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Tomorrow and Tomorrow ed. Damon Knight (Simon & Schuster, 1973, 251pp, hc)

6 · Foreword · Damon Knight · fw
9 · The Man Who Always Knew · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Apr ’56
15 · Rogue Ship · A. E. van Vogt · nv Super Science Stories Mar ’50
67 · A Sign in Space · Italo Calvino · ss Cosmicomics, Harcourt Brace World, 1968
77 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future May ’53
98 · The Sound-Sweep · J. G. Ballard · nv Science-Fantasy #39 ’60
143 · And Now the News... · Theodore Sturgeon · ss F&SF Dec ’56
168 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss F&SF Aug ’52
186 · Gomez · C. M. Kornbluth · nv The Explorers, Ballantine, 1954
215 · The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spr ’41
223 · Self Portrait · Bernard Wolfe · nv Galaxy Nov ’51
Tomorrow X 4 ed. Damon Knight (Gold Medal d1428, 1964, 50¢, 176pp, pb)

· Introduction · Damon Knight · in
· The Night of Hoggy Darn · Richard M. McKenna · nv If Dec ’58
· The Sources of the Nile · Avram Davidson · nv F&SF Jan ’61
· No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Dec ’44
· The Roads Must Roll · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Jun ’40
Toward Infinity ed. Damon Knight (Simon & Schuster, 1968, $4.95, 319pp, hc)

· Introduction · Damon Knight · in
· The Man Who Lost the Sea · Theodore Sturgeon · ss F&SF Oct ’59
· March Hare Mission · Ford McCormack · nv Worlds Beyond Jan ’51
· The Earth Men · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’48
· Who Goes There? · Don A. Stuart · na Astounding Aug ’38
· In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Nov ’48
· Not Final! · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Oct ’41
· And Be Merry... · Katherine MacLean · ss Astounding Feb ’50
· The Witches of Karres · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Dec ’49
· Resurrection [“The Monster”] · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Aug ’48
Worlds to Come ed. Damon Knight (Harper & Row LCC# AC 67-10130, 1967, $4.95, 337pp, hc)

ix · Introduction · Damon Knight · in
1 · The Sentinel [“Sentinel of Eternity”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
17 · Moonwalk · H. B. Fyfe · nv Space Science Fiction Nov ’52
81 · Mars Is Heaven! · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll ’48
109 · The Edge of the Sea · Algis Budrys · ss Venture Mar ’58
141 · The Martian Way · Isaac Asimov · na Galaxy Nov ’52
213 · The Big Contest · John D. MacDonald · ss Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
227 · Ordeal in Space · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Town & Country May ’48
253 · That Share of Glory · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Astounding Jan ’52
303 · Sunken Universe [as by Arthur Merlyn, see also “Surface Tension”; Lavon] · James Blish · nv Super Science Stories May ’42
337 · More Good Reading in Science Fiction · Damon Knight · bi
Lest We Forget Thee, Earth Calvin M. Knox (Ace D-291, 1958, 35¢, 126pp, pb) [Hallam Navarrre]; Bound with People Minus X by Raymond Z. Gallun.

· Chalice of Death · Calvin M. Knox · n. Science Fiction Adventures Jun ’57
· Earth Shall Live Again! · Calvin M. Knox · na Science Fiction Adventures Dec ’57
· Vengeance of the Space Armadas · Calvin M. Knox · na Science Fiction Adventures Mar ’58
· People Minus X · Raymond Z. Gallun · n. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1957
Soft Come the Dragons Dean R. Koontz (Ace 13793, 1970, 75¢, 143pp, pb, cover by Jack Gaughan); Bound back-to-back with Dark of the Woods.

