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Omnibus of science fiction / edited with an introduction by Groff Conklin.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Conklin, G.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Conklin, Groff, 1904-1968, editor.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, English.
- Science fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (autograph) (bookplate) (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi, 562 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book Club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crown Publishers, [1953]
- Summary:
- A collection of forty-three stories of science fiction.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Wonders of earth and of man. John Thomas's cube / John Leimert
- Hyperpilosity / L. Sprague de Camp
- Thing in the woods / Fletcher Pratt & B.F. Ruby
- And be merry / Katherine MacLean
- Bees from Borneo / Will H. Gray
- Rag thing / David Grinnell
- Conqueror / Mark Clifton
- pt. 2. Inventions, dangerous and otherwise. Never underestimate... / Theodore Sturgeon
- Doorbell / David H. Keller
- Subway named Mobius / A.J. Deutsch
- Backfire / Ross Rocklynne
- Box / James Blish
- Zeritsky's law / Ann Griffith
- Fourth dynasty / R.R. Winterbotham
- pt. 3. From outer space. Color out of space / H.P. Lovecraft
- Head hunters / Ralph Williams
- Star dummy / Anthony Boucher
- Catch that Martian / Damon Knight
- Shipshape home / Richard Matheson
- Homo sol / Isaac Asimov
- pt. 4. Far traveling. Alexander the bait / William Tenn
- Kaleidoscope / Ray Bradbury
- Nothing happens on the moon / Paul Ernst
- Trigger tide / Wyman Guin
- Plague / Murray Leinster
- Winner lose all / Jack Vance
- Test piece / Eric Frank Russell
- Environment / Chester S. Geier
- pt. 5. Adventures in dimension. High threshold / Alan E. Nourse
- Spectator sport / John D. MacDonald
- Recruiting station / A.E. van Vogt
- Stone and a spear / Raymond F. Jones
- What you need / Lewis Padgett
- Choice / W. Hilton-Young
- pt. 6. Worlds of tomorrow. War against the moon / Andŕe Maurois
- Pleasant dreams / Ralph Robin
- Manners of the age / H.B. Fyfe
- Weapon / Fredric Brown
- Scarlet plague / Jack London
- Heritage / Robert Abernathy
- History lesson / Arthur C. Clarke
- Instinct / Lester del Rey
- Counter charm / Peter Phillips.
- Notes:
- Short stories
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy wanting dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 298440
- OCLC:
- 1078796
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