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Ackermanthology: Millennium Edition ed. Forrest J Ackerman (Sense of Wonder Press, September 2000, 0-918736-25-0, $14.95, 302pp, tp, an, cover by Anton Brzezinski)     Reprint (General Publishing Group 1997) anthology of 65 stories, with introduction by John Landis. This “Millennium Edition” is dated 2000, but was not seen until now.

Best Science Fiction for 1973 ed. Forrest J Ackerman (Ace, June 1973, 91360, $1.25, 268pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Forrest J Ackerman · in 16 · A Thing of Beauty · Norman Spinrad · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1973 36 · What We Learned from This Morning’s Newspaper · Robert Silverberg · ss Infinity Four ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972 56 · Seventy Years of Decpop · Philip José Farmer · na Galaxy Science Fiction July/August 1972 118 · The Shape of Science Fiction to Come · Frederik Pohl · ar Speculation Autumn 1972, as “The Most Controversial Speech at Chessmancon” 127 · Getting Together · Milton A. Rothman · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March/April 1972 146 · By the Time I Get to Phoenix · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Infinity Four ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1972 156 · Forever and Amen · Robert Bloch · ss And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ed. Roger Elwood, Chilton, 1972 178 · Ersatz Eternal · A. E. van Vogt · nv The Book of van Vogt by A. E. van Vogt, DAW, 1972 184 · The Merchants of Venus [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · na Worlds of If July/August 1972 268 · Afterword · Forrest J Ackerman · aw

Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends PLUS ed. Forrest J Ackerman (Sense of Wonder Press, May 2002, 0-918736-26-9, $14.95, 205pp, tp, an, cover by Neil Austin)     Expanded version of Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends (Powell, 1969); this adds seven stories to the original. xi · Introduction · Forrest J Ackerman · in Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969 3 · Earth’s Lucky Day · Francis Flagg & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Wonder Stories March/April 1936 19 · Dwellers in the Dust · Forrest J Ackerman · ss Fantasy Book #4, 1948 26 · Micro Man · Forrest J Ackerman · ss Specula 1941, as “Me and the Mite” by Carl F. Burk 33 · A Martian Oddity · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Marvel Science Stories November 1950, as “Behind the Ate Ball: A Martian Oddity”, uncredited. 