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The Best of Jack Vance Jack Vance (Pocket 671-80510-X, May ’76, $1.95, 274pp, pb)

vii · Preface to the Collection · in
ix · Capturing Vance · Barry N. Malzberg · in
3 · Sail 25 [“Gateway to Strangeness”] · nv Amazing Aug ’62
30 · Ullward’s Retreat · nv Galaxy Dec ’58
56 · The Last Castle · na Galaxy Apr ’66
118 · Abercrombie Station [Jean Parlier] · na Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’52
179 · The Moon Moth · na Galaxy Aug ’61
217 · Rumfuddle · na Three Trips in Time and Space, ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1973
The Dying Earth Jack Vance (Hillman 41, 1950, 25¢, 175pp, pb) [Dying Earth]

· Mazirian the Magician · ss *
· Turjan of Miir · ss *
· T’sais · nv *
· Liane the Wayfarer · ss *; Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
· Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream · nv *
· Guyal of Sfere · nv *
Eight Fantasms and Magics Jack Vance (Macmillan U.S., 1969, hc)

· Foreword · fw
· The Miracle-Workers · na Astounding Jul ’58
· When the Five Moons Rise · ss Cosmos SF&F Mar ’54
· Telek · na Astounding Jan ’52
· Noise · ss Startling Stories Aug ’52
· The New Prime [“Brain of the Galaxy”] · nv Worlds Beyond Feb ’51
· Cil [Cugel; Dying Earth] · nv The Eyes of the Overworld, Ace, 1966
· Guyal of Sfere [Dying Earth] · nv The Dying Earth, Hillman, 1950
· The Men Return · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jul ’57
Future Tense Jack Vance (Ballantine U2214, Jun ’64, 50¢, 160pp, pb)

7 · Dodkin’s Job · nv Astounding Oct ’59
47 · Ullward’s Retreat · nv Galaxy Dec ’58
73 · Sail 25 [“Gateway to Strangeness”] · nv Amazing Aug ’62
105 · The Gift of Gab · nv Astounding Sep ’55
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph Jack Vance (Ace M-141, 1966, 45¢, 146pp, pb) [Magnus Ridolph]; Bound with The Brains of Earth.

6 · The Kokod Warriors · Jack Vance · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’52
42 · The Unspeakable McInch · Jack Vance · nv Startling Stories Nov ’48
61 · The Howling Bounders · Jack Vance · nv Startling Stories Mar ’49
82 · The King of Thieves · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories Nov ’49
102 · The Spa of the Stars · Jack Vance · nv Startling Stories Jul ’50
123 · Coup de Grace [“Worlds of Origin”] · Jack Vance · nv Super Science Fiction Feb ’58
3 · The Brains of Earth · Jack Vance · na New York: Ace, 1966
Monsters in Orbit Jack Vance (Ace M-125, 1965, 45¢, 119pp, pb); Bound with The World Between and Other Stories.

5 · Abercrombie Station [Jean Parlier] · Jack Vance · na Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’52
69 · Cholwell’s Chickens [Jean Parlier] · Jack Vance · na Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’52
The World Between and Other Stories Jack Vance (Ace M-125, 1965, 45¢, 134pp, pb); In England as The Moon Moth and Other Stories. Bound with Monsters in Orbit.

6 · The World Between [“Ecological Onslaught”] · Jack Vance · nv Future May ’53
36 · The Moon Moth · Jack Vance · na Galaxy Aug ’61
75 · Brain of the Galaxy · Jack Vance · nv Worlds Beyond Feb ’51
101 · The Devil on Salvation Bluff · Jack Vance · nv Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
125 · The Men Return · Jack Vance · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jul ’57
The Worlds of Jack Vance Jack Vance (Ace 90955, Dec ’73, $1.25, 302pp, pb)

7 · The World Between [“Ecological Onslaught”] · nv Future May ’53
35 · The Moon Moth · na Galaxy Aug ’61
71 · Brain of the Galaxy · nv Worlds Beyond Feb ’51
95 · The Devil on Salvation Bluff · nv Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
117 · The Men Return · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jul ’57
126 · The Kokod Warriors [Magnus Ridolph] · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’52
161 · The King of Thieves [Magnus Ridolph] · ss Startling Stories Nov ’49
180 · Coup de Grace [“Worlds of Origin”; Magnus Ridolph] · nv Super Science Fiction Feb ’58
202 · The Brains of Earth · na New York: Ace, 1966
Jules Verne—Master of Science Fiction Jules Verne (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956, 12/6, 236pp, hc); Edited by I. O. Evans.

