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Fifty short science fiction tales / edited and with introductions by Isaac Asimov and Groff Conklin.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi 50 short SF tales
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction.
- Genre:
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (autograph, November 7, 1970) (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages ; 18 cm
- Other Title:
- 50 short science fiction tales
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier-Macmillan, 1970.
- Contents:
- The fun they had / Isaac Asimov
- Men are different / Alan Bloch
- The ambassadors / Anthony Boucher
- The weapon / Fredric Brown
- Random sample / T.P. Caravan
- Oscar / Cleve Cartmill
- The mist / Peter Cartur
- Teething ring / James Causey
- The haunted space suit / Arthur C. Clarke
- Stair trick / Mildred Clingerman
- Unwelcome tenant / Roger Dee
- The mathematicians / Arthur Feldman
- The third level / Jack Finney
- Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful / Stuart Friedman
- The figure / Edward Grendon
- The rag thing / David Grinnell
- The good provider / Marion Gross
- Columbus was a dope / Robert A. Heinlein
- Texas week / Albert Hernhuter
- Hilda / H.B. Hickey
- The choice / W. Hilton-Young
- Not with a bang / Damon Knight
- The altar at midnight / C.M. Kornbluth.
- A bad day for sales / Fritz Leiber
- Who's cribbing / Jack Lewis
- Spectator sport / John D. MacDonald
- The cricket ball / Avro Manhattan
- Double-take / Winston K. Marks
- Prolog / John P. McKnight
- The available data on the Worp Reaction / Lion Miller
- Narapoia / Alan Nelson
- Tiger by the tail / Alan E. Nourse
- Counter charm / Peter Phillips
- The fly / Arthur Porges
- The business, as usual / Mack Reynolds
- Two weeks in August / Frank M. Robinson
- See? / Edward G. Robles, Jr.
- Appointment at noon / Eric Frank Russell
- We don't want any trouble / James H. Schmitz
- Built down logically / Howard Schoenfeld
- An egg a month from all over / Idris Seabright
- The perfect woman / Robert Sheckley
- The hunters / Walt Sheldon
- The martian and the magician / Evelyn E. Smith
- Barney / Will Stanton
- Talent / Theodore Sturgeon
- Project hush / William Tenn
- The great judge / A.E. Van Vogt
- Emergency landing / Ralph Williams
- Obviously suicide / S. Fowler Wright.
- Notes:
- Cover art: Don Ivan Punchatz.
- Tenth printing 1970
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- OCLC:
- 317478234
- Publisher Number:
- 01639 Collier
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