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Out of This World 6 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie, 1967, 15/-, 196pp, hc)

· All the Troubles of the World · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Fiction Apr ’58
· Fast Trip · James White · nv F&SF Apr ’63
· The Sickness · William Tenn · nv Infinity Science Fiction Nov ’55
· The Heart of Blackness [“The Craving for Blackness”] · Robert Ray · ss New Worlds Sep ’62
· The Aliens · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Aug ’59
· The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· Stimulus · John Brunner · ss New Worlds Mar ’62
Out of This World 7 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie, 1968, 16/-, 214pp, hc)

· The Impersonators · C. C. MacApp · ss If Jan ’67
· Ordeal in Space · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Town & Country May ’48
· The Cold, Cold Box · Howard Fast · ss F&SF Jul ’59
· To Change Their Ways · Joseph P. Martino · nv Analog Apr ’67
· The Moon [“Idiot’s Delight”; Troons] · Lucas Parkes · nv New Worlds Jun ’58
· Meeting of the Minds · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Feb ’60
· An Ounce of Dissension · Martin Loran · nv Analog Jul ’66
· Point of Focus · Robert Silverberg · ss Astounding Aug ’58
Out of This World 8 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie, 1970, hc)

· Victory Unintentional [Robot] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories Aug ’42
· Coco-Talk · William F. Temple · ss New Writings in SF. 7, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson, 1966
· Second Ending · James White · na Fantastic Jun ’61 (+1); abridged
· A Discovery in the Woods · Graham Greene · nv Rogue Mar ’63
· The Human Factor · David Ely · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 16 ’63
· Six Cubed Plus One · John Rankine · nv New Writings in SF. 7, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson, 1966
Out of This World 9 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie, 1972, hc)

· The Diamondwood Trees [“Balanced Ecology”] · James H. Schmitz · ss Analog Mar ’65
· Allamagoosa · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding May ’55
· A Message for Zoo Directors · Gerard Klein · ss
· The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time, Chatto & Windus, 1926
· At Daybreak · Italo Calvino · ss Cosmicomics, Harcourt Brace World, 1968; abridged
· Rich and Strange · Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss
· Blemish · John Christopher · ss Authentic #39 ’53
· Catharsis · John Rackham · ss New Writings in SF. 11, ed. John Carnell, London: Corgi, 1968
· Mantrap · Kathleen James · nv New Worlds Jun ’61
· Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow [“The Big Trip Up Yonder”] · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Galaxy Jan ’54
Worlds Apart ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie, 1966, 15/-, 416pp, hc)

· Doctor · Murray Leinster · nv Galaxy Feb ’61
· Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, ed. Anon., Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956
· An Eye for a What? · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Mar ’57
· Captivity [People] · Zenna Henderson · na F&SF Jun ’58
· O’Mara’s Orphan [Sector General] · James White · nv New Worlds Jan ’60
· Number Ten Q Street · Helen McCloy · ss EQMM Sep ’63
· The Enormous Room · Robert W. Krepps & Horace L. Gold · na Amazing Oct/Nov ’53
· Last and First Men · Olaf Stapledon · ex London: Methuen, 1930
· The Anarchist; Or, the Doom of the Great City · Douglas Fawcett · ss
· Infra Draconis · G. Gurevich · nv
Strange Planets ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Blackie 0-216-90233-9, 1977, £3.00, 176pp, hc); Anthology of 10 stories.

9 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter Aug 7 ’51
14 · Trurl’s Machine · Stanislaw Lem · ss The Cyberiad, Seabury Press, 1974
24 · Sunjammer · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life Mar ’64
45 · Certainty · Robert Silverberg · ss Astounding Nov ’59
61 · Viruses Don’t Talk · Gerard Klein; trans. by Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss
78 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page Dec 1 ’51
82 · Hunting Problem · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Sep ’55
95 · Gilead [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv F&SF Aug ’54
127 · Made to Be Broken · E. C. Tubb · ss New Writings in SF. 23, ed. Kenneth Bulmer, London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973
147 · Invisible Monster [as by John B. Harris] · John Wyndham · nv Wonder Stories Dec ’33
Tales from the Galaxies ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Pan Piccolo, 1973, pb)

