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From Atoms to Infinity: Readings in Modern Science ed. Clifford D. Simak (Harper & Row LC:65-14489, 1965 [Sep ’98], $4.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Victor Lazzaro); Collection of articles written for the Minneapolis Tribune. [PSP]

ix • Preface • Clifford D. Simak • pr
xi • The Importance of Scientific Research • Hugh Odishaw • in
1 • Astronomy
3 • The Dimensions of the Universe • Harlow Shapley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
13 • The Origin of the Universe • Harlow Shapley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
21 • Life in the Universe • Harlow Shapley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
30 • Our Place in the Galaxy • Clifford D. Simak • ar Minneapolis Tribune
39 • Mathematics
41 • The History of Numerals • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
49 • The Advantages of the Metric System • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
55 • An Easy Way to Handle Big Numbers • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
61 • The Concept of Infinity • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
67 • Meteorology
69 • The Earth’s Atmosphere • Harry Wexler • ar Minneapolis Tribune
78 • How the Weather is Made • Harry Wexler • ar Minneapolis Tribune
86 • Forecasting the Weather • Harry Wexler • ar Minneapolis Tribune
96 • Future Forecast and Weather Control • Harry Wexler • ar Minneapolis Tribune
105 • Archaeology
107 • How Man First Came to America • Frank C. Hibben • ar Minneapolis Tribune
114 • The Folsom Man • Frank C. Hibben • ar Minneapolis Tribune
121 • The Clovis Mammoth Hunters • Frank C. Hibben • ar Minneapolis Tribune
127 • The Sandia Cave Men • Frank C. Hibben • ar Minneapolis Tribune
135 • The Earth
137 • The Shape and Size of the Earth • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
144 • The Pear-Shaped Earth • John A. O’Keefe • ar Minneapolis Tribune
152 • The Structure of the Earth • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
159 • Project Mohole • Willard Bascom • ar Minneapolis Tribune
168 • The Methods and Problems of Drilling Under the Sea • Willard Bascom • ar Minneapolis Tribune
177 • Rockets and Satellites
179 • The History of Rocketry • Willy Ley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
187 • How a Rocket Works • Willy Ley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
197 • How a Satellite Works • Willy Ley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
206 • Future Uses of Satellites • Willy Ley • ar Minneapolis Tribune
215 • Plasma Physics
217 • The Fourth State of Matter • John Chapman • ar Minneapolis Tribune
225 • How We Can Use Plasma — the World of MHD • John Chapman • ar Minneapolis Tribune
232 • Unlimited Power for the Future • John Chapman • ar Minneapolis Tribune
241 • The Atom
243 • The Electron • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
251 • The Proton and the Neutron • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
260 • The Structure of the Atom • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
268 • Isotopes • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
276 • Antimatter • Isaac Asimov • ar Minneapolis Tribune
285 • Cancer
287 • The Cell • Victor Cohn • ar Minneapolis Tribune
297 • Viruses • Victor Cohn • ar Minneapolis Tribune
305 • Chemistry Against Cancer • Victor Cohn • ar Minneapolis Tribune
312 • Cancer Epidemiology • Victor Cohn • ar Minneapolis Tribune
321 • About the Authors • Misc. Material • bg
325 • Index • Misc. Material • ix
Bare Bones: Conversations with Stephen King ed. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller (NEL 0-450-49992-8, Mar ’89, £10.95, 217pp, hc); Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1988) fascinating collection of interviews with Stephen King. Many of them have been revised for this volume. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]

