Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections

Contents Lists

Previous — Issue/Checklist Index — Table-of-Contents

    A Medicine for Melancholy Ray Bradbury (Doubleday, 1959, $3.75, 240pp, hc)
    Also in Twice 22. In England with some contents change as The Day It Rained Forever.
    • In a Season of Calm Weather · ss Playboy Jan 1957
    • The Dragon · vi Esquire Aug 1955
    • A Medicine for Melancholy · ss *
    • The End of the Beginning · ss Maclean’s Oct 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars”
    • The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 4 1958, as “The Magic White Suit”
    • Fever Dream · ss Weird Tales Sep 1948
    • The Marriage Mender · ss Collier’s Jan 22 1954
    • The Town Where No One Got Off · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1958
    • A Scent of Sarsaparilla · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953
    • Icarus Montgolfier Wright · ss F&SF May 1956
    • The Headpiece · ss Lilliput May 1958
    • Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1949, as “The Naming of Names”
    • The Smile · ss Fantastic Sum 1952
    • The First Night of Lent · ss Playboy Mar 1956
    • The Time of Going Away · ss The Reporter Nov 29 1956
    • All Summer in a Day · ss F&SF Mar 1954
    • The Gift · vi Esquire Dec 1952; Fantastic Jul 1959
    • The Great Collision of Monday Last · ss Contact #1 1958
    • The Little Mice · ss Escapade Oct 1955, as “The Mice”
    • The Shoreline at Sunset · ss F&SF Mar 1959
    • The Strawberry Window · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1954
    • The Day It Rained Forever · ss Harper’s Jul 1957

    The October Country Ray Bradbury (Ballantine, 1955, $3.50, 306pp, hc)
    • The Dwarf · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb 1954
    • The Next in Line · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar 1954
    • Skeleton · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945
    • The Jar · ss Weird Tales Nov 1944
    • The Lake · ss Weird Tales May 1944
    • The Emissary · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • Touched with Fire · ss Maclean’s Jun 1 1954, as “Shopping for Death”
    • The Small Assassin · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1946
    • The Crowd · ss Weird Tales May 1943
    • Jack-in-the-Box · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • The Scythe · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • Uncle Einar · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • The Wind · ss Weird Tales Mar 1943
    • The Man Upstairs · ss Harper’s Mar 1947
    • There Was an Old Woman · ss Weird Tales Jul 1944
    • The Cistern · ss Mademoiselle May 1947
    • Homecoming · ss Mademoiselle Oct 1946
    • The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone · ss Charm Jul 1954

    The October Country Ray Bradbury (Ace UK H422, 1961, 2/6, 142pp, pb)
    • The Dwarf · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb 1954
    • The Watchful Poker Chip of H. Matisse · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar 1954
    • Skeleton · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945
    • The Jar · ss Weird Tales Nov 1944
    • The Emissary · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • Touched with Fire · ss Maclean’s Jun 1 1954, as “Shopping for Death”
    • The Scythe · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • Uncle Einar · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • The Wind · ss Weird Tales Mar 1943
    • There Was an Old Woman · ss Weird Tales Jul 1944
    • Homecoming · ss Mademoiselle Oct 1946
    • The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone · ss Charm Jul 1954
    • The Traveller · ss Weird Tales Mar 1946

    Pillar of Fire and Other Plays Ray Bradbury (Bantam, Nov ’75, pb)
    • Introduction · in *
    • Pillar of Fire · pl *; adapted from Planet Stories Sum ’48.
    • Kaleidoscope · pl *; adapted from Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’49.
    • The Foghorn · pl *; adapted from The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 ’51.

