester del Rey
- The Ethical Equations - (1945) - shortstory by Murray Leinster
- It's Great to Be Back - (1947) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
- Tools - (1942) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
- Rescue Party - (1946) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
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