Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections

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Galactic Empires Volume One ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-77108-6, 1976, hc) An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures. US edition: St. Martin’s 1977. viii · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in A Sense of Perspective · Brian W. Aldiss · si 6 · Been a Long, Long Time · R. A. Lafferty · ss Fantastic Dec 1970 14 · The Possessed · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Dynamic Science Fiction Mar 1953 20 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Mar 1951 23 · All the Way Back · Michael Shaara · ss Astounding Jul 1952 ‘Wider Still and Wider...’ · Brian W. Aldiss · si 60 · The Star Plunderer · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Sep 1952 90 · Foundation [Foundation] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding May 1942 127 · We’re Civilized · Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides · ss Galaxy Aug 1953 Horses in the Starship Hold · Brian W. Aldiss · si 146 · The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal · Cordwainer Smith · ss Amazing May 1964 165 · The Rebel of Valkyr · Alfred Coppel · nv Planet Stories Fll 1950 215 · Brightness Falls from the Air [contest story] · Idris Seabright · ss F&SF Apr 1951 223 · Immigrant · Clifford D. Simak · na Astounding Mar 1954 The Health Service in the Skies · Brian W. Aldiss · si 289 · Resident Physician [Sector General] · James White · nv New Worlds Sep 1961 318 · Age of Retirement · Mal Lynch · ss Astounding Apr 1954 325 · Planting Time · Pete Adams & Charles Nightingale · ss Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies, ed. Philip Strick, London: Hutchinson 1975

Galactic Empires Volume Two ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-77223-6, 1976, hc) An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures US edition: St. Martin’s 1977. vi · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 1 · ‘You Can’t Impose Civilization by Force’ · Brian W. Aldiss · si 8 · Escape to Chaos · John D. MacDonald · na Super Science Stories Jun 1951 55 · Concealment [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Sep 1943 72 · To Civilize · Algis Budrys · ss Future Jan 1954 82 · Beep · James Blish · nv Galaxy Feb 1954 123 · The Other End of the Stick · Brian W. Aldiss · si 126 · Down the River · Mack Reynolds · ss Startling Stories Sep 1950 135 · The Bounty Hunter · Avram Davidson · ss Fantastic Universe Mar 1958 141 · Not Yet the End · Fredric Brown · vi Captain Future Win 1941 145 · All Things Are Cyclic · Brian W. Aldiss · si 150 · Tonight the Stars Revolt! · Gardner F. Fox · nv Planet Stories Mar 1952 192 · Final Encounter · Harry Harrison · nv Galaxy Apr 1964 215 · Big Ancestors and Descendants · Brian W. Aldiss · si 219 · Lord of a Thousand Suns · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Sep 1951 251 · Big Ancestor · F. L. Wallace · nv Galaxy Nov 1954 278 · The Interlopers · Roger Dee · ss Astounding Sep 1954 296 · Epilogue · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Introducing Science Fiction ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Faber and Faber, 1964, hc) Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in The Edge of the Sea · Algis Budrys · ss Venture Mar 1958 Trouble with Time · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1960, as “Crime on Mars”; F&SF Jun 1961 Time in Advance · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Aug 1956 Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Jun 1944 Gesture of Farewell · Brian W. Aldiss · nv New Worlds Jul 1957 The Immortal Bard · Isaac Asimov · vi Universe May 1954 The Cave · P. Schuyler Miller · nv Astounding Jan 1943 A Start in Life · Arthur Sellings · nv Galaxy Sep 1954 The Happy Man · Gerald W. Page · nv Analog Mar 1963 I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Mar 1954 It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953 The Garden of Time · J. G. Ballard · ss F&SF Feb 1962 Glossary · [Misc.] · ms Recommended Reading · [Misc.] · bi

More Penguin Science Fiction ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Penguin, 1963, 3/6, 236pp, pb) Also in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus. 9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 15 · The Monkey Wrench · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Astounding Aug 1951 27 · The First Men · Howard Fast · na F&SF Feb 1960 58 · Counterfeit · Alan E. Nourse · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1952 80 · The Greater Thing · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Feb 1954 103 · Built Up Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Win 1949, as “The Universal Panacea”; F&SF Fll 1950 114 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future May 1953 132 · An Alien Agony · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Sep 1962, as “The Streets of Ashkelon” 148 · The Tunnel Under the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Jan 1955 181 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy Sep 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire” 188 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec 1956 202 · Pyramid · Robert Abernathy · nv Astounding Jul 1954 230 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review Dec 1948

