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The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, August 1949, $2.95, 314pp, hc)     SF anthology. 11 · Trends in Modern Science-Fiction · Melvin Korshak · in 1949 19 · Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr 1949 29 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 51 · Ex Machina [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 92 · The Strange Case of John Kingman · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 112 · Doughnut Jockey · Erik Fennel · ss The Blue Book Magazine May 1948 130 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fall 1948 132 · Period Piece · J. J. Coupling · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 141 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1948 154 · Genius · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1948 195 · And the Moon Be Still as Bright [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1948 226 · No Connection · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 250 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 292 · Happy Ending · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1948

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, August 1950, $2.95, 347pp, hc)     SF anthology. 9 · A Sort of Introduction · Vincent Starrett · in 1950 17 · Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr 1950 29 · Private Eye · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949, as by Lewis Padgett; given as by Henry Kuttner. 66 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949 85 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 96 · Eternity Lost · Clifford Simak · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1949 132 · Easter Eggs · Robert Spencer Carr · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949, as “Nightmare at Dawn” 173 · Opening Doors [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 218 · Five Years in the Marmalade · Robert W. Krepps · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1949, as by Geoffrey St. Reynard 237 · Dwellers in Silence [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1948, as “The Long Years” 253 · Mouse · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949 266 · Refuge for Tonight · Robert Moore Williams · nv The Blue Book Magazine March 1949 300 · The Life-Work of Professor Muntz · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949 316 · Flaw · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories January 1949 326 · The Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1949 343 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 1950

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1951 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, August 1951, $2.95, 351pp, hc)     SF anthology. 7 · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · in 21 · The Santa Claus Planet · Frank M. Robinson · nv 45 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · Reginald Bretnor · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Winter/Spring 1950 61 · The Mindworm · Cyril Kornbluth · ss Worlds Beyond December 1950 76 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 85 · Not to Be Opened— · Roger Flint Young · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 125 · Process · A. E. van Vogt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1950 132 · Forget-Me-Not · William F. Temple · nv Other Worlds Science Stories September 1950 157 · Contagion · Katherine MacLean · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1950 188 · Trespass! · Poul Anderson & Gordon Dickson · ss Fantastic Story Quarterly Spring 1950 208 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention” 224 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 233 · Summer Wear [Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Startling Stories May 1950 250 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 254 · The Fox in the Forest · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950, as “To the Future” 270 · The Last Martian · Fredric Brown · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1950 279 · The New Reality · Charles L. Harness · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1950 319 · Two Face · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1950 338 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, August 1952, $2.95, 284pp, hc)     SF anthology. 7 · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · in 1952 21 · The Other Side · Walter Kubilius · ss Super Science Stories April 1951, as “Eternal Earthling” 38 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 47 · The Marching Morons · Cyril Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951 81 · A Peculiar People · Betsy Curtis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 97 · Extending the Holdings · David Grinnell · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 102 · The Tourist Trade · Wilson Tucker · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951, as by Bob Tucker 113 · The Two Shadows · William F. Temple · nv Startling Stories March 1951 140 · Balance [Max Larkin] · John Christopher · ss New Worlds #9, Spring 1951 159 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 166 · Witch War · Richard Matheson · ss Startling Stories July 1951 172 · At No Extra Cost · Peter Phillips · ss Marvel Science Fiction August 1951 190 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 196 · Appointment in Tomorrow · Fritz Leiber · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1951 225 · The Rats · Arthur Porges · ss Man’s World February 1951 235 · Men of the Ten Books · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories March 1951 258 · Generation of Noah · William Tenn · ss Suspense Magazine Spring 1951, as “The Quick and the Bomb” 271 · Dark Interlude · Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951 280 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter August 7 1951 286 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 1952

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, September 1953, $3.50, 279pp, hc)     SF anthology. 7 · Editors’ Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr 11 · Trematode, a Critique of Modern Science-Fiction · Alfred Bester · ar 23 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 28 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 53 · Counter-Transference · William F. Temple · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1952 76 · The Conqueror · Mark Clifton · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1952 85 · Machine · John W. Jakes · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 89 · The Middle of the Week After Next · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1952 106 · The Dreamer · Alfred Coppel · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 111 · The Moon Is Green · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 128 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952 151 · Command Performance · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 170 · Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1952 198 · Game for Blondes · John D. MacDonald · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1952 208 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 229 · Lover, When You’re Near Me · Richard Matheson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952 255 · Fast Falls the Eventide · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 277 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, November 1954, $3.50, 316pp, hc)     SF anthology. 9 · Editors’ Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr 1954 13 · Icon of the Imagination · Fritz Leiber · in 1954 19 · DP! · Jack Vance · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader April 1953 41 · The Big Holiday · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953 50 · The Collectors · G. Gordon Dewey & Max Dancey · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953 65 · One in Three Hundred [Bill Easson] · J. T. McIntosh · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 108 · Wonder Child · Joseph Shallit · nv Fantastic January/February 1953 136 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 159 · The Model of a Judge · William Morrison · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1953 172 · The Last Day · Richard Matheson · ss Amazing Stories April/May 1953 190 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 217 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 249 · Yankee Exodus · Ruth M. Goldsmith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 262 · What Thin Partitions [Ralph Kennedy] · Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1953 298 · A Bad Day for Sales · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 309 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 1954 313 · Index, the Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949-1954 · [uncredited] · ix 1954

