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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 13 ed. Avram Davidson (Doubleday, 1964, hc)

· Introduction · Avram Davidson · in
· The Golden Brick · P. M. Hubbard · ss F&SF Jan ’63
· Peggy and Peter Go to the Moon · Don White · ss F&SF Feb ’63
· Now Wakes the Sea · J. G. Ballard · ss F&SF May ’63
· Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss F&SF Jun ’63
· Captain Honario Harpplayer, R.N. · Harry Harrison · ss F&SF Mar ’63
· Treaty in Tartessos · Karen Anderson · ss F&SF May ’63
· Hunter, Come Home · Richard M. McKenna · nv F&SF Mar ’63
· McNamara’s Fish [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss F&SF Jul ’63
· Niña Sol · Félix Martí-Ibáñez · ss F&SF May ’63
· They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To · Alfred Bester · nv F&SF Oct ’63
· What Strange Stars and Skies · Avram Davidson · nv F&SF Dec ’63
· Eight O’Clock in the Morning · Ray Faraday Nelson · ss F&SF Nov ’63
· Deluge [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv F&SF Oct ’63
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 14 ed. Avram Davidson (Doubleday, 1965, hc)

· Introduction · Avram Davidson · in
· Sacheverell · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Mar ’64
· Trade-In · Jack Sharkey · ss F&SF Jun ’64
· The Illuminated Man · J. G. Ballard · nv F&SF May ’64
· A Bulletin from the Trustees · Wilma Shore · ss F&SF Aug ’64
· Automatic Tiger · Kit Reed · ss F&SF Mar ’64
· The Court of Tartary · T. P. Caravan · ss F&SF Dec ’63
· Touchstone · Terry Carr · ss F&SF May ’64
· Thaw and Serve · Allen Kim Lang · ss F&SF Jan ’64
· Nada · Thomas M. Disch · ss F&SF Aug ’64
· Into the Shop · Ron Goulart · ss F&SF Apr ’64
· A Rose for Ecclesiastes · Roger Zelazny · nv F&SF Nov ’63
· Olsen and the Gull · Eric St. Clair · ss F&SF Sep ’64
· Dark Conception · Louis J. A. Adams · ss F&SF Nov ’64
· The Compleat Consumators · Alan E. Nourse · ss F&SF Apr ’64
· The House by the Crab Apple Tree · S. S. Johnson · nv F&SF Feb ’64
· The Girl with the Hundred Proof Eyes · Ron Webb · ss F&SF Jul ’64
· Fred One · James Ransom · ss F&SF Apr ’64
The Old Masters ed. Brian Davis (NEL, Sep ’70, pb)

6 · Preface · Brian Davis · pr
7 · Introduction · John Carnell · in
9 · Tight Place · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Jul ’45
21 · Tiger Ride · James Blish & Damon Knight · ss Astounding Oct ’48
33 · Uncommon Sense [Laird Cunningham] · Hal Clement · ss Astounding Sep ’45
49 · One Into Two [“Then There Were Two”] · J. T. McIntosh · ss Science-Fantasy #3 ’51
63 · Criminal Record · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science-Fantasy #9 ’54
72 · Dark Interlude · Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown · ss Galaxy Jan ’51
79 · The Monster · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Aug ’48
96 · The Red Stuff · John Wyndham · ss Marvel Science Stories Feb ’51
110 · Inheritance [as by Charles Willis] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss New Worlds #3 ’47; Astounding Sep ’48
118 · The Odor of Thought · Robert Sheckley · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
Armada Sci-Fi 1 ed. Richard Davis (Armada C903, Apr ’75, 35p, 127pp, pb)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
9 · The Rains of Alpha Aleph · Julia Birley · ss *
23 · “Flap” · Tim Stout · ss *
36 · At the Bottom of the Garden · David Campton · ss *; Whispers Dec ’76
50 · The Lonely Robot · Margaret Little · ss *
62 · Mr. Nobody · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
73 · Who Is Cindy? · Elizabeth Fancett · ss *
90 · The Trodes · Basil Copper · ss *
101 · Jake’s Pictures · Margaret Little · ss *
115 · The Wait · Christie Parr · nv *
Armada Sci-Fi 2 ed. Richard Davis (Armada, Apr ’75, pb)