· Introduction · I. O. Evans · in
· A Journey to the Center of the Earth · ex, 1872; Voyage au centre de la terre (Hetzel, 1864).
· From the Earth to the Moon · ex Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Sep 14, 1865
· Round the Moon · ex Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Nov 9, 1869
· Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo] · ex Magasin d’Education et de Recreation Mar 20, 1869; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1869
· Dropped from the Clouds [from The Mysterious Island] · ex, 1875
· The Secret of the Island [from The Mysterious Island] · ex, 1875
· The Child of the Cavern · ex, 1877
· Hector Servadac · ex, 1878; “Hector Servadec”, Magasin d’Education et de Recreation 1 January to 15 December 1877.
· The Begum’s Fortune · ex, 1879
· The Steam House · ex New York: Scribner’s, 1880
· The Clipper of the Clouds · ex Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Jun 29, 1886
· The Floating Island · ex, 1895
· For the Flag · ex, 1896
· An Antarctic Mystery [“The Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym”] · ex, 1897
· Five Weeks in a Balloon · ex, 1863
· Bibliography · Misc. · bi
Novels Jules Verne (Gollancz, 1929, 8/6, 1126pp, hc); Edited by H.C. Harwood.

· Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo] · n. Magasin d’Education et de Recreation Mar 20, 1869; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1869
· Around the World in Eighty Days · n. Le Temps Nov 6, 1872; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1872
· Hector Servadac · n., 1878; “Hector Servadec”, Magasin d’Education et de Recreation 1 January to 15 December 1877.
· The Floating Island · n., 1895
· The Blockade Runners · na
The Omnibus Jules Verne (J.B. Lippincott, 1931, $2.50, 822pp, hc)

· Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo] · n. Magasin d’Education et de Recreation Mar 20, 1869; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1869
· Around the World in Eighty Days · n. Le Temps Nov 6, 1872; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1872
· The Blockade Runners · na
· From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It · n. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1865
Yesterday and Tomorrow Jules Verne (Arco, 1964, 12/6, 5+188pp, hc); Edited by I. O. Evans.

11 · Introduction · I. O. Evans · in
13 · The Fate of Jean Morenas · Jules & Michel Verne · ss; “La Destinée de Jean Morénas” published in Hier et Demain, Paris, Hetzel, 1910.; Written by Michel based on Jules’ “Pierre-Jean” (manuscript).
47 · An Ideal City · ss; “Amiens en l’an 2000” in Mémoires de l’Académie d’Amiens 1874-1875.
67 · Ten Hours Hunting · ss; “Dix heures en chasse”. Simple boutade in Journal d’Amiens December 1881.
87 · Frritt-Flacc · ss; Le Figaro Illustre December 1884.; F&SF Nov ’59
97 · Gil Braltar · ss, 1857; first published with Le Chemin de France (a novel) by Hetzel in 1889.; F&SF Jul ’58
107 · In the Twenty Ninth Century: The Day of an American Journalist in 1889 · Jules & Michel Verne · ss The Forum Feb, 1889; originally written in English by Michel Verne from an idea by Jules. Jules then wrote a revised French version. This is apparently a translation of the latter version.; Arkham Sampler Sum ’49
125 · Mr. Ray Sharp and Miss Me Flat · ss, 1893; “Monsieur Ré-Dièze et Mademoiselle Mi-Bémol” in Le Figaro illustré (Paris) Christmas 1893.
155 · The Eternal Adam · Jules & Michel Verne · nv Saturn Mar ’57; “L’Eternel Adam Dans Quelques Vingt Mille Ans”, La Revue de Paris 1 October 1910.; written by Michel from a manuscript entitled “Edom” supposedly written by Jules.
The Space Frontiers Roger Lee Vernon (Signet 1224, Aug ’55, 25¢, 152pp, pb)