· Preface · Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis · pr
· The Red Stuff · John Wyndham · ss Marvel Science Stories Feb ’51
· Miss Inman and the Kloots · Amabel Williams-Ellis · nv *
· The Heritage · Malcom Stokes · ct
· The Odor of Thought · Robert Sheckley · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· Exploration Team [Colonial Survey] · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Mar ’56
The Early Williamson Jack Williamson (Doubleday, 1975, hc)

· Introduction · in
· The Metal Man · ss Amazing Dec ’28
· The Girl from Mars · ex Science Fiction Series #1 ’29
· The Cosmic Express · ss Amazing Nov ’30
· The Meteor Girl · ss Astounding Mar ’31
· Through the Purple Cloud · ss Wonder Stories May ’31
· The Doom from Planet 4 · ss Astounding Jul ’31
· Twelve Hours to Live! · ss Wonder Stories Aug ’31
· The Plutonian Terror · nv Weird Tales Oct ’33
· Salvage in Space · nv Astounding Mar ’33
· “We Ain’t Beggars” · ss New Mexico Quarterly Review Aug ’33
· Dead Star Station · nv Astounding Nov ’33
The Pandora Effect Jack Williamson (Ace, 1969, pb)

· Author’s Introduction · in
· The Happiest Creature [Quarantine] · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· The Cosmic Express · ss Amazing Nov ’30
· The Metal Man · ss Amazing Dec ’28
· The Cold Green Eye · ss Fantastic Mar/Apr ’53
· Guinevere for Everybody · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
· With Folded Hands... [Humanoids] · nv Astounding Jul ’47
· The Equalizer · nv Astounding Mar ’47
People Machines Jack Williamson (Ace, 1971, pb)

· Author’s Introduction—with Hints for Design and Assembly · in
· Star Bright · nv Argosy Nov 25 ’39
· Non-Stop to Mars · nv Argosy Feb 25 ’39
· Operation: Gravity · ss Science Fiction Plus Oct ’53
· The Masked World · vi Worlds of Tomorrow Oct ’63
· The Man from Outside [Quarantine] · ss Astounding Mar ’51
· Hindsight · ss Astounding May ’40
· Jamboree · ss Galaxy Dec ’69
· The Peddler’s Nose [Quarantine] · ss Astounding Apr ’51
· Breakdown · nv Astounding Jan ’42
· Afterword About Theme · aw
Seetee Ship/Seetee Shock Jack Williamson (Lancer, 1971, pb) [Seetee]

· Seetee Ship · n. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950
· Seetee Shock · n. Astounding Feb ’49
The Trial of Terra Jack Williamson (Ace D-555, 1962, 35¢, 159pp, pb) [Quarantine]

· The Man from Outside · Jack Williamson · ss Astounding Mar ’51
· Man Down · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Mar ’52
· The Happiest Creature · Jack Williamson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· A Planet for Plundering · Jack Williamson · na Galaxy Apr ’62
A.D. 2500 ed. Anon. (Heinemann, 1955, 15/-, 241pp, hc); The Observer Prize Stories 1954

vii · Introduction · Angus Wilson · in
1 · Return of the Moon Man · E. L. Malpass · ss The London Observer Jan ’55
10 · Not for an Age · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The London Observer Jan 9 ’55
23 · The Right Thing · William Andrew · ss
33 · Jackson’s Wong’s Story · John Bolsover · ss
44 · Voice from the Gallery · Catherine Brownlow · ss
54 · Walkabout · Stephen Earl · ss
65 · The Shadow-Play · E. D. Fitzpatrick · ss
75 · Venus and the Rabbit · E. M. FitzPatrick · ss
87 · The Place of the Tigress · Isobel Mayne · ss
96 · Another Antigone · D. A. C. Morrison · ss
107 · Spud Failure Definite · Noel Peart · ss
118 · The Three Brothers · William Moy Russell · ss The London Observer Dec ’54
131 · The Atavists · G. A. Rymer · ss
144 · The Mission · Arthur Sellings · ss
156 · Alpha in Omega · Jonathan Stones · ss
170 · The Blond Kid · Herb Sutherland · ss
184 · The Case of Omega Smith · Guthram Walsh · ss
196 · The Machine That Was Lonely · Robert Wells · ss
208 · Hitch-Hike to Paradise · Geoffrey Whybrow · ss
222 · The Knitting · Margaret Wood · ss
232 · Man Manifold · Peter Young · ss
Those Idiots from Earth Richard Wilson (Ballantine 237, 1957, 35¢, 160pp, pb)