· Introduction · Richard Davis · in
· Star-Boy · Elizabeth Fancett · nv *
· South Gate Sea · Christie Parr · ss *
· Desmond’s Dinosaur · David Campton · ss *
· The Computer That Fell in Love · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
· All in the Mind · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
· The Lapida Menace · David Campton · nv *
· “Happy Landings, Professor!” · Tim Stout · ss *
· Pie in the Sky · Jocelyn Graves · ss *
Armada Sci-Fi 3 ed. Richard Davis (Armada C1077, 1976, 40p, 128pp, pb, cover by Jim Cawthorn)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · ss *
9 · Back to Earth · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
24 · The House Crab Project · David Campton · ss *
39 · The Day of the Meteor · John Halkin · ss *
57 · The Music of the Stars · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
66 · Man’s Best Friend · Elizabeth Fancett · ss *
82 · The Trees So High · Julia Birley · ss *
100 · Fred · Catherine Gleason · ss *
115 · Saturday Night Is the Busiest Night of the Week · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
Space 1 ed. Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, Jun ’73, hc)

· The Teddysaurs · J. Hamilton-Patterson · ss *
· The Mercyship · Gerald W. Page · ss *
· Mistaken Identity · E. C. Tubb · ss *
· Christmas Treason · James White · nv F&SF Jan ’62
· Environment Problem · Michael Moorcock · ss *
· Museum Piece · Elizabeth Fancett · ss Tandem Horror 3, ed. Richard Davis, London: Tandem Books, 1969
· Neighbor · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Jun ’54
· No Jokes on Mars · James Blish · ss F&SF Oct ’65
Space 2 ed. Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, Jan ’74, hc)

· Tomorrow’s Child [“The Shape of Things”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’48
· Aquaman · Kenneth Bulmer · ss *
· Living Fossil · Tim Stout · ss *
· The Thing Under the Glacier · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Daily Express Science Annual #2 ’63
· The Refugees · Elizabeth Fancett · nv *
· Project D · Frances Stephens · ss *
· Renaissance Man · T. E. D. Klein · ss *
· Message from the Stars · Basil Copper · ss *
· The Harmony Aggro · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
The Year’s Best Horror Stories ed. Richard Davis (Sphere, 1971, pb); Also available in the U.S. (DAW 1971).

7 · Double Whammy · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Feb ’70
19 · The Sister City · Brian Lumley · ss Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1969
33 · When Morning Comes · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Fifth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1969
51 · Prey · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy Apr ’69
63 · Winter · Kit Reed · ss Winter’s Tales 15, ed. A. D. Maclean, Macmillan UK, 1969
71 · Lucifer! · E. C. Tubb · ss Vision of Tomorrow Nov ’69
83 · I Wonder What He Wanted · Eddy C. Bertin · ss Las Mejores Historias de Fantasmas, 1970
93 · Problem Child · Peter Oldale · ss Vision of Tomorrow Jun ’70
101 · The Scar · Ramsey Campbell · ss Startling Mystery Stories Sum ’69
117 · Warp · Ralph Norton · ss Mayfair, 1968
131 · The Hate · Terri E. Pinckard · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery Jan/Feb ’71
137 · A Quiet Game · Celia Fremlin · ss Argosy (UK) Sep ’70
145 · After Nightfall [revised from Weird Window #1 ’70] · David A. Riley · ss *
155 · Death’s Door · Robert McNear · nv Playboy Mar ’69
The Year’s Best Horror Stories No.2 ed. Richard Davis (London: Sphere Books 28-606, 1972, 30p, 160pp, pb)

9 · Preface · Richard Davis · pr
11 · Foreword · Christopher Lee · fw
13 · Thirst · Gerald W. Page · nv Witchcraft & Sorcery #7 ’72
52 · David’s Worm · Brian Lumley · ss Pulp, 1971
60 · The Price of a Demon · Gary Brandner · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #7 ’72
72 · The Knocker at the Portico · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1971
84 · The Throwaway Man · Steve Chapman · vi Weirdbook #3 ’70
87 · The Woman with the Mauve Face · Rosemary Timperley · ss
91 · Shadows of the Living · Ronald Blythe · ss The Sixth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1970
111 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May ’71
124 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1971
139 · Haunts of the Very Rich · T. K. Brown, III · nv Playboy May ’71
The Year’s Best Horror Stories, No.3 ed. Richard Davis (London: Sphere Books 0-7221-2861-4, 1973, 30p, 173pp, pb)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
9 · Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal · Robert Aickman · nv F&SF Feb ’73
46 · The Long-Term Residents · Kit Pedler · ss The Seventh Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1971
60 · Mirror from Antiquity · Susanna Bates · vi Weirdbook #5 ’72
62 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss De Achtjaarlijkse God, 1972
73 · The Old Horns · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons By Daylight, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1973
82 · Haggopian · Brian Lumley · nv F&SF Jun ’73
107 · The Recompensing of Albano Pizar · Basil Copper · ss *
124 · The Were-Creature · Kenneth Pembrooke · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery Jan ’71
129 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2 ’72
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series II ed. Richard Davis (DAW UY1119, Jul ’74, $1.25, 207pp, pb); Stories from the Sphere U.K. volumes 2 and 3.