· Battle · ss
· Incident in Space · ss
· Xenophobia · nv
· The City and the Ship · nv
· The Chess Civilization · ss
· The Plant World · ss
· The Stop Watch · ss
· Population Crisis: 2550 · ss
· The Death Seekers · nv
The Haunted Spacesuit and Other Science Fiction Stories ed. Robert Vitarelli (Middletown, CT: American Education Publications F101, 1970, 60¢, 94pp, pb)

5 · Foreword · Robert Vitarelli · fw
7 · The Haunted Spacesuit [“Who’s There?”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss New Worlds Nov ’58
16 · Mark of the Strange Visitor · Ruth W. Harley · ss
25 · Company for Christmas · Ruth W. Harley · ss
34 · The Samaritan · Richard Harper · ss Boys’ Life Feb ’63
42 · In the Year--2012 · Ruth W. Harley · ss
52 · Feathered Friend · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction Sep ’57; The Other Side of the Sky, gp
58 · Cousin Elmer’s Planet · Ruth W. Harley · ss
67 · Peace Above Earth · Edwin A. Hoey · ss
78 · The Final Summer · Robert Vitarelli · ss
85 · The Case of the Rented Typewriter · Ruth W. Harley · ss
Canary in a Cat House Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Fawcett Crest s1153, Sep ’61, 35¢, 160pp, pb)

· Report on the Barnhouse Effect · ss Colliers Feb 11 ’50
· All the King’s Horses · ss Colliers Feb 10 ’51
· D.P. · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug ’53
· The Manned Missiles · ss Cosmopolitan Jul ’58
· The Euphio Question · ss Colliers May 12 ’51
· More Stately Mansions · ss Colliers Dec 22 ’51
· The Foster Portfolio · ss Colliers Sep 8 ’51
· Deer in the Works · ss Esquire Apr ’55
· Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp · ss Cosmopolitan Jun ’57
· Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog · ss Colliers Mar 14 ’53
· Unready to Wear · ss Galaxy Apr ’53
· Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [“The Big Trip Up Yonder”] · ss Galaxy Jan ’54
Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Delacorte, 1968, $5.95, 298pp, hc)

· Preface · pr
· Where I Live [“You’ve Never Been to Barnstable?”] · ar Venture- Traveler’s World Oct ’64
· Harrison Bergeron · ss F&SF Oct ’61
· Who Am I This Time? [“My Name Is Everyone”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Dec 16 ’61
· Welcome to the Monkey House · ss Playboy Jan ’68
· Long Walk to Forever · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug ’60
· The Foster Portfolio · ss Colliers Sep 8 ’51
· Miss Temptation · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 21 ’56
· All the King’s Horses · ss Colliers Feb 10 ’51
· Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog · ss Colliers Mar 14 ’53
· New Dictionary [“The Random House Dictionary”] · ar The New York Times Oct ’66
· Next Door · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’55
· More Stately Mansions · ss Colliers Dec 22 ’51
· The Hyannis Port Story · ss *
· D.P. · ss Ladies Home Journal Aug ’53
· Report on the Barnhouse Effect · ss Colliers Feb 11 ’50
· The Euphio Question · ss Colliers May 12 ’51
· Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son · ss Ladies Home Journal Jul ’62
· Deer in the Works · ss Esquire Apr ’55
· The Lie · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 24 ’62
· Unready to Wear · ss Galaxy Apr ’53
· The Kid Nobody Could Handle · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 24 ’55
· The Manned Missiles · ss Cosmopolitan Jul ’58
· EPICAC · ss Colliers Nov 25 ’50
· Adam · ss Cosmopolitan Apr ’54
· Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [“The Big Trip Up Yonder”] · ss Galaxy Jan ’54
Eye and the Finger Donald Wandrei (Arkham House, 1944, $3.00, xiii+344pp, hc)