· Those Idiots from Earth · ss *
· The Inhabited · nv Galaxy Jan ’53
· The Hoaxters · nv Galaxy Jun ’52
· Lonely Road · ss F&SF Sep ’56
· Love · ss F&SF Jun ’52
· Honor · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Feb ’56
· 88 Beats 266 [“Success Story”] · ss Fantastic Universe Feb ’57
· Don’t Fence Me In · ss F&SF Apr ’56
· Press Conference [“Visitor from the Void”] · ss Amazing Oct/Nov ’53
· It’s Cold Outside · nv If Dec ’56
Time Out for Tomorrow Richard Wilson (Ballantine F658, 1962, 50¢, 159pp, pb)

· Kin [“Show Your Might”] · ss Fantastic Universe May ’56
· The Big Fix · nv Infinity Science Fiction Aug ’56
· Wasp · ss Fantastic Jun ’54
· An Abundance of Good Things [“Have It Your Own Way”] · ss Amazing May ’54
· Time Out for Tomorrow · ss Science-Fantasy #26 ’57
· The Tunnel Under the World [“Traveling Companion Wanted”] · ss Galaxy Jun ’59
· The Best Possible World · nv New Worlds Sep ’60
· The Voice of the Diaphragm · ss Galaxy May ’58
· QRM · ss F&SF Apr ’57
· The Ubiquitous You [“The In-Betweens”] · ss Future Spr ’57
· Just Call Me Irish · ss Future Jun ’58
· The Locus Focus · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug ’57
Clarion ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Signet, Jun ’71, pb)

· Introduction · Robin Scott Wilson · in
· Something Happens · Kate Wilhelm · ar *
· What About Us Grils? · Mel Gilden · ss *
· Only at Night · Vonda N. McIntyre · ss *
· The Soft Blue Bunny Rabbit Story · Edward Bryant · ss *
· Dreamers on the Barricades · Harlan Ellison · ar *
· Wheels · Robert Thurston · ss *
· Trouble Follows · George Alec Effinger · ss *
· The Game-Playing Literature · Frederik Pohl · ar *
· Just Dead Enough [“The Price”] · C. Davis Belcher · nv Orbit 5, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1969
· Sending the Very Best · Edward Bryant · ss New Worlds Jan ’70
· Charting Utopia · Damon Knight · ar *
· A Free Pass to the Carnival · George Alec Effinger · ss F&SF May ’71
· The Beholder’s Eye · Amy Hutton · ss *
· Chains · Dave Skal · ss *
· Fantasy: Many Mansions and Hovels · Fritz Leiber · ar *
· Anaconda · Robert Thurston · ss *
· Crossover · Octavia E. Butler · ss *
· Norman: Friends and Other Strangers · Lynnda Stevenson · ss *
· Reading Between the Words · Samuel R. Delany · ar *
· Silent Hands · Gerard F. Conway · ss *
· An Uneven Evening · Steve Herbst · ss *
· The Inspector · Evelyn Lief · ss *
· Genre · Joanna Russ · ar *
· The Last Desperate Hour · Robert Thurston · ss *
· The Westfield Heights Mall Monster · George Alec Effinger · ss *
· The Terrific Play of Forces Natural and Human · Robin Scott Wilson · ar *
· Song from a Forgotten Hill · Glen Cook · ss Worlds of Tomorrow, 1971
· The Secret · Maggie Nadler · ss *
· The Bandemar · Joe Wehrle, Jr. · ss *
Clarion II ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Signet, Jun ’72, pb)