5 · Introduction · Dean R. Koontz · in
8 · Soft Come the Dragons · Dean R. Koontz · ss F&SF Aug ’67
21 · A Third Hand · Dean R. Koontz · nv F&SF Jan ’70
51 · A Darkness in My Soul · Dean R. Koontz · nv Fantastic Jan ’68
73 · The Twelfth Bed · Dean R. Koontz · ss F&SF Aug ’68
85 · A Season for Freedom [“Killerbot!”] · Dean R. Koontz · ss Galaxy May ’69
98 · The Psychedelic Children · Dean R. Koontz · ss F&SF Jul ’68
113 · Dragon in the Land · Dean R. Koontz · ss Venture Aug ’69
130 · To Behold the Sun · Dean R. Koontz · ss F&SF Dec ’67
3 · Dark of the Woods · Dean R. Koontz · n. New York: Ace, 1970
The Best of C.M. Kornbluth C. M. Kornbluth (Nelson Doubleday, 1976, hc); edited by Frederik Pohl.

· An Appreciation · Frederik Pohl · in
· The Rocket of 1955 · vi Escape Aug ’39
· The Words of Guru [as by Kenneth Falconer] · ss Stirring Science Stories Jun ’41
· The Only Thing We Learn · ss Startling Stories Jul ’49
· The Adventurer · ss Space Science Fiction May ’53
· The Little Black Bag · nv Astounding Jul ’50
· The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · ss Galaxy Jun ’52
· The Silly Season · ss F&SF Fll ’50
· The Remorseful · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· Gomez · nv The Explorers, Ballantine, 1954
· The Advent on Channel Twelve · vi Star Science Fiction Stories #4, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
· The Marching Morons · nv Galaxy Apr ’51
· The Last Man Left in the Bar · ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct ’57
· The Mindworm · ss Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
· With These Hands · nv Galaxy Dec ’51
· Shark Ship [“Reap the Dark Tide”] · nv Vanguard Jun ’58
· Friend to Man · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
· The Altar at Midnight · ss Galaxy Nov ’52
· Dominoes · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· Two Dooms · na Venture Jul ’58
· About the Author · ms
Best Science Fiction Stories of C.M. Kornbluth C. M. Kornbluth (Faber and Faber, 1968, 25/-, 277pp, hc)

· Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in
· The Unfortunate Topologist · pm F&SF Jul ’57
· The Marching Morons · nv Galaxy Apr ’51
· The Altar at Midnight · ss Galaxy Nov ’52
· The Little Black Bag · nv Astounding Jul ’50
· The Mindworm · ss Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
· The Silly Season · ss F&SF Fll ’50
· I Never Ast No Favors · ss F&SF Apr ’54
· Friend to Man · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
· The Only Thing We Learn · ss Startling Stories Jul ’49
· Gomez · nv The Explorers, Ballantine, 1954
· With These Hands · nv Galaxy Dec ’51
· Theory of Rocketry · ss F&SF Jul ’58
· That Share of Glory · nv Astounding Jan ’52
The Explorers C. M. Kornbluth (Ballantine 86, Aug ’54, 35¢, 145pp, pb)

· Foreword · Frederik Pohl · fw
1 · Gomez · nv *
27 · The Mindworm · ss Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
41 · The Rocket of 1955 · vi Escape Aug ’39
43 · The Altar at Midnight · ss Galaxy Nov ’52
50 · Thirteen O’Clock [as by Cecil Corwin; Peter Packer] · nv Stirring Science Stories Feb ’41
75 · The Goodly Creatures · ss F&SF Dec ’52
89 · Friend to Man · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
97 · With These Hands · nv Galaxy Dec ’51
115 · That Share of Glory · nv Astounding Jan ’52
Marching Morons and Other Science Fiction C. M. Kornbluth (Ballantine 303 K, Apr ’59, 35¢, 158pp, pb)

5 · The Marching Morons · nv Galaxy Apr ’51
41 · Dominoes · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
51 · The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · ss Galaxy Jun ’52
66 · The Silly Season · ss F&SF Fll ’50
83 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · ss F&SF Jul ’57
97 · The Only Thing We Learn · ss Startling Stories Jul ’49
109 · The Cosmic Charge Account · nv F&SF Jan ’56
136 · I Never Ast No Favors · ss F&SF Apr ’54
151 · The Remorseful · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
A Mile Beyond the Moon C. M. Kornbluth (Doubleday, 1958, $2.95, 239pp, hc)