· Introduction · in
· The Lady in Gray · ss Weird Tales Dec ’33
· The Eye and the Finger · ss Esquire Dec ’36
· The Painted Mirror · ss Esquire May ’37
· It Will Grow On You · ss Esquire Apr ’42
· The Tree-Men of M’bwa · ss Weird Tales Feb ’32
· The Lives of Alfred Kramer · ss Weird Tales Dec ’32
· The Monster from Nowhere · nv Argosy Nov 23 ’35
· The Witch-Makers · nv Argosy May 2 ’36
· The Nerveless Man · ss Astounding Jul ’34
· Black Fog · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’37
· Blinding Shadows · ss Astounding May ’34
· A Scientist Divides · ss Astounding Sep ’34
· Earth Minus · nv Astounding Sep ’35
· Finality Unlimited · na Astounding Sep ’36
· The Crystal Bullet · ss Weird Tales Mar ’41
· A Fragment of a Dream · ss The Minnesota Quarterly Win ’26
· The Woman at the Window · pp Leaves #2 ’38
· The Messengers · pp The Minnesota Quarterly Fll ’26
· The Pursuers · pp The Minnesota Quarterly Fll ’26
· The Red Brain · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27; complete version.
· On the Threshold of Eternity · ss Leaves #1 ’37
Strange Harvest Donald Wandrei (Arkham House, Jan ’65, $4.00, 289pp, hc)

· Spawn of the Sea · ss Weird Tales May ’33
· Something from Above · nv Weird Tales Dec ’30
· The Green Flame · vi Weird Tales Jul ’30
· Strange Harvest · nv Weird Tales May ’53
· The Chuckler · vi Fantasy Magazine Sep ’34
· The Whisperers · ss Astounding May ’35
· The Destroying Horde · ss Weird Tales Jun ’35
· Uneasy Lie the Drowned · ss Weird Tales Dec ’37
· Life Current · ss Astounding Apr ’35
· The Fire Vampires · ss Weird Tales Feb ’33
· The Atom-Smasher · vi Astounding Apr ’34
· Murray’s Light · ss Astounding Jun ’35
· The Man Who Never Lived · ss Astounding Mar ’34
· Infinity Zero · ss Astounding Oct ’36
· A Trip to Infinity · ss, 1965
· Giant-Plasm · nv Weird Tales Feb ’39
· Nightmare · ss *
The New Awareness ed. Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg (Delacorte 0-440-05989-5, 1975, $9.95, 485pp, hc)

xi · Preface · Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg · pr
1 · Introduction · Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg · in
23 · Night of the Leopard · William Sambrot · nv F&SF Sep ’67
47 · Behold the Man [Karl Glogauer] · Michael Moorcock · na New Worlds #166 ’66
122 · A Canticle for Leibowitz [St. Leibowitz, Order of] · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv F&SF Apr ’55
158 · Good News from the Vatican · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971
174 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Sep ’62
199 · Ask and It May Be Given · Wesley Ford Davis · ss F&SF Oct ’71
221 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug ’54
261 · Dazed · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Sep ’71
298 · Eyes of Onyx · Edward Bryant · ss Protostars, ed. David Gerrold & Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1971
311 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
323 · A Rose for Ecclesiastes · Roger Zelazny · nv F&SF Nov ’63
378 · Evolution’s End · Robert Arthur · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’41
403 · The Fire Balloons [“‘In This Sign...’”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Imagination Apr ’51
431 · The Man Who Learned Loving [“Brownshoes”] · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Adam May ’69; F&SF Oct ’69
447 · And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv Nova 2, ed. Harry Harrison, Walker, 1972
479 · Further Readings · Misc. · bi
481 · Index · Misc. · ix
The Best of Stanley G. Weinbaum Stanley G. Weinbaum (Ballantine, 1974, pb); Sphere 1974 edition is titled “A Martian Odyssey”.