9 • An Evening at the Billerica Library • Stephen King • sp
31 • Playboy Interview: Stephen King • Eric Norden • iv Playboy Jun ’83
64 • Would You Buy a Haunted Car from This Man? • Edwin Pouncey • iv Starsong May 21 ’83
70 • The Man Who Writes Nightmares • Mel Allen • iv Yankee Mar ’79
76 • An Interview with Stephen King • Joyce Lynch Dewes Moore • iv Mystery Mar ’81
83 • An Interview with Stephen King • Paul Janeczko • iv The English Journal Feb ’80
86 • Interview with Stephen King • Charles L. Grant • iv Monsterland Magazine May ’85
95 • The King of Terror • Keith Bellows • iv Satellite Orbit, 1982
97 • He Brings Life to Dead Issues • Christopher Evans • iv MNN Sep 8 ’79
100 • Stephen King’s Court of Horror • Abe Peck • iv Rolling Stone College Papers Win ’80
108 • Interview with Stephen King • Michael Kilgore • iv Tampa Tribune Aug 31 ’80
119 • Interview with Stephen King • Mat Schaffer • iv, 1983; broadcast on WBCN-FM Radio’s Boston Sunday Review, 31st October 1983.
124 • The Night Shifter • Stephen Jones • iv FMD Mar ’79
126 • Shine of the Times • Marty Ketchum, Pat Cadigan & Lewis Shiner • iv Shayol Sum ’79
130 • Dear Walden People • Stephen King • ar, 1983; from Waldenbooks Book News, August 1983.
132 • Flix • Bhob Stewart • iv Heavy Metal Jan ’80 (+2)
144 • The Dark Beyond the Door: Walking (Nervously) into Stephen King’s World • Freff • iv, 1980; from Tomb of Dracula #4/#5.
149 • Topic: Horrors! • Craig Modderno • iv, 1985; from USA Today 10th May 1985.
152 • Interview with Stephen King • Tim Hewitt • iv, 1985; from Cinefantastique Vol 15 No 2.
159 • Interview with Stephen King and Peter Straub • Stanley Wiater • iv, 1979; from Springfield Morning Union, 31st October 1979.
166 • Interview with Stephen King and Peter Straub • Stanley Wiater • iv, 1981; from Valley Advocate, 8th April 1981.
177 • Interview with Stephen King and Peter Straub • Stanley Wiater & Roger Anker • iv, 1984; from Valley Advocate, 31st October 1984.
187 • Penthouse Interview: Stephen King • Bob Spitz • iv Penthouse Apr ’82
197 • Stephen King is Cashing In • Randi Henderson • iv, 1980; from Baltimore Sun, 26th August 1980.
199 • Stephen King Takes a Stand for Records • Joel Denver • iv, 1984; from Radio & Records, 24th February 1984.
204 • Interview with Stephen King • Martha Thomases & John Robert Tebbel • iv High Times Jan ’81
216 • Novelist Loves His Nightmares • Jack Matthews • iv, 1982; from Detroit Free Press, 12th November 1982.
Pulp Magazine Thrillers ed. James Van Hise (Van Hise, James, Jul ’98, $17.95, 186pp, tp, cover by Dave Hoover); Associational book. [PSP]

4 • Pulp • Algis Budrys • ar Science Fiction Review #45 ’82
16 • Weird Tales in the Thirties • Reginald Smith • ar Reginald Smith, 1966
50 • Contemplating Sex and Torture in the Pulps • Nick Carr • ar Nemesis May ’88
60 • Me and My Shadow • Sam Moskowitz • ar Pulp Vault May ’90
77 • The Top Ten Doc Savage Novels—And One Stinker • Will Murray • ar Age of the Unicorn #8 ’80
88 • Doc Savage and the Typo Terror • Will Murray • ar *; based on “Incidentals” in Paperback Parade and Paperback Collector.
102 • Wave Those Tags • Lester Dent • ar The Writer’s Digest 1940 Yearbook, 1940
106 • What You Always Wanted to Know About Richard Wentworth But Forgot to Ask Robert Sampson • Nick Carr • ar Echoes Apr ’85
112 • The Wounds and Injuries of Richard Wentworth • Nick Carr • ar Echoes Sep/Oct ’82
118 • The Saga of the Secret Six • Wooda N. Carr • ar Nemesis Mar ’86
130 • The Crimson Call to Crime • Will Murray • ar *
140 • The Robert E. Howard Conan Stories Never Published in Weird Tales • James Van Hise • ar REHUPA Nov ’97 [Robert E. Howard]; as “The Robert E. Howard Conan Stories Never Seen in Weird Tales” on table of contents.
152 • The Thrill Book • Bob Jones • ar Xenophile Mar ’77
164 • A J. Allen St. John Edgar Rice Burroughs Pulp Cover Folio • J. Allen St. John • pi
169 • A Guide to the Fanzines Xenophile, Nemesis, Inc., Golden Perils & Pulp • James Van Hise • bi *
186 • Modern Pulp Fandom • Misc. Material • ms *
Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told ed. Anon. (London: Odhams, 1937, 704pp, hc); One of Odhams’s bumper volumes. This one contains mostly non-fiction. The only fiction of note is “Moonlight Sonata” Alexander Woollcott, “Si Urag of the Tail” and “When Glister Walked” by Oscar Cook and “The Night of Witchcraft” Rafael Sabatini, plus some interesting non-fiction by Achmed Abdullah, Margery Lawrence, Andrew Lang and S. Baring-Gould.