· Preface · Robin Scott Wilson · pr
· Introduction · James Sallis · in
· Punchline [“Stop Me Before I Tell More”] · Robert Thurston · ss Orbit 9, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1971
· Magic Passes · Steve Herbst · ss *
· Fifteen Vultures, the Strop, and the Old Lady · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar *
· In the Greenhouse · Lin Nielsen · ss *
· Early to Bed · George Alec Effinger · ss *
· Golden Ages Gone Away · Frederik Pohl · ar *
· Goodbye, Henry J. Kostkos, Goodbye · Damon Knight · ar *
· Here, There, and Everywhere · F. M. Busby · ss *
· The Hanged Man · Edward Bryant · ss *
· Winter Housecleaning · Molly Daniel · ss *
· Frozen Assets · Robert Wissner · ss *
· Crayola · Dave Skal · ss *
· Why Is It So Hard? · Kate Wilhelm · ar *
· To the Mountains · Laura Haney · ss *
· Their Thousandth Season · Edward Bryant · ss *
· Get FDR! · Robert Thurston · ss *
· At the Second Solstice · James E. Sutherland · ss *
· You Are What You Write · Harlan Ellison · ar *
· Notes on a Restless Urge · Robert Wissner · ss *
· And Dragons in the Sky · Glen Cook · nv *
· A Modest Proposal · Russell L. Bates · ss *
· The He-Man Ethos in Science Fiction · Joanna Russ · ar *
· Omnia Triste · Rick Norwood · vi *
· Stranger in the House · Lisa Tuttle · ss *
· The Good Life · Robert Thurston · ss *
· Sand and Stones · George Alec Effinger · ss *
· The Writer as Teacher · James Sallis · ar *
Clarion III ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Signet, Oct ’73, pb)

· Introduction · Robin Scott Wilson · in
· Road Map · F. M. Busby · ss *
· Everybody Loves: in a Circular Motion · Mel Gilden · ss *
· The Ursula Major Construct: or, A Far Greater Horror Loomed · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss *
· Asclepius Has Paws · Mildred Downey Broxon · ss *
· The Word “Random”, Deliberately Repeated · John Shirley · ss *
· Why? · Theodore Sturgeon · ar *
· The Teardrop · Dvora Olmstead · ss *
· Bus Station · William Earls · ss *
· Say Goodbye to the World’s Last Brothel · Robert Wissner · ss *
· Flat Hatter · David Wise · ss *
· Baby Makes Two · Gerard F. Conway · ss *
· Thrangs and Other Wonders · Leonard Isaacs · pm *
· Cantaloupes and Kangaroos · Dennis R. Caro · ss *
· The Breath of Dragons · J. Michael Reaves · ss *
· The Source · Kate Wilhelm · ar *
· Servants · David Wise · ss *
· When Pappy Isn’t There · Lin Nielsen · ss *
· More I Cannot Wish You · Jean Sullivan · ss *
· The Deep Well of the Unconscious—Well, Well... · Damon Knight · ar *
· Give My Regards to the Czar · David N. Williams · ss *
· Molten Core · Donnel Stern · ss *
· Science Fiction, Archetypes, and the Future · R. Glenn Wright · ar *
· The Diggers · Donnel Stern · ss *
· Play It Again, Sam · F. M. Busby · ss *
· Till Human Voices Wake Us... · Lisa Tuttle · ss *
· When Dreams Become Nightmares: Some Cautionary Notes on the Clarion Experience · Harlan Ellison · ar *
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader ed. Robin Scott Wilson (Mentor 451-MW1236-150, Sep ’73, $1.50, 333pp, pb)