    R Is for Rocket Ray Bradbury (Doubleday, Oct ’62, $2.95, 233pp, hc)
    • Introduction · in
    • R Is for Rocket · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Dec 1943, as “King of the Gray Spaces”
    • The End of the Beginning · ss Maclean’s Oct 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars”
    • The Fog Horn · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
    • The Rocket · ss Super Science Stories Mar 1950, as “Outcast of the Stars”
    • The Rocket Man · ss Maclean’s Mar 1 1951
    • The Golden Apples of the Sun · ss Planet Stories Nov 1953
    • A Sound of Thunder · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952
    • The Long Rain · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950, as “Death-by-Rain”
    • The Exiles · ss Maclean’s Sep 15 1949, as “The Mad Wizards of Mars”; F&SF Win 1950
    • Here There Be Tygers · ss New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt 1951
    • The Strawberry Window · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1954
    • The Dragon · vi Esquire Aug 1955
    • The Gift · vi Esquire Dec 1952; Fantastic Jul 1959
    • Frost and Fire · nv Planet Stories Fll 1946, as “The Creatures That Time Forgot”
    • Uncle Einar · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • The Time Machine · ss The Reporter Jun 2 1955, as “The Last, the Very Last”
    • The Sound of Summer Running · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 18 1956, as “Summer in the Air”

    Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury (Harrap 0-245-52746-X, 1975, hc)
    Edited by Anthony Adams.
    • 7 · Introduction · Anthony Adams · in
    • 11 · The Veldt · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made”
    • 29 · Let’s Play “Poison” · ss Weird Tales Nov 1946
    • 36 · Fever Dream · ss Weird Tales Sep 1948
    • 44 · Zero Hour · ss Planet Stories Fll 1947
    • 59 · The Fog Horn · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
    • 69 · A Sound of Thunder · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952
    • 85 · The Wind · ss Weird Tales Mar 1943
    • 98 · The Scythe · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • 116 · Marionettes, Inc. [Marionettes, Inc.] · ss Startling Stories Mar 1949
    • 126 · The Other Foot · ss New Story Magazine Mar 1951
    • 145 · The Pedestrian · ss The Reporter Aug 7 1951; F&SF Feb 1952
    • 151 · The Trolley · ss Good Housekeeping Jul 1955
    • 156 · The Smile · ss Fantastic Sum 1952
    • 163 · The Gift · vi Esquire Dec 1952; Fantastic Jul 1959
    • 166 · The Last Night of the World · ss Esquire Feb 1951
    • 171 · For Discussion · [Misc.] · ms
    • 179 · Ray Bradbury—His Work · [Misc.] · bi
    • 188 · Further Reading · [Misc.] · bi

    S Is for Space Ray Bradbury (Doubleday, Aug ’66, $3.50, 239pp, hc)
    • Introduction · in
    • Chrysalis · nv Amazing Jul 1946
    • Pillar of Fire · nv Planet Stories Sum 1948
    • Zero Hour · ss Planet Stories Fll 1947
    • The Man · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1949
    • Time in Thy Flight · ss Fantastic Universe Jun/Jul 1953
    • The Pedestrian · ss The Reporter Aug 7 1951; F&SF Feb 1952
    • Hail and Farewell · ss Today Mar 29 1953
    • Invisible Boy · ss Mademoiselle Nov 1945
    • Come Into My Cellar · ss Galaxy Oct 1962
    • The Million-Year Picnic · ss Planet Stories Sum 1946
    • The Screaming Woman · ss Today May 27 1951
    • The Smile · ss Fantastic Sum 1952
    • Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1949, as “The Naming of Names”
    • The Trolley · ss Good Housekeeping Jul 1955
    • The Flying Machine · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1953
    • Icarus Montgolfier Wright · ss F&SF May 1956

    The Small Assassin Ray Bradbury (Ace UK H521, 1962, 2/6, 144pp, pb)
    • 7 · The Small Assassin · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1946
    • 23 · The Next in Line · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • 52 · The Lake · ss Weird Tales May 1944
    • 58 · The Crowd · ss Weird Tales May 1943
    • 67 · Jack-in-the-Box · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • 82 · The Man Upstairs · ss Harper’s Mar 1947
    • 93 · The Cistern · ss Mademoiselle May 1947
    • 100 · The Tombstone · ss Weird Tales Mar 1945
    • 106 · The Smiling People · ss Weird Tales May 1946
    • 115 · The Handler · ss Weird Tales Jan 1947
    • 124 · Let’s Play “Poison” · ss Weird Tales Nov 1946
    • 129 · The Night · ss Weird Tales Jul 1946
    • 136 · The Dead Man · ss Weird Tales Jul 1945