Penguin Science Fiction ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Penguin, 1961, 3/6, 236pp, pb) Also in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus. 9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 15 · Sole Solution · Eric Frank Russell · vi Fantastic Universe Apr 1956 18 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv F&SF May 1953 51 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput Nov 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own” 58 · Skirmish · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Dec 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!” 82 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&SF Apr 1958 90 · Grandpa · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Feb 1955 117 · The Half Pair · A. Bertram Chandler · ss New Worlds Nov 1957 123 · Command Performance · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Galaxy Nov 1952 145 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep 1941 180 · The Snowball Effect · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Sep 1952 197 · The End of Summer · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Nov 1954 230 · Track 12 · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Apr 1958

The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Penguin 0-14-00-3145-6, 1973, 60p, 616pp, pb) 11 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in Penguin Science Fiction · an Penguin 1961 15 · Sole Solution · Eric Frank Russell · vi Fantastic Universe Apr 1956 18 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv F&SF May 1953 46 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput Nov 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own” 52 · Skirmish · Clifford Simak · ss Amazing Dec 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!” 72 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&SF Apr 1958 79 · Grandpa · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Feb 1955 102 · The Half Pair · Bertram Chandler · ss New Worlds Nov 1957 107 · Command Performance · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Galaxy Nov 1952 126 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep 1941 156 · The Snowball Effect · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Sep 1952 170 · The End of Summer · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Nov 1954 197 · Track 12 · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Apr 1958 More Penguin Science Fiction · an Penguin 1963 203 · The Monkey Wrench · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Astounding Aug 1951 215 · The First Men · Howard Fast · na F&SF Feb 1960 245 · Counterfeit · Alan E. Nourse · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1952 268 · The Greater Thing · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Feb 1954 292 · Built Up Logically · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Win 1949, as “The Universal Panacea”; F&SF Fll 1950 303 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future May 1953 321 · An Alien Agony · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Sep 1962, as “The Streets of Ashkelon” 337 · The Tunnel Under the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Jan 1955 370 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy Sep 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire” 377 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec 1956 391 · Pyramid · Robert Abernathy · nv Astounding Jul 1954 419 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review Dec 1948 Yet More Penguin Science Fiction · an Penguin 1964 426 · The Wall Around the World · Theodore R. Cogswell · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep 1953 453 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Mar 1951 466 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Jun 1961 478 · The Rescuer · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Jul 1962 485 · I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Mar 1954 497 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss F&SF Feb 1956 511 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · C. M. Kornbluth · ss F&SF Jul 1957 523 · The Cage · Bertram Chandler · ss F&SF Jun 1957 536 · Eastward Ho! · William Tenn · ss F&SF Oct 1958 553 · The Windows of Heaven · John Brunner · ss New Worlds May 1956, as “Two by Two” 566 · Common Time · James Blish · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug 1953 588 · Fulfillment · A. E. van Vogt · nv New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt 1951

