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Playboy’s Stories of the Sinister & Strange ed. Anon. (by Ray Russell) (Playboy BA0124, 1969, 95¢, 217pp, pb)

iv · Preface · Anon. · pr
1 · The Mannichon Solution · Irwin Shaw · nv Playboy Dec 1967
41 · The Dark Music · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy Dec 1956
57 · Somewhere Not Far from Here · Gerald Kersh · ss Playboy Mar 1965
78 · The Investor · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy Feb 1962
90 · Ripples · Ray Russell · ss Playboy Oct 1967
93 · The Dispatcher · Gerald Green · nv Playboy Aug 1967
120 · Wise Child · John Wyndham · ss Argosy (UK) Nov 1962, as “It’s a Wise Child”; Playboy May 1967
137 · Welcome to the Monkey House · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Playboy Jan 1968
160 · Room 312 · G. L. Tassone · ss Playboy Aug 1967
177 · The Golden Frog · Ken W. Purdy · nv Playboy Jan 1963
200 · The Annex · John D. MacDonald · ss Playboy May 1968

Weird Show ed. Anon. (by Ray Russell) (Playboy 16138, 1971, 95¢, 192pp, pb)

4 · Preface · Anon. · pr
6 · Weird Show · Herbert Gold · ss Playboy Apr 1958
19 · A Recluse and His Guest · Tennessee Williams · ss Playboy Jan 1970
30 · I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Feldman · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy Jun 1969
37 · Accidents of a Country Road · Roger Dionne · ss Playboy Nov 1970
48 · By Appointment Only · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy Apr 1970
52 · A Life in the Day Of · Frank M. Robinson · ss Playboy Jun 1969
63 · Softly Walks the Beetle · John Collier · ss Playboy Jan 1960
78 · The Convert · Ken W. Purdy · ss Playboy Mar 1970
81 · Double Exposure · John Reese · ss Playboy Feb 1965
95 · The Machine in Ward Eleven · Charles Willeford · nv Playboy Mar 1961
125 · The Academy · David Ely · ss Playboy Jun 1965
137 · The Party · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy Apr 1967
149 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy Apr 1959
152 · I’m Yours · Charles Schafhauser · ss Playboy Dec 1954
162 · The Taste of Fear · Hugh G. Foster · ss Playboy Sep 1959
185 · Xong of Xuxan · Ray Russell · ss Playboy Oct 1970

The Molecular Cafe ed. Anon. (by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky) (Mir, 1968, 279pp, pb)

7 · Preface · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky · pr
10 · The Molecular Cafe · Ilya Varshavsky · ss
14 · Wanderers and Travellers · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky · ss Path Into the Unknown, ed. Anon., London: MacGibbon & Lee 1966; International Science Fiction Nov 1967
29 · Crabs on the Island · Anatoly Dnieprov · ss International Science Fiction Jun 1968
59 · The Secret of Homer · Alexander Poleshchuk · ss Last Door to Aiya, ed. Mirra Ginsburg 1968, as “Homer’s Secret”
76 · I’m Going to Meet My Brother · Vitaly Krapivin · nv Path Into the Unknown, ed. Anon., London: MacGibbon & Lee 1966, as “Meeting My Brother”
118 · Goodby, Martian! · Romain Yarov · ss
126 · The Black Pillar · Evgeny Voiskunsky & Isai Lukodyanov · n.

Famous Fantastic Classics #1 ed. Anon. (by Robert E. Weinberg) (West Linn, OR: Fax 0-913960-10-1, 1974, $5.00, 128pp, tp)
Facsimile reproductions from the original magazines.

3 · Introduction · Anon. · in
6 · Tomorrow · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv Argosy May 27 1939
33 · The Man in the Moon · Homer Eon Flint · ss All-Story Weekly Oct 4 1919
51 · The Snow Girl · Ray Cummings · n. Argosy Nov 2 1929 (+3)
118 · Creatures of the Ray · James L. Aton · ss Argosy All-Story Weekly Oct 10 1925

The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories ed. Anon. (by Donald A. Wollheim) (Avon 184, 1949, 25¢, 127pp, pb)

The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss *
Venus and the Seven Sexes · William Tenn · nv *
Mrs. Manifold · Stephen Grendon · ss *
Daydream · P. Schuyler Miller · ss *
Maturity Night · Frank Belknap Long · ss *
Come Into My Parlor · Manly Wade Wellman · ss *