· Make Mine Mars · nv Science Fiction Adventures Nov ’52
· The Meddlers · vi Science Fiction Adventures Sep ’53
· The Events Leading Down to the Tragedy · ss F&SF Jan ’58
· The Little Black Bag · nv Astounding Jul ’50
· Everybody Knows Joe · ss Fantastic Universe Oct/Nov ’53
· Time Bum · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53
· Passion Pills · ss *
· Virginia · ss Venture Mar ’58
· The Slave · nv Science Fiction Adventures Sep ’57
· Kazam Collects [as by S. D. Gottesman] · ss Stirring Science Stories Jun ’41
· The Last Man Left in the Bar · ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct ’57
· The Adventurer · ss Space Science Fiction May ’53
· The Words of Guru [as by Kenneth Falconer] · ss Stirring Science Stories Jun ’41
· Shark Ship [“Reap the Dark Tide”] · nv Vanguard Jun ’58
· Two Dooms · na Venture Jul ’58
A Mile Beyond the Moon C. M. Kornbluth (MacFadden 40-100, 1962, 40¢, 175pp, pb)

7 · Make Mine Mars · nv Science Fiction Adventures Nov ’52
38 · The Events Leading Down to the Tragedy · ss F&SF Jan ’58
46 · The Little Black Bag · nv Astounding Jul ’50
75 · Everybody Knows Joe · ss Fantastic Universe Oct/Nov ’53
79 · Time Bum · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53
88 · Virginia · ss Venture Mar ’58
95 · Kazam Collects [as by S. D. Gottesman] · ss Stirring Science Stories Jun ’41
109 · The Last Man Left in the Bar · ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct ’57
121 · The Adventurer · ss Space Science Fiction May ’53
135 · The Words of Guru [as by Kenneth Falconer] · ss Stirring Science Stories Jun ’41
143 · Shark Ship [“Reap the Dark Tide”] · nv Vanguard Jun ’58
The Mindworm and Other Stories C. M. Kornbluth (Michael Joseph, 1955, 12/6, 256pp, hc)

· The Mindworm · ss Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
· Gomez · nv The Explorers, Ballantine, 1954
· The Rocket of 1955 · vi Escape Aug ’39
· The Altar at Midnight · ss Galaxy Nov ’52
· The Little Black Bag · nv Astounding Jul ’50
· The Goodly Creatures · ss F&SF Dec ’52
· Friend to Man · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
· With These Hands · nv Galaxy Dec ’51
· That Share of Glory · nv Astounding Jan ’52
· The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · ss Galaxy Jun ’52
· The Silly Season · ss F&SF Fll ’50
· The Marching Morons · nv Galaxy Apr ’51
Thirteen O’Clock and Other Zero Hours C. M. Kornbluth (Dell, 1970, pb); Cecil Corwin stories, edited by James Blish.

· Preface · James Blish · pr
· Thirteen O’Clock [combined version of “Thirteen O’Clock” and “Mr. Packer Goes to Hell”, Stirring Science Stories Feb & Jun ’41, both as by Cecil Corwin; Peter Packer] · nv *
· The Rocket of 1955 · vi Escape Aug ’39
· What Sorghum Says [as by Cecil Corwin] · ss Cosmic Stories May ’41
· Crisis! [as by Cecil Corwin] · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Spr ’42
· The Reversible Revolutions [as by Cecil Corwin] · ss Cosmic Stories Mar ’41
· The City in the Sofa [as by Cecil Corwin] · ss Cosmic Stories Jul ’41
· The Golden Road [as by Cecil Corwin] · nv Stirring Science Stories Mar ’42
· MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · ss F&SF Jul ’57
Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth (Doubleday, 1959, $3.95, 264pp, hc); Curtis pb edition omits story “Med Service”.