    The Stories of Ray Bradbury Ray Bradbury (Knopf 0-394-51335-5, 1980, hc)
    • xi · Drunk, and In Charge of a Bicycle · in 1980
    • 3 · The Night · ss Weird Tales Jul 1946
    • 9 · Homecoming · ss Mademoiselle Oct 1946
    • 19 · Uncle Einar · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • 25 · The Traveller · ss Weird Tales Mar 1946
    • 36 · The Lake · ss Weird Tales May 1944
    • 41 · The Coffin · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Sep 1947, as “Wake for the Living”
    • 47 · The Crowd · ss Weird Tales May 1943
    • 55 · The Scythe · ss Weird Tales Jul 1943
    • 66 · There Was an Old Woman · ss Weird Tales Jul 1944
    • 76 · There Will Come Soft Rains · ss Collier’s May 6 1950
    • 81 · Mars Is Heaven! · ss Planet Stories Fll 1948
    • 94 · The Silent Towns · ss Charm Mar 1949
    • 102 · The Earth Men · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1948
    • 114 · The Off Season · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1948
    • 123 · The Million-Year Picnic · ss Planet Stories Sum 1946
    • 131 · The Fox and the Forest · ss Collier’s May 13 1950, as “To the Future”
    • 143 · Kaleidoscope · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1949
    • 150 · The Rocket Man · ss Maclean’s Mar 1 1951
    • 159 · Marionettes, Inc. [Marionettes, Inc.] · ss Startling Stories Mar 1949
    • 165 · No Particular Night or Morning · ss The Illustrated Man, Doubleday 1951
    • 173 · The City · ss Startling Stories Jul 1950, as “Purpose”
    • 179 · The Fire Balloons · ss Imagination Apr 1951, as “‘In This Sign...’”
    • 193 · The Last Night of the World · ss Esquire Feb 1951
    • 196 · The Veldt · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made”
    • 208 · The Long Rain · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950, as “Death-by-Rain”
    • 219 · The Great Fire · ss Seventeen Mar 1949
    • 224 · The Wilderness · ss F&SF Nov 1952
    • 231 · A Sound of Thunder · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952
    • 241 · The Murderer · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1953
    • 247 · The April Witch · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 5 1952
    • 255 · Invisible Boy · ss Mademoiselle Nov 1945
    • 262 · The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind · ss Epoch Win 1953
    • 266 · The Fog Horn · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 1951, as “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms”
    • 272 · The Big Black and White Game · ss The American Mercury Aug 1945
    • 281 · Embroidery · vi Marvel Science Fiction Nov 1951
    • 284 · The Golden Apples of the Sun · ss Planet Stories Nov 1953
    • 289 · Powerhouse · ss Charm Mar 1948
    • 296 · Hail and Farewell · ss Today Mar 29 1953
    • 302 · The Great Wide World Over There · ss Maclean’s Aug 15 1952, as “Cora and the Great Wide World Over There”
    • 312 · The Playground · ss Esquire Oct 1953
    • 324 · Skeleton · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945
    • 336 · The Man Upstairs · ss Harper’s Mar 1947
    • 346 · Touched with Fire · ss Maclean’s Jun 1 1954, as “Shopping for Death”
    • 355 · The Emissary · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • 361 · The Jar · ss Weird Tales Nov 1944
    • 372 · The Small Assassin · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1946
    • 386 · The Next in Line · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • 412 · Jack-in-the-Box · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947
    • 425 · The Leave-Taking · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 25 1957, as “Good-By, Grandma”
    • 429 · Exorcism · vi Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1957
    • 439 · The Happiness Machine · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 14 1957
    • 446 · Calling Mexico · ss Collier’s Aug 5 1950, as “The Window”