A.D. 2500 ed. Anon. (Heinemann, 1955, 15/-, 241pp, hc)
The Observer Prize Stories 1954

vii · Introduction · Angus Wilson · in
1 · Return of the Moon Man · E. L. Malpass · ss The Observer Jan 2 1955, as by Samson Darley
10 · Not for an Age · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Observer Jan 9 1955, as by Arch Mendicant
23 · The Right Thing · William Andrew · ss
33 · Jackson’s Wong’s Story · John Bolsover · ss
44 · Voice from the Gallery · Catherine Brownlow · ss
54 · Walkabout · Stephen Earl · ss
65 · The Shadow-Play · E. D. Fitzpatrick · ss
75 · Venus and the Rabbit · E. M. FitzPatrick · ss
87 · The Place of the Tigress · Isobel Mayne · ss
96 · Another Antigone · D. A. C. Morrison · ss
107 · Spud Failure Definite · Noel Peart · ss
118 · The Three Brothers · William Moy Russell · ss The Observer Dec 26 1954, as by Ursus
131 · The Atavists · G. A. Rymer · ss
144 · The Mission · Arthur Sellings · ss
156 · Alpha in Omega · Jonathan Stones · ss
170 · The Blond Kid · Herb Sutherland · ss
184 · The Case of Omega Smith · Guthram Walsh · ss
196 · The Machine That Was Lonely · Robert Wells · ss
208 · Hitch-Hike to Paradise · Geoffrey Whybrow · ss
222 · The Knitting · Margaret Wood · ss
232 · Man Manifold · Peter Young · ss

The Battle for the Pacific and Other Adventures at Sea ed. Anon. (Harper & Row, 1908, hc)

The Battle for the Pacific · Rowan Stevens · ss
The Bombardment of the Golden Gate · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss
A Fight in the Fog · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss
The Battle Off the Hook · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss
Harry Borden’s Naval Monster · William J. Henderson · ss
The Cruise of a Commerce Destroyer · Yates Stirling, Jr. · ss
Private or Privateer? · George E. Walsh · ss
The Mutiny on the Swallow · William J. Henderson · ss
The Scape-Goat of La Justicia · Harold Martin · ss
Captain Sampson’s Queer Cargo · George E. Walsh · ss
A Warm Corner in Sooloo · Owen Hall · ss
"Cap’n Il’s" Closest Call · Kirk Munro · ss
My Borrowed Torpedo-Boat · Julian Ralph · ss
The Lost Voice · F. H. Spearman · ss
Joe Griffin’s Great Jump · William J. Henderson · ss

The Battle of Dorking Controversy ed. Anon. (London: Cornmarket Reprints 7191-6514-8, 1972, hc)

i · Introduction · Asa Briggs · in
1 · The Battle of Dorking · G. T. Chesney · na Blackwood’s May 1871
63 · What Happened After the Battle of Dorking · Anon. · na
111 · After the Battle of Dorking · Anon. · ss
121 · The Battle of the Ironclads · Anon. · ss
141 · The Suggested Invasion of England by the Germans · Anon. · ss

Best Science-Fiction Stories ed. Anon. (Hamlyn 0-600-38243-5, 1977, 750pp, hc)