7 · Foreword · Christopher Lee · fw
11 · David’s Worm · Brian Lumley · ss Pulp, 1971
21 · The Price of a Demon · Gary Brandner · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #7 ’72
33 · The Knocker at the Portico · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1971
47 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May ’71
61 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1971
77 · Haunts of the Very Rich · T. K. Brown, III · nv Playboy May ’71
99 · The Long-Term Residents · Kit Pedler · ss The Seventh Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1971
113 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss De Achtjaarlijkse God, 1972
125 · The Old Horns · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons By Daylight, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1973
135 · Haggopian · Brian Lumley · nv F&SF Jun ’73
161 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2 ’72
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis (DAW UY1180, Jun ’75, $1.25, 173pp, pb); Published in the U.K. as The First Orbit Book of Horror (Orbit 1976).

9 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
11 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
28 · The Man in the Underpass · Ramsey Campbell · ss *
39 · S.F. · T. E. D. Klein · ss *
56 · Uncle Vlad · Clive Sinclair · ss Transatlantic Review, 1973
68 · Judas Story · Brian M. Stableford · ss *
86 · The House of Cthulhu · Brian Lumley · ss Whispers Jul ’73
98 · Satanesque · Allan Weiss · ss Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror #6 ’74
109 · Burger Creature · Steve Chapman · ss Orbit 12, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1973
117 · Wake Up Dead · Tim Stout · ss *
134 · Forget-Me-Not · Bernard Taylor · nv *
152 · Halloween Story · Gregory Fitz Gerald · ss *; this is given as from Balthus, 1973, but the last issue of Balthus was #4 in 1972.
164 · Big, Wide, Wonderful World · Charles E. Fritch · vi F&SF Mar ’58
168 · The Taste of Your Love · Eddy C. Bertin · ss, 1971
Continent Makers and Other Tales of the Viagens L. Sprague de Camp (Twayne, 1953, $2.95, 272pp, hc) [Viagens Interplanetary]

· In Re Sprague · Isaac Asimov · bg [L. Sprague de Camp]
· Author’s Note · in
· The Inspector’s Teeth · ss Astounding Apr ’50
· Summer Wear · ss Startling Stories May ’50
· Finished · ss Astounding Nov ’49
· The Galton Whistle [“Ultrasonic God”] · nv Future Jul ’51
· The Animal-Cracker Plot · ss Astounding Jul ’49
· Git Along! · ss Astounding Aug ’50
· Perpetual Motion [“Wide-Open Planet”] · nv Future Sep/Oct ’50
· The Continent Makers · na Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’51
Gun for Dinosaur and Other Imaginative Tales L. Sprague de Camp (Doubleday, 1963, $4.50, 359pp, hc)

· A Gun for Dinosaur [Reginald Rivers] · nv Galaxy Mar ’56
· Aristotle and the Gun · nv Astounding Feb ’58
· The Guided Man · nv Startling Stories Oct ’52
· Internal Combustion · ss Infinity Science Fiction Feb ’56
· Cornzan the Mighty · nv Future #28 ’55
· Throwback · nv Astounding Mar ’49
· Judgment Day · ss Astounding Aug ’55
· Gratitude [“Property of Venus”] · nv Galaxy Jul ’55
· A Thing of Custom · ss Fantastic Universe Jan ’57
· The Egg · ss Satellite Oct ’56
· Let’s Have Fun · ss Science Fiction Quarterly May ’57
· Impractical Joke · nv Future #29 ’56
· In-Group · ss Marvel Science Fiction May ’52
· New Arcadia · nv Future #30 ’56
The Reluctant Shaman and Other Fantastic Tales L. Sprague de Camp (Pyramid T2347, Nov ’70, 75¢, 190pp, pb)

7 · The Reluctant Shaman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’47
24 · The Hardwood Pile · nv Unknown Sep ’40
58 · Nothing in the Rules · nv Unknown Jul ’39
94 · The Ghosts of Melvin Pye · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec ’46
113 · The Wisdom of the East · ss Unknown Aug ’42
132 · Mr. Arson · nv Unknown Dec ’41
162 · Ka the Appalling [Poseidonis] · nv Fantastic Universe Aug ’58
Sprague de Camp’s New Anthology L. Sprague de Camp (Hamilton, 1953, 7/6, 159pp, hc); Edited by H. J. Campbell.