36 · Confessions of a Science Fiction Addict · Forrest J Ackerman · ar After Hours v1 #4, 1957 43 · The Big Sleep · Forrest J Ackerman · ms Other Worlds Science Stories May 1950 44 · Metropolis Über Alles · Forrest J Ackerman · ar 1963 47 · Burn Witch, Burn! · Forrest J Ackerman · ar Sex & Censorship v1 #2, 1958 [Ref. Rosaleen Norton] 51 · And Then the Cover Was Bare · Forrest J Ackerman · ss Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969 54 · The Lure and Lore of The Blind Spot · Forrest J Ackerman · ar 1951 57 · Task of the Temponaut · Norbert F. Novotny & Van Del Rio · vi Perry Rhodan #33, 1973, as by Norbert F. Novotny 59 · Yvala [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore & Amaryllis Ackerman · nv Weird Tales February 1936, as by C. L. Moore 85 · The Cosmic Kidnappers · Christian Vallini & S. F. Balboa · vi 1993 86 · The Girl Who Wasn’t There · Tigrina, William F. Nolan, Charles E. Fritch & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Gamma #1, 1963, as by Forrest J Ackerman rewritten by Charles E. Fritch and William F. Nolan from “The Lady Takes a Powder”, Inside 1953. the bulk of the original story was written by Tigrina while Ackerman wrote the ending. 90 · The Lady Takes a Powder · Tigrina & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Inside 1953, as by Forrest J Ackerman 95 · The Atomic Monument · Theodore Sturgeon & Forrest J Ackerman · vi Fantasticonglomeration revised from “Memorial” Astounding Apr ’46. 97 · Nyusa, Nymph of Darkness [Northwest Smith] · Catherine L. Moore & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Fantasy Magazine April 1935, as “Nymph of Darkness” 114 · Time to Change · Forrest J Ackerman & Marcial Souto · vi 1968, as “Mirror Image” 116 · Great Gog’s Grave · Forrest J Ackerman & Donald A. Wollheim · ss Fantasy Book December 1981 120 · The Naughty Venusienne · Otis Kaye & Morgan Ives · ss (r) 124 · The Time Twister · Francis Flagg & Weaver Wright · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1947 132 · Dhactwhu!—Remember? · Forrest J Ackerman & Robert A. W. Lowndes · nv Super Science Stories April 1949, as by Wilfred Owen Morley & Jacques DeForest Erman 150 · Tarzan and the Golden Loin · Forrest J Ackerman · ss V 1948 155 · Count Down to Doom · Forrest J Ackerman & Charles Nuetzel · vi Famous Monsters of Filmland 1966 157 · The Far-Out Philosopher of Science Fiction · Forrest J Ackerman · ar 1949 159 · Laugh, Clone, Laugh · Forrest J Ackerman & A. E. van Vogt · ss Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969 164 · When Frighthood Was in Flower… · Forrest J Ackerman · ar Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969 175 · The Record · Forrest J Ackerman & Ray Bradbury · ss Futuria Fantasia Summer 1939, as by Forrest J Ackerman 180 · The Man Who Was Thirsty · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969 182 · The House in the Twilight Zone · Forrest J Ackerman · ar Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969 190 · The Radclyffe Effect · Forrest J Ackerman · ss 1969 revised from “Mundo de Soledad” Los Cuentos Fantasticos July 8 ’48. 195 · Letter to an Angel · Forrest J Ackerman · ss Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends by Forrest J. Ackerman, Powell, 1969

