The Puffin Book of Science Fiction ed. Nicholas Fisk (Viking UK, April 25, 1993, 0-670-83966-3, £8.99, 151pp, hc, an, cover by George Smith)
Anthology of 12 sf stories and extracts aimed at a teenage audience.
- 1 · Introduction · Nicholas Fisk · in
- 4 · The Clipper of the Clouds · Jules Verne · ms (r); this contains an illustration for, and brief introduction to, the Jules Verne novel of this title, but does not include any of the novel itself.
- 6 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1898
- 16 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Magazine November 1913
- 22 · The Space Merchants [Space Merchants] · Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · ex Ballantine, 1953
- 29 · Captain Courage and the Rose Street Gang · Jan Mark · ex Out of Time ed. Aidan Chambers, The Bodley Head, 1984
- 47 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961
- 58 · Confluence · Brian Aldiss · ex Punch August 30 1967
- 60 · Of Polymuf Stock [The Prince in Waiting] · John Christopher · nv Young Winter’s Tales 2 ed. M. R. Hodgkin, Macmillan UK, 1971
- 77 · Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat · Ernest Bramah · ex Richards Press, 1928
- 79 · The Holy Bible · [uncredited] · ex (r)
- 81 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 94 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950
- 105 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959
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