Introduction · Michael Stapleton · in
In the Abyss · H. G. Wells · ss Pearson’s Magazine Aug 1896
The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review Nov 1909
The Lost Machine · John Wyndham · nv Amazing Apr 1932, as by John Beynon Harris
The Man from Beyond · John Wyndham · nv Wonder Stories Sep 1934
Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Dec 1934
Madness from Mars · Clifford D. Simak · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1939
The First Martian · A. E. van Vogt · ss 1939, as “This Joe”
Dormant · A. E. van Vogt · ss Startling Stories Nov 1948
The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss F&SF Fll 1950
Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Nov 1950
...And the Moon Be Still as Bright · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1948
The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Sep 1952
Youth · Isaac Asimov · nv Space Science Fiction May 1952
The Deep · Isaac Asimov · ss Galaxy Dec 1952
Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll 1947
Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1949
Second Variety · Philip K. Dick · nv Space Science Fiction May 1953
The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Oct 1953
Worrywart · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Sep 1953
The New Wine · John Christopher · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Sum 1954
Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1952
Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss F&SF Aug 1952
Between the Dark and the Daylight · Algis Budrys · ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct 1958
The Short Life · Francis Donovan · na Astounding Oct 1955
Repeat Performance · Bob Shaw · ss F&SF Feb 1971
The Voices of Time · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Oct 1960
Green Thumb · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Jul 1954
Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Jun 1961
Call Me Dumbo · Bob Shaw · ss If Dec 1966
Far from This Earth · Chad Oliver · ss The Year 2000, ed. Harry Harrison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1970
Wife to the Lord · Harry Harrison · ss F&SF Jun 1970
The Life Preservers · Harry Harrison · nv Analog Apr 1970, as by Hank Dempsey
The Hunter at His Ease · Brian Aldiss · ss Science Against Man, ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon 1970
We All Die Naked · James Blish · na Three for Tomorrow, ed. Robert Silverberg, Meredith 1969
The Wicked Flee · Harry Harrison · ss New Dimensions I, ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday 1971
Transit of Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy Jan 1971
Rammer [Jerome Corbell] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Nov 1971
A Little Knowledge · Poul Anderson · nv Analog Aug 1971
Process · A. E. van Vogt · ss F&SF Dec 1950
We Purchased People · Frederik Pohl · ss Final Stage, ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse 1974
Esmeralda · Daphne Castell · ss Gollancz - Sunday Times Best SF Stories, London: Gollancz 1975
The Hibbie · James Alexander · ss Gollancz - Sunday Times Best SF Stories, London: Gollancz 1975
Let’s Go to Golgotha! · Garry Kilworth · ss Sunday Times Weekly Review Dec 15 1974

Beyond the Stars and Other Stories ed. Anon. (Sydney: Jubilee, 1958, pb)

Beyond the Stars · John Berryman · ss Astounding Oct 1939, as “Space Rating”
The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug 1954
Limiting Factor · Clifford D. Simak · ss Startling Stories Nov 1949
Asleep in Armageddon · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Win 1948
Exploiter’s End · James Causey · nv Orbit #2 1953
Potential Enemy · Mack Reynolds · ss Orbit #2 1953
Century Jumper [Tex Harrigan] · August Derleth · ss Orbit #2 1953, as “A Traveler in Time”

Beyond the Stars: Tales of Adventure in Time and Space ed. Anon. (London: Octopus 0-86273-094-5, 1983, 286pp, hc)

9 · Escape from the Death Star [from Star Wars] · George Lucas · ex Ballantine 1976
31 · Trial by Combat · Jay Williams · ss 1958
45 · The Lights of the City · Garry Kilworth · ss Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Monsters, ed. Peter Davison, Sparrow 1982
60 · Through the Moons of Mowl [from Dragonfall 5 and the Super Horse] · Brian Earnshaw · ex Methuen 1977
76 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897
91 · Johnson · Guy Weiner · ss Space #5, ed. Richard Davis 1979
110 · The Smallest Dragonboy [Pern] · Anne McCaffrey · ss Science Fiction Tales, ed. Roger Elwood, Rand, McNally 1973
128 · The First Half-hour [from Round the Moon] · Jules Verne · ex 1869
142 · A Walk in the Woods · David Campton · ss Space #3, ed. Richard Davis 1977
160 · Summertime on Icarus · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Vogue Jun 1960, as “The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System”
175 · Baptism of Fire [from Citizen of the Galaxy] · Robert A. Heinlein · ex Scribner’s 1957
190 · Collecting Team · Robert Silverberg · ss Super Science Fiction Dec 1956, as “Catch ’Em All Alive!”
208 · Marooned on Splatterbang [from Escape from Splatterbang] · Nicholas Fisk · ex Pelham Books 1978
227 · Terrafied · Arthur Tofte · nv Children of Infinity, ed. Roger Elwood, Watts 1973
245 · Planet-fall on Isis [from The Keeper of the Isis Light] · Monica Hughes · ex Hamish Hamilton 1980
257 · Half Life · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · ss Children of Infinity, ed. Roger Elwood, Watts 1973
268 · Return to Peladon [from Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon] · Terrance Dicks · ex W.H. Allen 1980

Dr. Cyclops ed. Anon. (Popular Library, 1967, 60¢, pb)

Dr. Cyclops · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1940
Too Late for Eternity · Bryce Walton · nv Startling Stories Spr 1955
The Harpers of Titan [Captain Future (Curt Newton)] · Edmond Hamilton · nv Startling Stories Sep 1950

The Doomsman/The Thief of Thoth ed. Anon. (Belmont/Tower 50244, Jul ’72, 75¢, unpaginated, pb)

The Doomsman · Harlan Ellison · na Imagination Oct 1958, as “The Assassin”
The Thief of Thoth [Hautley Quicksilver] · Lin Carter · na Belmont 1968

Everything But Love ed. Anon. (Mir, 1973, 171pp, pb)
Translated by Arthur Shkarovsky.