25 • Moonlight Sonata • Alexander Woollcott • ss Esquire, 1934
28 • The Terrible Story of the “Mary Russell” • J. G. Lockhart • nf
45 • The Death Trap • Carla Jenssen • ss
73 • The Corpse Conductor • Axel Munthe • ss
85 • The Mountain of God • Roger Courtney • nf
93 • The Story of Kaspar Hauser • Andrew Lang • nf
101 • The Siren and the Sorceress • William Roughead • nf
129 • Consolation • Mabel Smyth • ss
142 • La Salpetriere • Axel Munthe • ss
149 • Eight Days in an English Snowdrift • Anon. • nf
156 • Mysteries of the Elephants • Charles Low • nf
165 • The Moving Coffins • Sir Algernon E. Aspinall • nf
171 • The Haunted Submarine • Hector C. Bywater • nf
179 • The Thugs • Herron Lepper • nf
186 • Marooned • J. G. Lockhart • nf
191 • The Disappearance of Bathurst • S. Baring-Gould • nf
207 • Smuggling Hashish • Henry de Monfried • nf
219 • The Celestial Fire • John V. Trevor • ss
229 • The Snail-Telegraph • S. Baring-Gould • nf
238 • A Caucasian Riding Lesson • Sergei Kournakoff • nf
257 • Queer Happenings • Margery Lawrence • nf
261 • The Tragedy of the Seven Hunters • J. G. Lockhart • nf
268 • The Murder of the Countess Goerlitz • S. Baring-Gould • nf
290 • Many Waters • Noel Martin • ss
306 • On “Thirsty” Island • Jack McLaren • nf
319 • Three Crusoes in Epping Forest • Daniel Defoe • nf
344 • The Case of the Poisoned Bun • Morris Markey • ss
348 • The Man in White • Andrew Lang • nf
351 • Gripped By an Iceberg • Francis K. Pease • nf
357 • The Ordeal of Philip Stanfield • William Roughead • nf
374 • Across the Australian Desert • Andrew Lang • nf
392 • In the Shadow of Death • De Valda • ss
399 • Queer Disappearances • Margery Lawrence • nf
405 • The Phantom Schooner • Richard Huson • ss
414 • Some English Eccentrics • John Timbs • nf
456 • The Dark Age Killer • Edwin T. Woodhall • nf
473 • Si Urag of the Tail • Oscar Cook • ss Hutchinson’s Adventure-Story Magazine Jan ’23
488 • The Night of Witchcraft • Rafael Sabatini • ss
505 • The Hell-Fire Monks of Medmenham • Eric Bennett • nf
518 • When Glister Walked • Oscar Cook • ss Weird Tales Mar ’27
533 • Waltz Before Twilight • Nigel Straight • ss
541 • Eastern Sorcery • Achmed Abdullah • nf
563 • Man or Woman • Harold Dearden • nf
574 • The Original Bluebeard • Harold Dearden • nf
583 • A Murderer in the Force • Harold Dearden • nf
592 • The Bogus Princess • Anon. • ss
595 • The Musselburgh Miracle • John May • nf
606 • The Mystery of the Floating Bodies • H. Ashton-Wolfe • ss
627 • The Mystery of the Orly Highway • H. Ashton-Wolfe • ss
644 • The Devil’s Hoofmarks • R. T. Gould • nf
656 • Vampires in the Philippines • R. T. Gould • nf
663 • Crime and the Supernatural • Edwin T. Woodhall • nf
Red Twilight/World’s End ed. Anon. (Starmont House 1-55742-215-X, Aug ’91, $10.95, 186pp, tp); Anthology of two short novels, “Red Twilight” by Harl Vincent and “World’s End” by Victor Rousseau; both originally appeared in Argosy. Edited by Robert Weinberg. A hardcover edition (-216-8, $20.95) was announced but not seen.