Best “Thinking Machine” Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Jacques Futrelle.

Category Phoenix ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1955, 9/6d, 192pp, hc)     Anthology of 3 stories from Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 (Frederick Fell, 1953). 9 · Firewater · William Tenn · na Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 83 · Category Phoenix · Boyd Ellanby · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952 139 · Surface Tension [Lavon] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1952

Classic Ghost Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler--- see under Anon..

Eight Dime Novels ed. E. F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1974, 0-486-22975-0, $3.50, 190pp, tp, cover by Theodore Menten) vi · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms 1974 vii · Introduction · E. F. Bleiler · in 1974 1 · The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House · Francis W. Doughty · nv (r) 33 · Frank James on the Trail · [uncredited] · ss (r) 47 · Scylla, the Sea Robber; or, Nick Carter and the Queen of Sirens · Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey · nv (r) 77 · Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills · Edward J. Wheeler · nv Beadle’s Half Dime Library October 15 1877 91 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood · Colonel Prentiss Ingraham · ss (r) 107 · The Huge Hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies · Edward S. Ellis · ss (r) 123 · Frank Merriwell’s Nobility, or The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp · William George Patten · nv (r) 157 · Adrift in New York, or Dodger and Florence Braving the World · Horatio Alger, Jr. · nv (r)

Five Victorian Ghost Novels ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover, 1971, xiv+421pp, tp)     Ghost anthology. v · Introduction to the Dover Edition · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1971 1 · The Uninhabited House · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875 113 · The Amber Witch · Wilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon · n. 1844 translated from the German (Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe, 1843). 245 · Monsieur Maurice · Amelia B. Edwards · na Hurst and Blackett, 1873 297 · The Phantom Lover · Vernon Lee · na Blackwood, 1886 341 · The Ghost of Guir House · Charles Willing Beale · na Editor Publishing, 1897

Frontiers in Space ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Bantam, April 1955, 1328, 25¢, 166pp, pb)     Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951-1953. 1 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention” 15 · Process · A. E. van Vogt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1950 21 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 29 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 37 · The Fox in the Forest · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950, as “To the Future” 51 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 56 · Dark Interlude · Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951 63 · Generation of Noah · William Tenn · ss Suspense Magazine Spring 1951, as “The Quick and the Bomb” 74 · The Rats · Arthur Porges · ss Man’s World February 1951 83 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 105 · The Moon Is Green · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 120 · Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1952 144 · Machine · John W. Jakes · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 148 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952

The Golem and The Man Who Was Born Again ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1976, 0-486-23327-8, $4.50, xxxvi+412pp, tp)     Omnibus of two German supernatural novels with a new introduction. iii · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1976 1 · The Golem · Gustav Meyrink; translated by Madge Pemberton · n. Houghton Mifflin, 1928 translated from the German (Der Golem, 1914). 191 · The Man Who Was Born Again · Paul Busson; translated by Prince Mirski & Thomas Moult · n. Heinemann, 1927 translated from the German (Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte, 1921).

Great Cases of the Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Jacques Futrelle.

Imagination Unlimited ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952, $3.50, xiv+430pp, hc)     SF anthology. ix · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · in 1952 7 · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 42 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling 59 · Blind Man’s Buff · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1944 95 · Pressure · Ross Rocklynne · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1939 119 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 146 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934 201 · Alas, All Thinking! · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Stories June 1935 248 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 298 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon 327 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 356 · Hold Back Tomorrow · Kris Neville · ss Imagination September 1951 370 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 395 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Imagination Unlimited ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1953, 8/6d, 185pp, hc)     Contains the first 6 Stories of the American version, remainder in Men of Space and Time. · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling · Blind Man’s Buff · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1944 · Pressure · Ross Rocklynne · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1939 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934

Imagination Unlimited ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Berkley, April 1959, 35¢, 172pp, pb, cover by Richard Powers)     Anthology of 3 stories from the US hardback edition. 5 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling 14 · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 42 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 83 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon 101 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 124 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 144 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951