    • 451 · The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 4 1958, as “The Magic White Suit”
    • 469 · Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1949, as “The Naming of Names”
    • 481 · The Strawberry Window · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1954
    • 487 · A Scent of Sarsaparilla · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953
    • 493 · The Picasso Summer · ss Playboy Jan 1957, as “In a Season of Calm Weather”
    • 497 · The Day It Rained Forever · ss Harper’s Jul 1957
    • 505 · A Medicine for Melancholy · ss A Medicine for Melancholy, Doubleday 1959
    • 513 · The Shoreline at Sunset · ss F&SF Mar 1959
    • 520 · Fever Dream · ss Weird Tales Sep 1948
    • 526 · The Town Where No One Got Off · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1958
    • 532 · All Summer in a Day · ss F&SF Mar 1954
    • 537 · Frost and Fire · nv Planet Stories Fll 1946, as “The Creatures That Time Forgot”
    • 569 · The Anthem Sprinters · ss Playboy Jun 1963, as “The Queen’s Own Evaders”
    • 579 · And So Died Riabouchinska · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jun/Jul 1953
    • 589 · Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! · ss Galaxy Oct 1962, as “Come Into My Cellar”
    • 602 · The Vacation · ss Playboy Dec 1963
    • 608 · The Illustrated Woman · ss Playboy Mar 1961
    • 617 · Some Live Like Lazarus · ss Playboy Dec 1960, as “Very Late in the Evening”
    • 625 · The Best of All Possible Worlds · ss Playboy Aug 1960
    • 630 · The One Who Waits · ss Arkham Sampler Sum 1949
    • 636 · Tyrannosaurus Rex · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jun 23 1962, as “The Prehistoric Producer”
    • 646 · The Screaming Woman · ss Today May 27 1951
    • 658 · The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place · ss I Sing the Body Electric, Knopf 1969
    • 670 · Night Call, Collect · ss I Sing the Body Electric, Knopf 1969; revised from “I, Mars”, Super Science Stories Apr ’49.
    • 679 · The Tombling Day · ss Shenandoah Fll 1952
    • 685 · The Haunting of the New · ss Vogue (UK) Oct 1969
    • 697 · Tomorrow’s Child · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1948, as “The Shape of Things”
    • 709 · I Sing the Body Electric! · nv McCall’s Aug 1969, as “The Beautiful One Is Here”
    • 737 · The Women · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1948
    • 744 · The Inspired Chicken Motel · ss West Nov 2 1969, as “The Inspired Chicken Bungalow Court”
    • 752 · Yes, We’ll Gather at the River · ss I Sing the Body Electric, Knopf 1969
    • 759 · Have I Got a Chocolate Bar for You! · ss Penthouse Oct 1973
    • 768 · A Story of Love · ss McCall’s May 1951, as “These Things Happen”
    • 776 · The Parrot Who Met Papa · ss Playboy Jan 1972
    • 787 · The October Game · ss Weird Tales Mar 1948; Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957
    • 793 · Punishment Without Crime [Marionettes, Inc.] · ss Other Worlds Science Stories Mar 1950
    • 800 · A Piece of Wood · ss Esquire Jun 1952
    • 804 · The Blue Bottle · ss Planet Stories Fll 1950, as “Death-Wish”
    • 812 · Long After Midnight · ss Eros Win 1963, as “The Long-After-Midnight Girl”
    • 816 · The Utterly Perfect Murder · ss Playboy Aug 1971, as “My Perfect Murder”
    • 822 · The Better Part of Wisdom · ss Harper’s Weekly Sep 6 1976
    • 832 · Interval in Sunlight · nv Esquire Mar 1954
    • 851 · The Black Ferris · ss Weird Tales May 1948
    • 858 · Farewell Summer · ss 1980
    • 864 · McGillahee’s Brat · ss The Irish Press Mar 21 1970; F&SF Jan 1972
    • 873 · The Aqueduct · vi Roy Squires Press 1979
    • 874 · Gotcha! · ss Redbook Aug 1978
    • 880 · The End of the Beginning · ss Maclean’s Oct 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars”

Next — Issue/Checklist Index — Table-of-Contents