• Red Twilight • Harl Vincent • n. Argosy Sep 13 ’31 (+2)
• World’s End • Victor Rousseau • n. Argosy Jul 8 ’33 (+2)
Spawn of the Vampire ed. Anon. (London: Bear, Hudson 538, 1946, 1/6d, 80pp, pb); Although listed as a weird fiction anthology this booklet contains only the title story, by N. Wesley Firth, plus a crime story.

1 • Spawn of the Vampire! • N. Wesley Firth • nv *
42 • All Set for Murder • Frank Griffin • nv *
Ride the East Wind: Parables of Yesterday and Today ed. Edmund C. Berkeley (New York: Quadrangle 0-8129-0375-7, 1973, $6.95, 214pp, hc); A collection of over fifty parables, anecdotes, allegories and fables plus scores of quotations, proverbs and remarks. Only the full stories are listed.

1 • Introduction • Edmund C. Berkeley • in
• I: The Condition of Man
7 • Pandora and the Mysterious Box • H. A. Guerber • ss; from Myths of Greece and Rome (American Book Co., 1893).
10 • The Garden of Paradise • Hans Christian Andersen • ss
27 • The History of Doasyoulikes [from The Water Babies] • Charles Kingsley • ex Macmillan’s Aug, 1862-Mar 1863
33 • The Locksmith and the Stranger • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi Computers and Automation, 1958
35 • The Elephant and the Donkey • James Reston • vi Toronto Globe and Mail Oct 10 ’72
37 • Where That Superhighway Runs, There Used to be a Cornfield • Robert Redfield • ss; from a paper “Talk with a Stranger”, 1958.
48 • The Fire Squirrels • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
• II: On Flattery and Persuasion
55 • The Crow and the Fox • Jean de La Fontaine • vi, 1665
56 • The Visitor Who Got a Lot for Three Dollars • George Ade • ss Fables in Slang, Herbert S. Stow, 1900
59 • The Cuckoo and the Eagle • Ivan A. Kryloff • ss, 1809
59 • The Wind and the Sun • Aesop • vi
61 • The Lion in Love • Aesop • vi
63 • The Crow and the Mussel • Aesop & Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
65 • The Two Raccoons and the Button • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
• III: On Perseverance and Resourcefulness
69 • The Crow and the Pitcher • Aesop • vi
69 • Robert Bruce King of Scotland and the Spider • Sir Walter Scott • ex; from Tales of a Grandfather: Being the History of Scotland, 1827-29.
72 • Hannibal Mouse and the Other End of the World • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
82 • The Fly, the Spider, and the Hornet • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
• IV: Behavior - Moral and Otherwise
87 • A Small Wharf of Stones • Benjamin Franklin • nf The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, ed. John Bigelow, J.B. Lippincott, 1874
88 • The Three Bricklayers • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
89 • The Good Samaritan • St. Luke • ss ca., 33
90 • The Much Obliged, Dear Lord • Fulton Oursler • ss
94 • The Fisherman, the Farmer, and the Peddler • Edmund C. Berkeley • nf Modern Parables, New York: Doubleday, 1952
• The V: Problem of Truth
103 • On Being a Reasonable Creature • Benjamin Franklin • nf The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, ed. John Bigelow, J.B. Lippincott, 1874
104 • The Monkey and the Spectacles • Ivan A. Kryloff • vi
105 • The Golden Trumpets of Yap Yap • Mike Quin • vi Dangerous Thoughts, San Francisco, 1940
107 • The Barrels and the Pittsburgh Manufacturer • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
109 • The Empty Column • William J. Wiswesser • ss, 1950
113 • The Differences in Two Strains of Corn • Edgar Anderson • ss; from Plants, Man and Life, 1952.
116 • The Six Blind Men of Nepal • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
119 • The Sighting of a Whale • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
121 • The Stars and the Young Rabbit • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
123 • The Ocean of Truth • Sir Isaac Newton • nf, 1727
• VI: On Common Sense
127 • The Lark and her Young Ones • Aesop • vi
128 • The Bear and the Young Dog • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
129 • The Bear and the Young Calf • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
130 • The Bear and the Young Beaver • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
133 • The Wasps and the Honey Pot • Aesop & Sir Robert L’Estrange • vi
133 • The Six Day War and the Gulf of Dong • Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
137 • The Deceived Eagle • James Northcote • vi
138 • Missile Alarm from Grunelandt • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
143 • The National Security of Adularia • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
149 • Doomsday in St. Pierre, Martinique • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
• VII: Problem Solving
159 • The Wolf and the Dog of Sherwood • Aesop & Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
161 • The Three Earthworms • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
166 • The Hippopotamus and the Bricks • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
173 • The Cricket Who Made Music All Summer • Jean de la Fontaine & Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
176 • The Fox of Mt. Etna and the Grapes • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
180 • The Mice of Cambridge in Council • Aesop & Edmund C. Berkeley • vi
182 • Brer Badger’s old Motor Car That Would Not Go • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
184 • The First Climbing of the Highest Mountain in the World • Sir John Hunt & Edmund C. Berkeley • nf; Retold from The Conquest of Everest (Dutton, 1953).
194 • Princess Merribelle and the Evening Star • Edmund C. Berkeley • ss
209 • Notes • Misc. Material • bi
214 • Some Collections of Parables and Fables • Misc. Material • bi
The Creepy-Crawly Book ed. Lucy Berman (London: Tandem 0-426-10241-X, 1973, 166pp, pb); Mixture of fact and fiction aimed at the younger reader. Most of the contents are non-fiction or poems. Only fiction of note as “The Valley of Spiders” H. G. Wells, “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” Rudyard Kipling, and “The Squid” by Jules Verne.