Perilous Planets ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-77354-2, 1978, hc) Also in pb (Avon Feb ’80). 9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 13 · “How Are They All on Deneb IV?” · C. C. Shackleton · ar Science Fiction Horizons #2 1965 1 Uninhabited Planets "...Because They’re There" 23 · Mouth of Hell · David I. Masson · ss New Worlds Jan 1966 35 · Brightside Crossing · Alan E. Nourse · nv Galaxy Jan 1956 57 · The Sack · William Morrison · ss Astounding Sep 1950 2 Inhabited Planets Whatever Answers the Door... 85 · The Monster · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Aug 1948 104 · The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss F&SF Mar 1953 115 · Grenville’s Planet · Michael Shaara · ss F&SF Oct 1952 128 · Beachhead · Clifford D. Simak · ss Fantastic Adventures Jul 1951, as “You’ll Never Go Home Again” 3 A Dash of Symbols No Names to the Rivers 155 · The Ark of James Carlyle · Cherry Wilder · ss New Writings in SF. 24, ed. Kenneth Bulmer, London: Sidgwick & Jackson 1974 173 · On the River · Robert F. Young · ss Fantastic Jan 1965 186 · Goddess in Granite · Robert F. Young · nv F&SF Sep 1957 211 · The Seekers · E. C. Tubb · ss New Writings in SF. 6, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1965 4 Mars and Venus Love and War 223 · When the People Fell · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Apr 1959 236 · The Titan [revised from serial begun in Marvel Tales #3, Win ’34] · P. Schuyler Miller · na The Titan, Fantasy Press: Reading, PA 1952 5 Becoming More Alien A Universal Home Truth 297 · Four in One · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Feb 1953 331 · The Age of Invention · Norman Spinrad · ss F&SF Jul 1966 337 · The Snowmen · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Dec 1959 345 · Schwartz Between the Galaxies · Robert Silverberg · ss Stellar #1, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine 1974 366 · Afterword · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Space Odysseys: A New Look at Yesterday’s Futures ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Futura 0-8600-7816-7, Dec ’74, 75p, 324pp, pb, cover by Eddie Jones) Also in hc (Weidenfeld & Nicolson Mar ’75). Pagination taken from US edition (Doubleday 1976). ix · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in SECTION I The Search for Knowledge 5 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 15 · Galactic Patrol [Lensmen] · Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. · ex Astounding Sep 1937 (+5) 25 · The Lake of the Gone Forever · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1949 59 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robot series] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Apr 1941 SECTION II The Search for Illusion 81 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv F&SF Sep 1953 103 · The Impossible Planet · Philip K. Dick · ss Imagination Oct 1953 113 · The Unfinished · Frank Belknap Long · ss Super Science Stories Apr 1951 SECTION III A Pinch of Otherness 129 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss F&SF Mar 1972 138 · The Empress of Mars · Ross Rocklynne · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1939 172 · I’m Going to Get You · F. M. Busby · ss Fantastic Mar 1974 SECTION IV “A human being is the smallest thing... 180 · Strange Exodus · Robert Abernathy · ss Planet Stories Fll 1950 193 · Star Ship · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Fll 1950 226 · To Each His Star · Bryce Walton · ss Space Science Fiction May 1952 238 · The Big Hunger · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Oct 1952 ENVOI 255 · Night Watch · James Inglis · ss New Writings in SF. 3, ed. John Carnell, London: Dobson 1965

Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Futura 0-8600-7058-1, Aug ’74, 50p, 324pp, pb, cover by Eddie Jones) Differs from Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition. Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in Is Everything an Illusion? · Brian W. Aldiss · si Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2, ed. Harry Harrison, Walker 1972 A Honeymoon in Space · George Griffith · ex Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1900 Tonight the Sky Will Fall! [Tarl Brent] · Daniel F. Galouye · na Imagination May 1952 "Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up..." · Brian W. Aldiss · si The Star of Life · Edmond Hamilton · ex Startling Stories Jan 1947 After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Oct 1962 Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Jun 1956 Exile Is Our Lot · Brian W. Aldiss · si The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars” All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss F&SF Mar 1954 The Mitr · Jack Vance · ss Vortex Science Fiction #1 1953 The Godlike Machines · Brian W. Aldiss · si The Storm [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Oct 1943 The Paradox Men · Charles L. Harness · ex Bouregy & Curl 1953; the novel The Paradox Men is an expanded version of “Flight Into Yestersay”, Startling Stories May 1949. Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If Mar 1954 The Last Question · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov 1956 The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales Oct 1927 Breaking Point · James E. Gunn · na Space Science Fiction Mar 1953 Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton 1954 Envoi · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Nov ’74, hc) Contents differ from the earlier Futura edition. US editions: Doubleday 1975 (hc) and Berkley Mar ’77 (pb). ix · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 1 · Is Everything an Illusion? · Brian W. Aldiss · si 5 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2, ed. Harry Harrison, Walker 1972 11 · A Honeymoon in Space · George Griffith · ex Pearson’s Magazine Jan 1900 20 · Tonight the Sky Will Fall! [Tarl Brent] · Daniel F. Galouye · na Imagination May 1952 93 · “Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up...” · Brian W. Aldiss · si 97 · The Star of Life · Edmond Hamilton · ex Startling Stories Jan 1947 115 · After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Oct 1962 129 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Jun 1956 145 · Exile Is Our Lot · Brian W. Aldiss · si 150 · Colony · Philip K. Dick · nv Galaxy Jun 1953 172 · The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars” 189 · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss F&SF Mar 1954 196 · The Mitr · Jack Vance · ss Vortex Science Fiction #1 1953 205 · The Godlike Machines · Brian W. Aldiss · si 210 · The Storm [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Oct 1943 248 · The Paradox Men · Charles L. Harness · ex Bouregy & Curl 1953; the novel The Paradox Men is an expanded version of “Flight Into Yestersay”, Startling Stories May 1949. 284 · Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If Mar 1954 290 · The Last Question · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov 1956 305 · Envoi · Brian W. Aldiss · aw