· Calories [“Getaway on Krishna”; Viagens Interplanetary] · nv Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
· The Colorful Character [Viagens Interplanetary] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec ’49
· Juice · ss Super Science Stories May ’40
· Proposal · ss Startling Stories Nov ’52
· The Saxon Pretender [“Rogue Princess”] · nv Science Fiction Quarterly Feb ’52
· The Space Clause · ss If Sep ’52
The Tritonian Ring and Other Pusadian Tales L. Sprague de Camp (Twayne, 1953, $2.95, 262pp, hc) [Poseidonis]

· The Tritonian Ring · n. Two Complete Science-Adventure Books Win ’51
· The Stronger Spell · ss Fantasy Fiction Nov ’53
· The Owl and the Ape · ss Imagination Nov ’51
· The Eye of Tandyla · nv Fantastic Adventures May ’51
The Wheels of If L. Sprague de Camp (Shasta, 1948, $3.00, 223pp, hc)

· Foreword · fw
· The Wheels of If [Park Alister] · na Unknown Oct ’40
· The Best-Laid Scheme · ss Astounding Feb ’41
· The Warrior Race · ss Astounding Oct ’40
· Hyperpilosity · ss Astounding Apr ’38
· The Merman · ss Astounding Dec ’38
· The Contraband Cow · ss Astounding Jul ’42
· The Gnarly Man · nv Unknown Jun ’39
Tales from Gavagan’s Bar L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt (Twayne, 1953, $3.00, 228pp, hc) [Gavagan’s Bar]

· The Gift of God · ss F&SF Win/Spr ’50
· Corpus Delectable · ss *
· The Better Mousetrap · ss F&SF Dec ’50
· Elephas Frumenti · ss F&SF Win/Spr ’50
· Beasts of Bourbon · ss F&SF Oct ’51
· The Love Nest · ss *
· The Stone of the Sages · ss *
· Where to, Please? · ss Weird Tales Sep ’52
· The Palimpsest of St. Augustine · ss *
· More Than Skin Deep · ss F&SF Apr ’51
· No Forwarding Address · ss *
· When the Night Wind Howls · ss Weird Tales Nov ’51
· My Brother’s Keeper · ss *
· A Dime Brings You Success · ss *
· The Rape of the Lock · ss F&SF Feb ’52
· All That Glitters · ss *
· Here, Putzi! · ss *
· Gin Comes in Bottles · ss *
· The Black Ball · ss F&SF Oct ’52
· The Green Thumb · ss F&SF Feb ’53
· Caveat Emptor · ss Weird Tales Mar ’53
· The Eve of St. John · ss *
· The Ancestral Amethyst · ss F&SF Aug ’52
The Spell of Seven ed. L. Sprague de Camp (Pyramid R-1192, Jun ’65, 50¢, 192pp, pb)

7 · Wizards and Warriors · L. Sprague de Camp · in
13 · Bazaar of the Bizarre [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Aug ’63
41 · The Dark Eidolon [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales Jan ’35
71 · The Hoard of the Gibbelins · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch Jan 25 ’11
79 · The Hungry Hercynian [Poseidonis] · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Universe Dec ’53
109 · Kings in Darkness [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · nv Science-Fantasy #54 ’62
141 · Mazirian the Magician [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · ss The Dying Earth, Hillman, 1950
161 · Shadows in Zamboula [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales Nov ’35
3000 Years of Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. L. Sprague & Catherine Crook de Camp (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1972, hc)

· Foreword—Why Read Science Fiction? · Isaac Asimov · fw
· Introduction—Beyond the World We Know · L. Sprague & Catherine Crook de Camp · in
· The Odyssey · Homer · ex
· Timaios [370 b.c.] · Plato · ex
· A Journey to the Moon · Cyrano de Bergerac · nv, 1657; abridged
· The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Dec ’01
· The Cats of Ulthar · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout Nov ’20; Weird Tales Feb ’26
· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Dec ’38
· The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug ’54
· A Gun for Dinosaur [Reginald Rivers] · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Galaxy Mar ’56
· Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Jun ’61
· The Last Question · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov ’56
· Milestones . Novels Worth Reading · Misc. · bi
Tales Beyond Time ed. L. Sprague & Catherine Crook de Camp (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1973, hc)

· Introduction: Yesterday, Tomorrow, and Mayby · L. Sprague & Catherine Crook de Camp · in
· Icarus · Catherine Crook de Camp · ss *
· The Boy Who Found Fear · Ignaz Kunos · ss, 1907
· The Marvelous Powder of Life [from The Land of Oz] · L. Frank Baum · ex Reilly and Lee, 1904
· The Sacred City of Cats [from Time Cat] · Lloyd Alexander · ex New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963
· The Shed · E. Everett Evans · ss Avon SF&F Reader Jan ’53
· Something Bright · Zenna Henderson · ss Galaxy Feb ’60
· The Rocket Man · Edward W. Ludwig · ss Other Worlds May ’51
· Native Son · Thelma D. Hamm · ss Imagination Jul ’53
· Playmate · Leslie A. Croutch · ss Imagination Nov ’51
· Robbie [“Strange Playfellow”] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories Sep ’40
· Longer Stories Too Good to Be Missed · Misc. · bi

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