· The Second Nova · Isaac Asimov · in
· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· Valley of Dreams [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Nov ’34
· The Adaptive Ultimate [as by John Jessel] · nv Astounding Nov ’35
· Parasite Planet [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Feb ’35
· Pygmalion’s Spectacles · ss Wonder Stories Jun ’35
· Shifting Seas · nv Amazing Apr ’37
· The Worlds of If [Van Manderpootz] · ss Wonder Stories Aug ’35
· The Mad Moon · nv Astounding Dec ’35
· Redemption Cairn · nv Astounding Mar ’36
· The Ideal [Van Manderpootz] · nv Wonder Stories Sep ’35
· The Lotus Eaters [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Apr ’35
· Proteus Island · na Astounding Aug ’36
· Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Personal Recollection · Robert Bloch · ar
The Black Flame Stanley G. Weinbaum (Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948, $3.00, 240pp, hc) [Black Margot]

· Dawn of Flame · na Dawn of Flame, Milwaukee Fictioneers, 1936
· The Black Flame · n. Startling Stories Jan ’39
Dawn of Flame Stanley G. Weinbaum (Conrad H. Ruppert, 1936, $2.50, 313pp, hc); The Weinbaum Memorial Volume.

· The Mad Moon · nv Astounding Dec ’35
· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· The Lotus Eaters [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Apr ’35
· The Red Peri · na Astounding Nov ’35
· The Worlds of If [Van Manderpootz] · ss Wonder Stories Aug ’35
· The Adaptive Ultimate [as by John Jessel] · nv Astounding Nov ’35
· Dawn of Flame [Black Margot] · na *
A Martian Odyssey and Other Classics of Science Fiction Stanley G. Weinbaum (Lancer 74-808, 1962, 75¢, 159pp, pb); Edited by Sam Moskowitz.

· The Wonders of Weinbaum · Sam Moskowitz · in
· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· Proteus Island · na Astounding Aug ’36
· The Brink of Infinity · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec ’36
· The Adaptive Ultimate [as by John Jessel] · nv Astounding Nov ’35
· The Lotus Eaters [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Apr ’35
A Martian Odyssey and Other Science Fiction Tales Stanley G. Weinbaum (Hyperion, 1974, hc); Edited by Sam Moskowitz.

· Dawn of Fame: The Career of Stanley G. Weinbaum · Sam Moskowitz · ar Satellite May ’59
· An Autobiographical Sketch of Stanley G. Weinbaum · bg Fantasy Magazine Jun ’35
· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· Valley of Dreams [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Nov ’34
· The Adaptive Ultimate [as by John Jessel] · nv Astounding Nov ’35
· The Mad Moon · nv Astounding Dec ’35
· The Worlds of If [Van Manderpootz] · ss Wonder Stories Aug ’35
· The Ideal [Van Manderpootz] · nv Wonder Stories Sep ’35
· The Point of View [Van Manderpootz] · ss Wonder Stories Jan/Feb ’36
· Pygmalion’s Spectacles · ss Wonder Stories Jun ’35
· Parasite Planet [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Feb ’35
· The Lotus Eaters [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Apr ’35
· The Planet of Doubt [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Oct ’35
· The Circle of Zero · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’36
· The Red Peri · na Astounding Nov ’35
· Proteus Island · na Astounding Aug ’36
· Flight on Titan · nv Astounding Jan ’35
· Smothered Seas · nv Astounding Jan ’36
· Redemption Cairn · nv Astounding Mar ’36
· The Brink of Infinity · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec ’36
· Shifting Seas · nv Amazing Apr ’37
· Revolution of 1950 · na Amazing Oct ’38 (+1)
· Graph · ss Fantasy Magazine Sep ’36
· The Last Martian · pm Golden Atom Win ’43
A Martian Odyssey and Others Stanley G. Weinbaum (Fantasy Press, 1949, $3.00, 289pp, hc)

· A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
· Valley of Dreams [Tweel] · nv Wonder Stories Nov ’34
· The Adaptive Ultimate [as by John Jessel] · nv Astounding Nov ’35
· The Mad Moon · nv Astounding Dec ’35
· The Worlds of If [Van Manderpootz] · ss Wonder Stories Aug ’35
· The Ideal [Van Manderpootz] · nv Wonder Stories Sep ’35
· The Point of View [Van Manderpootz] · ss Wonder Stories Jan/Feb ’36
· Pygmalion’s Spectacles · ss Wonder Stories Jun ’35
· Parasite Planet [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Feb ’35
· The Lotus Eaters [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Apr ’35
· The Planet of Doubt [Ham Hammond] · nv Astounding Oct ’35
· The Circle of Zero · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’36

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