Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition


Abbreviations:


*       first edition
+       first US edition
ad      adaptation
AHMM    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
ai      author's introduction to story
an      anthology
Apr     April
ar      article
Aug     August
aw      afterword
bg      biography
bi      bibliographic material
br      book review
bx      boxed set of books
CBS     Columbia Broadcasting System
cl      column
co      collection of stories by one author
cr      criticism
cs      comic strip
ct      cartoon
Dec     December
dg      digest size magazine
ed      editorial
EQMM    Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
ex      extract
F&SF    The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
fa      facetious article
Feb     February
Fll     Fall/Autumn
fw      foreword
ga      graphic anthology
gc      graphic collection
gm      gamebook
gn      graphic novel
gp      group of related stories
gr      game review
gs      graphic story
hc      hardcover
hu      humor
IASFM   Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
ibc     inside back cover
If      IF / Worlds of If Science Fiction
ifc     inside front cover
il      illustration
in      introduction
ins     insert
is      introduction to story
ISBN    international standard book number
iv      interview
ix      index
Jan     January
Jul     July
Jun     June
large   8½" x 11"
LCC#    Library of Congress Catalog Number
lk      linking material
lt      letter
Mar     March
May     May
mg      magazine
MHCMM   Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine
mr      movie review
ms      miscellaneous
MZBFM   Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine
n.      novel (over 100 pages, over 40,000 words)
na      novella (46-100 pages, 17,500-39,999 words)
nf      non-fiction
Nov     November
nv      novelette (21-45 pages, 7,500-17,499 words)
oa      original anthology
oc      original collection
Oct     October
octavo  5½" x 8½" saddle-stapled
om      omnibus edition
pb      paperback
ph      pamphlet/chapbook
pi      pictorial
pl      play
pm      poem
pp      prose poem
pr      preface
pt      photography
pz      puzzle
qp      quality paperback
quarto  8½" x 11" saddle-stapled
qz      quiz
rr      round-robin
sa      story adaptation of a play/screenplay
Saint   The Saint Detective Magazine / The Saint Mystery Magazine
Sep     September
sf      special feature
sg      song
si      section introduction
sl      serial segment
sp      speech
Spr     Spring
sr      story review
ss      short story (4-20 pages, 1,000-7,499 words)
Sum     Summer
tb      tabloid
tc      title change
tp      trade paperback
tr      translation
U.K.    United Kingdom
uw      unfinished work
v       volume
vi      vignette (under 4 pages, under 1,000 words)
Win     Winter