· For C.M. Kornbluth · Frederik Pohl · ms
· Ticket to Anywhere · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Apr ’52
· That Low · Theodore Sturgeon · vi Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’48
· Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Nov ’58
· The Man Who Ate the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Nov ’56
· The Long Remembering · Poul Anderson · ss F&SF Nov ’57
· The End of the Beginning [“Next Stop: The Stars”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s Oct 27 ’56
· A Work of Art [“Art-Work”] · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories Jul ’56
· The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss Fantastic Mar/Apr ’53
· Med Service [Calhoun (Med Service)] · Murray Leinster · na Astounding Aug ’57
· Expendable · Philip K. Dick · ss F&SF Jul ’53
· Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv *
· Nightmare Number Four · Robert Bloch · pm Diablerie Jan ’45
Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth (Curtis 123-06068, Dec ’69, 60¢, 128pp, pb); Omits story “Med Service”.

6 · For C.M. Kornbluth · Frederik Pohl · ms
7 · Ticket to Anywhere · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Apr ’52
28 · That Low · Theodore Sturgeon · vi Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’48
31 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Nov ’58
39 · The Man Who Ate the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Nov ’56
65 · The Long Remembering · Poul Anderson · ss F&SF Nov ’57
75 · The End of the Beginning [“Next Stop: The Stars”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s Oct 27 ’56
79 · A Work of Art [“Art-Work”] · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories Jul ’56
95 · The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss Fantastic Mar/Apr ’53
103 · Expendable · Philip K. Dick · ss F&SF Jul ’53
108 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase, ed. Mary Kornbluth, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
125 · Nightmare Number Four · Robert Bloch · pm Science Fiction Showcase, ed. Mary Kornbluth, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics ed. Harold W. Kuebler (Hanover House, 1954, $2.95, 694pp, hc)

· Introduction · Harold W. Kuebler · in
· The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Dec, 1839
· The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas, 1897
· from When Worlds Collide · Edwin Balmer & Philip Wylie · ex J.B. Lippincott, 1932
· The Maracot Deep · Arthur Conan Doyle · n. The Saturday Evening Post Oct 18 ’27 (+3)
· Round the Moon · Jules Verne · n. Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Nov 9, 1869
· The Last Terrestrials [from Last and First Men] · Olaf Stapledon · ex London: Methuen, 1930
· The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review Nov ’09
· R.U.R. · Karel Capek · pl, 1921
· from Brave New World · Aldous Huxley · ex London: Chatto & Windus, 1932
· Invasion from Mars · Howard Koch · pl CBS Oct ’38
· Edison’s Conquest of Mars · Garrett P. Serviss · ss New York Evening Journal Jan, 1898; abridged
· The Martians [from Last and First Men] · Olaf Stapledon · ex London: Methuen, 1930
· The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · na The New Review Jan, 1895 (+4)
· The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv Colliers May 27 ’22
· The Rat · S. Fowler Wright · ss Weird Tales Mar ’29
· The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7, 1893; Weird Tales Sep ’23
· Mr. Strenberry’s Tale [“Doomsday”] · J. B. Priestley · ss The London Magazine Mar ’30
Ahead of Time Henry Kuttner (Ballantine #30, Jul ’53, 35¢, 177pp, pb)

1 · Or Else · ss Amazing Aug/Sep ’53
12 · Home Is the Hunter · ss Galaxy Jul ’53
24 · By These Presents [“Satan Sends Flowers”] · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53
39 · De Profundis [“The Visitors”] · ss Science Fiction Quarterly May ’53
51 · Camouflage [as by Lewis Padgett] · nv Astounding Sep ’45
91 · Year Day · ss *
106 · Ghost · ss Astounding May ’43
125 · Shock · ss Astounding Mar ’43
144 · Pile of Trouble [Hogben] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’48
161 · Deadlock · ss Astounding Aug ’42
The Best of Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (Nelson Doubleday, 1975, hc)