15 • The Legend of Arachne • Lucy Berman • nf, 1973
18 • The Legend of Robert Bruce and the Spider • Sir Walter Scott • nf
21 • The Valley of Spiders • H. G. Wells • ss Pearson’s Magazine Mar ’03
36 • Good Company • Leonard Clark • ??
39 • The Legend of Cadmus • Thomas Bulfinch • nf
43 • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi • Rudyard Kipling • nv, 1894
68 • Old Rattler and the King Snake • David Starr Jordan • ss
73 • The Cobra • Ogden Nash • pm New Yorker Apr 11 ’31
74 • Worms and the Wind • Carl Sandburg • ??
77 • The Legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin • Lucy Berman • nf, 1973
82 • The Curse of Mouse Tower • Bernhardt J. Hurwood • ss
85 • The Mouse • Henry Williamson • ss
100 • The Vampire Bats • William Beebe • ??
103 • Rats • Joan Beadon • ??
104 • Bats • Randall Jarrell • ??
105 • The Mouse’s Tail • Lewis Carroll • ??
109 • The Scorpion • Richard Henwood • ??
113 • Wilhelmina • Gerald Durrell • ??
125 • The Ants • Hanns Heinz Ewers • ss
132 • The Ant • Ogden Nash • pm The Saturday Evening Post May 25 ’35
132 • The Termite • Ogden Nash • pm
135 • The Legends of the Kraken and the Hydra • Lucy Berman • nf, 1973
139 • The Squid [from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea] • Jules Verne • ex Paris: J. Hetzel, 1895
151 • The Octopus • Victor Hugo • ??
166 • The Kraken • Alfred Tennyson, Lord • pm
Classic Scottish Short Stories ed. Angus Black (London: New English Library 01243, 1973, 30p, 159pp, pb); 11 Scottish stories most with a flavour of the supernatural.

• The Sire de Malétroit’s Door • Robert Louis Stevenson • nv Temple Bar Jan, 1878
• Markheim • Robert Louis Stevenson • ss The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Christmas Annual, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: Fisher Unwin, 1886
• Wandering Willie’s Tale [from Redgauntlet] • Sir Walter Scott • ex London: Constable, 1824
• The Two Drovers • Sir Walter Scott • nv Chronicles of the Canongate, Cadell & Co., 1827
• The Wow O’Rivven [“The Bell”] • George Macdonald • ss Good Words, 1864
• The Haunted Ships • Allan Cunningham • ss The London Magazine Nov, 1821
• How We Got Up the Glenmutchkin Railway and How We Got Out of It • W. E. Aytoun • ??
• A Legend of ’45 • Charles Gibbon • ??
• The Lammas Preaching • S. R. Crockett • ??
• A Dream of Death • James Hogg • ss
• The Man in the Bell [err William Maginn] • W. E. Aytoun • ss Blackwood’s Nov, 1821

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