The Gernsback Awards Vol. 1, 1926 ed. Forrest J Ackerman (Triton Books, 1982, 0-943958-01-6, hc, an) i · “Retroactive Hugos” · Forrest J Ackerman · pr 3 · The Coming of the Ice · G. Peyton Wertenbaker · ss Amazing Stories June 1926 17 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 33 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 49 · The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika · Curt Siodmak; translated by C. A. Brandt · ss Amazing Stories July 1926 59 · The Metal Giants · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales December 1926 83 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited. 107 · The Thing from—“Outside” · George Allan England · ss Science and Invention April 1923 127 · The Mad Planet [Burl] · Murray Leinster · na Argosy June 12 1920 179 · The Moon Metal · Garrett P. Serviss · na Harper, 1900 247 · Beyond the Pole · A. Hyatt Verrill · na Amazing Stories October 1926 (+1)

Gosh! Wow! (Sense of Wonder) Science Fiction ed. Forrest J Ackerman (Bantam, January 1982, 0-553-20187-5, $3.50, 563pp, pb, an) xi · In the Beginning (The First Decade) · Forrest J Ackerman · in xvii · [letter from San Francisco, CA] · Forrest J Ackerman · lt Science Wonder Quarterly Fall 1929 4 · Out Around Rigel · Robert H. Wilson · nv Astounding Stories December 1931 23 · [letter from San Francisco, CA] · Forrest J Ackerman · lt Astounding Stories February 1934 26 · Born of the Sun · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Stories March 1934 66 · A Eulogy to Mr. Hamilton · Mortimer Weisinger · lt Astounding Stories November 1932 67 · The Eternal Cycle · Edmond Hamilton · ss Wonder Stories March 1935 75 · An Interview with Florence Bothner · [uncredited] · ex Fantasy Magazine February/March 1935 [Ref. Florence Bothner] 77 · The Roger Bacon Formula · Irvin Lester & Fletcher Pratt · ss Amazing Stories January 1929 93 · The Thoughts of Robert H. Anglin · Robert H. Anglin · lt Wonder Stories January/February 1936 95 · The Need of Science Fiction · Dave Portigal · lt Science Wonder Stories December 1929 95 · C.H. Osbourne’s Ideas · C. H. Osbourne · lt Amazing Stories October 1929 97 · A Baby on Neptune · Clare Winger Harris & Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · nv Amazing Stories December 1929 123 · Inflexure · Horace L. Gold · nv Astounding Stories October 1934, as by Clyde Crane Campbell 167 · Futility · Captain S. P. Meek · nv Amazing Stories July 1929 190 · The Cubic City · Rev. Louis Tucker · nv Science Wonder Stories September 1929 210 · Fantastic Fiction Has Its Place! · Haskell Benton · lt Astounding Stories February 1936 211 · A Missive About a Missile · Willis Conover, Jr. · lt Astounding Stories February 1936 211 · A Critic Criticized · Joseph A. Vernon · lt Amazing Stories October 1929 213 · The Prince of Liars · L. Taylor Hansen · nv Amazing Stories October 1930 258 · The Ship That Turned Aside · Green Peyton · nv Amazing Stories March 1930, as by G. Peyton Wertenbaker 289 · Bad Dreams · Donald H. Green · lt Wonder Stories October 1935 290 · The Author Speaks · W. Varick Nevins, III · lt Wonder Stories June 1935 293 · The Emotion Meter · W. Varick Nevins, III · ss Wonder Stories January 1935 301 · The Face in the Abyss [Nicholas Graydon] · A. Merritt · na Argosy Allstory Weekly September 8 1923 382 · An Autobiographical Sketch of Stanley G. Weinbaum · Stanley G. Weinbaum · bg Fantasy Magazine June 1935 387 · The Red Peri · Stanley G. Weinbaum · na Astounding Stories November 1935 438 · The Eternal Man [Herbert Zulerich] · D. D. Sharp · ss Science Wonder Stories August 1929 447 · [letter] · Forrest J Ackerman · lt Wonder Stories April 1935 451 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934 489 · Nymph of Darkness [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Fantasy Magazine April 1935 503 · The “NYMPH” o’ ManiAck · Forrest J Ackerman · ar Shangri-La January 1948 506 · In a Martian Mood · Ulysses G. Mihalakis · lt Science Wonder Stories December 1929 510 · “Twilight” Lit Him Up · Ramon Alvarez F. del Rey · lt Astounding Stories March 1935; given as by Ramon F. Alvarez-del Ray. 511 · Twilight [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories November 1934, as by Don A. Stuart 532 · The End of the World · Ralph Milne Farley · pm Science Fiction Digest July 1933 534 · Omega · Amelia Reynolds Long · ss Amazing Stories July 1932 549 · Interview with Harry Bates · Julius Schwartz & Mortimer Weisinger · ex Science Fiction Digest February 1933, as “Harry Bates Interview” 555 · A Scientist Rises · Harry Bates & Desmond W. Hall · ss Astounding Stories November 1932, as by Desmond W. Hall 563 · Poe Script · Forrest J Ackerman · aw

Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder ed. Forrest J Ackerman (Sense of Wonder Press, August 2001, 0-918736-36-6, $23.95, 555pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 35 stories and one poem with colors in their titles. Authors include Robert W. Chambers, Brad Linaweaver, and Ray Cummings. Introduction by Anne Hardin. ix · Introduction · Anne Hardin · in 1 · Black Absolute · H. L. Gold · ss Captain Future Fall 1940 5 · Black Harvest of Moraine · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales January 1950 31 · Black Butterflies · Elmer Brown Mason · nv All-Story Weekly June 24 1916 73 · Black Curtains · G. Frederick Montefiore · ss Weird Tales March 1925 79 · The Black Stone Statue · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales December 1937 89 · Gray Ghouls · Bassett Morgan · nv Weird Tales July 1927 107 · Up in Smoke · Tigrina · ss 2001; dated July 1946. 117 · The Brown Moccasin · David Baxter · ss Weird Tales February 1925 125 · The Purple Cincture · H. Thompson Rich · ss Weird Tales August 1925 133 · The Violet Death · Gustav Meyrink; translated by Roy Temple House · ss Weird Tales July 1935 translated from the German (“Der violette Tod”, Simplicissimus May 20, 1902). 139 · Once in a Blue Moon · Harl Vincent · nv Amazing Stories Quarterly Winter 1932 161 · The Blue Room · Gordon Philip England · ss Weird Tales November 1936 171 · The Weird Green Eyes of Sari · Margaret McBride Hoss · ss Weird Tales March 1925 179 · The Green Monster · Arthur Macom · ss Weird Tales July 1928 193 · The Man in the Green Coat · Eli Colter · nv Weird Tales August 1928 213 · The Eighth Green Man · G. G. Pendarves · ss Weird Tales March 1928 227 · When the Green Star Waned [Venhez] · Nictzin Dyalhis · nv Weird Tales April 1925 247 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 263 · Yellow Imagicide · Brad Linaweaver · ss Clownface by Brad Linaweaver, Pulpless.Com, 1999, as “Imagicide” 267 · The Golden Whistle · Eli Colter · nv Weird Tales January 1928 289 · The Golden Chalice · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales July 1940 299 · The Girl in the Golden Atom [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · na All-Story Weekly March 15 1919 341 · The Golden Girl of Munan [Thelda] · Harl Vincent · nv Amazing Stories June 1928 375 · Executing a Pirouette in Orange · Brad Linaweaver · ss Clownface by Brad Linaweaver, Pulpless.Com, 1999, as “Executing a Pirouette for Belphegor” 381 · The Orange God · Nat Schachner · nv Astounding Stories October 1933, as by Walter Glamis 399 · The Red Plague · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Wonder Stories July 1930 413 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927 421 · The Red God Laughed · Thorp McClusky · ss Weird Tales April 1939 427 · Discord in Scarlet [Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction December 1939 457 · Scarlet Dream [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales May 1934 477 · Lover in Scarlet · Harold Lawlor · ss Weird Tales January 1949 483 · The White Lady · Dorothy Quick · ss Weird Tales January 1942 501 · The White Vampire · Arlton Eadie · ss Weird Tales September 1928 515 · The White Wizard · Sophie Wenzel Ellis · nv Weird Tales September 1929 541 · The Rainbow Jade · Gardner F. Fox · ss Weird Tales September 1949 555 · A Résumé of Rays · Forrest J. Ackerman · pm Unusual Stories May/June 1935; revised.

Reel Future ed. Forrest J Ackerman & Jean Stine (SFBC, August 1994, #03719, $12.98, 538pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 16 stories that became movies. This edition predates the trade edition. ix · Introduction · Forrest J Ackerman & Jean Stine · in 1 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 15 · Herbert West—Reanimator · H. P. Lovecraft · gp (r), as “Grewsome Tales” _ · From the Dark · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew February 1922 _ · The Plague Demon · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew March 1922 _ · Six Shots by Moonlight · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew April 1922 _ · The Scream of the Dead · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew May 1922 _ · The Horror from the Shadows · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew June 1922 _ · The Tomb-Legions · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Home Brew July 1922 41 · Armageddon—2419 A.D. [Anthony “Buck” Rogers] · Philip Francis Nowlan · na Amazing Stories August 1928 97 · Who Goes There? · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as by Don A. Stuart 146 · Farewell to the Master · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940 180 · This Island Earth [Cal Meacham] · Raymond F. Jones · n. Shasta, 1952 300 · The Illustrated Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Esquire July 1950 311 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 320 · Seventh Victim [Victim] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953 333 · The Racer · Ib Melchior · ss Escapade October 1956 343 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 translated from the French (“La mouche”, Nouvelles de l’anti-monde, Robert Laffont, 1962). 372 · Eight O’Clock in the Morning · Ray Faraday Nelson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 377 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 396 · Damnation Alley · Roger Zelazny · na Galaxy Science Fiction October 1967 472 · Enemy Mine [Dracon] · Barry B. Longyear · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1979 527 · Air Raid · John Varley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Spring 1977, as by Herb Boehm

Reel Future ed. Forrest J Ackerman & Jean Stine (Barnes & Noble, September 1994, 1-56619-450-4, $9.98, 538pp, hc, an)     Reprint (SFBC 1994) anthology of 16 stories that became classic SF films. An instant remainder edition.