· Henry Kuttner: A Neglected Master · Ray Bradbury · in Science Fiction Book Club, 1975
· Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Lewis Padgett] · nv Astounding Feb ’43
· Two-Handed Engine · nv F&SF Aug ’55
· The Proud Robot [as by Lewis Padgett; Gallegher] · nv Astounding Oct ’43
· The Misguided Halo · ss Unknown Aug ’39
· The Voice of the Lobster · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’50
· Exit the Professor [Hogben] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’47
· The Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett] · nv Astounding Sep ’42
· A Gnome There Was · nv Unknown Oct ’41
· The Big Night [as by Hudson Hastings] · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’47
· Nothing But Gingerbread Left · ss Astounding Jan ’43
· The Iron Standard · ss Astounding Dec ’43
· Cold War [Hogben] · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’49
· Or Else · ss Amazing Aug/Sep ’53
· Endowment Policy · ss Astounding Aug ’43
· Housing Problem · ss Charm Oct ’44
· What You Need [as by Lewis Padgett] · ss Astounding Oct ’45
· Absalom · nv Startling Stories Fll ’46
The Best of Kuttner Henry Kuttner (Mayflower 0547, 1965, 5/-, 286pp, pb)

· Or Else · ss Amazing Aug/Sep ’53
· Year Day · ss Ahead of Time, Ballantine, 1953
· Shock · ss Astounding Mar ’43
· See You Later [Hogben] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’49
· The Proud Robot [as by Lewis Padgett; Gallegher] · nv Astounding Oct ’43
· The Ego Machine · na Space Science Fiction May ’52
· Juke-Box [as by Woodrow Wilson Smith] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’47
· Cold War [Hogben] · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’49
· Call Him Demon [as by Keith Hammond] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Fll ’46
· The Piper’s Son [Baldy] · nv Astounding Feb ’45
· Absalom · nv Startling Stories Fll ’46
· Housing Problem · ss Charm Oct ’44
· A Gnome There Was · nv Unknown Oct ’41
· The Big Night [as by Hudson Hastings] · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’47
· Don’t Look Now · ss Startling Stories Mar ’48
The Best of Kuttner 2 Henry Kuttner (Mayflower 0547, 1966, 5/-, 288pp, pb)

· The Voice of the Lobster · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’50
· Masquerade · ss Weird Tales May ’42
· The Iron Standard · ss Astounding Dec ’43
· Endowment Policy · ss Astounding Aug ’43
· When the Bough Breaks [as by Lewis Padgett] · nv Astounding Nov ’44
· Line to Tomorrow [as by Lewis Padgett] · ss Astounding Nov ’45
· Clash by Night [as by Lawrence O’Donnell; Keeps] · na Astounding Mar ’43
· A Wild Surmise · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· What You Need [as by Lewis Padgett] · ss Astounding Oct ’45
· The Twonky [as by Lewis Padgett] · nv Astounding Sep ’42
· Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Lewis Padgett] · nv Astounding Feb ’43
· The Devil We Know · nv Unknown Aug ’41
· Exit the Professor [Hogben] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’47
· Two-Handed Engine · nv F&SF Aug ’55
Bypass to Otherness Henry Kuttner (Ballantine 497K, 1961, 35¢, 144pp, pb)

· Cold War [Hogben] · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’49
· Call Him Demon [as by Keith Hammond] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Fll ’46
· The Dark Angel · ss Startling Stories Mar ’46
· The Piper’s Son [Baldy] · nv Astounding Feb ’45
· Absalom · nv Startling Stories Fll ’46
· The Little Things · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Fll ’46
· Nothing But Gingerbread Left · ss Astounding Jan ’43
· Housing Problem · ss Charm Oct ’44
Return to Otherness Henry Kuttner (Ballantine F619, 1962, 50¢, 240pp, pb)

· See You Later [Hogben] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’49
· This Is the House [as by Lawrence O’Donnell] · ss Astounding Feb ’46
· The Proud Robot [as by Lewis Padgett; Gallegher] · nv Astounding Oct ’43
· Gallegher Plus [as by Lewis Padgett; Gallegher] · nv Astounding Nov ’43
· The Ego Machine · na Space Science Fiction May ’52
· Android [as by C. H. Liddell] · nv F&SF Jun ’51
· The Sky Is Falling · ss Planet Stories Fll ’50
· Juke-Box [as by Woodrow Wilson Smith] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’47

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