xi · Introduction: To the Reader · Robin Scott Wilson · in *
1 · Plot: The Tangled Web · Robin Scott Wilson · si *
3 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Dec ’69
12 · Plotting “Jamboree” · Jack Williamson · ar *
18 · We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line [“Lines of Power”] · Samuel R. Delany · na F&SF May ’68
70 · Thickening the Plot · Samuel R. Delany · ar *
79 · Character: The Determinant of Incident · Robin Scott Wilson · si *
81 · Crazy Maro · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr ’60
101 · How Much Does a Character Cost? · Daniel Keyes · ar *
104 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May ’67
123 · The Whore with a Heart of Iron Pyrites; or, Where Does a Writer Go to Find a Maggie? · Harlan Ellison · ar *
135 · Setting: A Local Habitation and a Name · Robin Scott Wilson · si *
137 · The Man Who Could Not See Devils · Joanna Russ · ss Alchemy & Academe, ed. Anne McCaffrey, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970
149 · On Setting · Joanna Russ · ar *
154 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss F&SF Jun ’69
169 · Introduction to “Sundance” · Robert Silverberg · ar *
177 · Theme: To Mean Intensely · Robin Scott Wilson · si *
179 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy Nov ’69
203 · On Theme · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar *
209 · A Annotated “Masks” · Damon Knight · ss Playboy Jul ’68
233 · Point of View: Who’s Minding the Store · Robin Scott Wilson · si *
235 · The Planners · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 3, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1968
250 · On Point of View · Kate Wilhelm · ar *
255 · For a While There, Herbert Marcuse, I Thought You Were Maybe Right About Alienation and Eros · Robin Scott Wilson · ss F&SF Jul ’72
269 · Point of View: The Quick-Change Artist in the Type · Robin Scott Wilson · ar *
275 · Style: The Dress of Thought · Robin Scott Wilson · si *
277 · The Listeners [Listeners] · James E. Gunn · nv Galaxy Sep ’68
303 · On Style · James E. Gunn · ar *
312 · Grandy Devil · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Jun ’55
318 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar ’66
323 · On Velocity Exercises · Frederik Pohl · ar *
The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe (Scribner’s, 1972, hc)

· The Fifth Head of Cerberus · nv Orbit 10, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1972
· “A Story” by John V. Marsch · nv *
· V.R.T. · nv
Past, Present, and Future Perfect ed. Jack C. Wolf & Gregory Fitz Gerald (Fawcett Premier, Aug ’73, pb)

· Preface · Gregory Fitz Gerald & Jack C. Wolf · pr
· Introduction · Gregory Fitz Gerald & Jack C. Wolf · in
· Welcome to the Monkey House · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Playboy Jan ’68
· The Sentinel [“Sentinel of Eternity”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr ’51
· A Discovery in the Woods · Graham Greene · nv Rogue Mar ’63
· The Veldt [“The World the Children Made”] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 ’50
· Judas · John Brunner · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
· Eutopia · Poul Anderson · nv Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
· The Morning of the Day They Did It · E. B. White · ss New Yorker Feb ’50
· from Walden Two [chapter 29] · B. F. Skinner · ex, 1948
· The Immortal Fish · Elizabeth M. Borgese · ss, 1957
· Year Nine · Cyril Connolly · ss, 1946
· The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If Feb ’58
· New Folks’ Home · Clifford D. Simak · nv Analog Jul ’63
· from The Poison Belt [Prof. Challenger] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Mar ’13 (+4); London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913
· The Ingenious Patriot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Oct 30, 1891
· The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas, 1897
· from—A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court · Mark Twain · ex The Century Nov, 1889
· from Looking Backward · Edward Bellamy · ex Ticknor, 1888
· from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex Magasin d’Education et de Recreation Mar 20, 1869; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1869
· from Erewhon, or Over the Range · Samuel Butler · ex, 1872
· The Balloon-Hoax · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Sun Apr 13, 1844
· The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer Mar, 1843
· from The Last Man · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ex London: Henry Colburn, 1826
· from Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus [Frankenstein] · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ex London: Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818
· from Gulliver’s Travels [Gulliver] · Jonathan Swift · ex, 1726
· Micromegas · Voltaire · nv London: D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1753
· from A Voyage to the Moon · Cyrano de Bergerac · ex, 1657
· from The New Atlantis · Francis Bacon · ex, 1626
· from The City of the Sun · Tommaso Campanella · ex, 1623
· from Utopia · Sir Thomas More · ex, 1516
· from A True History · Lucian of Samosata · ex, 165
· from Critias, or The Island of Atlantis [370 b.c.] · Plato · ex

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