7 · The Fancy Dress Ball · I. Varshavsky · ss *
13 · The Second Oddball Expedition · V. Savchenko · nv *
46 · Day of Anger [new translation of “A Day of Wrath”] · S. Gansovsky · nv *
77 · Everything But Love · M. Yemtsev & E. Parnov · na *
143 · Hussy · V. Zhuravlyova · ss *; “Nahalka”, 1966.
152 · Santo Di Chavez · M. Ibraghimbekov · ss *

The Flame of Iridar/Peril of the Starmen ed. Anon. (Belmont, May ’67, 50¢, 172pp, pb)

5 · The Flame of Iridar · Lin Carter · na Belmont 1967
101 · Peril of the Starmen · Kris Neville · na Imagination Jan 1954

Gollancz - Sunday Times Best SF Stories ed. Anon. (Gollancz, 1975, hc)

Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in
Let’s Go to Golgotha! · Garry Kilworth · ss Sunday Times Weekly Review Dec 15 1974
From Alkaid Ascending · Chris Morgan · ss *
Cold Storage · Daphne Castell · ss *
The Hibbie · James Alexander · ss *
Blue Danube · Vic Morris · na *
So Proudly We Cling · Chris Morgan · ss *
The Soul of Colonel 607 · Garry Kilworth · ss *
A Way of Life · Norman L. Macht · ss *
Esmeralda · Daphne Castell · ss *
The Pit · D. West · na *

The Gorilla’s Daughter ed. Anon. (Toronto: New Stand Library Pocket Edition #121, Aug ’50, C25¢, 160pp, pb)

3 · The Gorilla’s Daughter · Thomas P. Kelley · na
129 · Awaken the Dead! · Halls Wells · ss

Great Science Fiction Stories ed. Anon. (Octopus, 1979, 702pp, hc)

9 · 2001: A Space Odyssey [Space Odyssey] · Arthur C. Clarke · n. New American Library 1968
161 · The Demolished Man · Alfred Bester · n. Shasta 1953
329 · The Day of the Triffids [Triffids] · John Wyndham · n. Doubleday 1951
529 · I, Robot [Robot Series] · Isaac Asimov · co Gnome Press 1950

The Heart of the Serpent ed. Anon. (Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961, 267pp, pb)
Translated by R. Prokofieva. See also More Soviet Science Fiction.

5 · The Heart of the Serpent [1959] · Ivan Yefremov; trans. by R. Prokofieva · nv *
115 · Siema [1958] · Anatoly Dnieprov; trans. by R. Prokofieva · nv *
165 · The Trial of Tantalus · Victor Saparin; trans. by R. Prokofieva · nv *
207 · Stone from the Stars [1959] · Valentina Zhuravleva; trans. by R. Prokofieva · ss *
232 · Six Matches · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky; trans. by R. Prokofieva · ss *

International Storyteller Omnibus No. 3 ed. Anon. (1964, 5/-, 176pp+, pb)
This is the only science fiction issue.

3 · The Lady from Sirius · Eric Moore · ss *
16 · A Beautiful Sight to See · Barry Dixon · ss *
20 · Alien Fruit · Bennett Shann · ss *
27 · “Holiday” · Pamela Bernard · ss *
33 · The Hall of the Traitor · E. H. Crick · ss *
40 · The Long and Happy Life of Flaubus E. Munt · R. A. P. Pumphrey · ss *
48 · T.T.A. · Noel Ayliffe · ss *
56 · Reference Back · Frank E. Card · ss *
66 · Fred’s Descendants · L. Davison · ss *
75 · ...And Bleep, Bleep to You · Cyril Bracegirdle · ss *
80 · They Who Must Hide · Mark Streeter · ss *
93 · The Last Silver Birch · James Gilfillan · ss *
106 · The Book of Sounds · Hugh C. Rae · ss *
118 · Many Years Ago · Donald Stark · ss *
124 · The Atomic Train · T. M. Curlow · ss *
131 · Congress of the Carnivores · K. Daly · ss *
149 · The Many Lives of Isidore · Brian Edginton · ss *
159 · Rhythm of the Rain · Alan Roe Stratton · ss *
169 · Escape to Paradise · Ronald Deacon · ss *

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