Publication: Invaders of Earth

Publication: Invaders of EarthPublication Record # 18479
Editor: Groff Conklin
Date: 1955-07-00
Catalog ID: 1074
Publisher: Pocket Books
Price:
$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: xiv+257+[1]
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Invaders of Earth by Morton Roberts
Notes:
- Pocket Book edition published September 1955 (over) 1st printing July 1955.
- No printing number line in book.
- Copyright 1952 by Groff Conklin.
- "This Pocket Book contains 15 of the 22 stories which originally appeared in the hard-cover edition" on copyright page.
- "Copyright Acknowledgments" page follows copyright page.
- Vanguard Press edition published March 1952.
- "Cover painting by Morton Roberts" on back cover. Signature not found.
- 1074 at top left front cover.
- Science (over) Fiction (over) 1074 (over) 4 at top spine.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 3475800

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Anthology Title: Invaders of Earth • (1952) • anthology by Groff Conklin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

ix • Introduction (Invaders of Earth) • (1952) • essay by Groff Conklin
1 • Prologue: The Distant Past • (1952) • essay by uncredited
2 • This Star Shall Be Free • (1949) • novelette by Murray Leinster
23 • Part One: The Immediate Past: It Could Have Happened Already • (1952) • essay by uncredited
24 • Impulse • (1938) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
37 • Top Secret • (1948) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell]
40 • An Eel by the Tail • short story by Allen Kim Lang [as by Allan Lang]
52 • Storm Warning • (1942) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by Donald Wollheim]
64 • Tiny and the Monster • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
102 • The Discord Makers • (1950) • short story by Mack Reynolds
115 • Pen Pal • (1951) • short story by Milton Lesser
131 • Part Two: The Immediate Future: It May Happen Yet • (1952) • essay by uncredited
132 • Invasion from Mars • [H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds Universe] • (1938) • novelette by Howard Koch (variant of The Invasion from Mars: A Radio Adaptation)
158 • Minister Without Portfolio • (1952) • short story by Mildred Clingerman
167 • Crisis • (1951) • short story by Edward Grendon
178 • Angel's Egg • (1951) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
219 • "Will You Walk a Little Faster?" • (1951) • short story by William Tenn (variant of "Will You Walk a Little Faster")
232 • Pictures Don't Lie • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean
253 • Epilogue: The Distant Future • (1952) • essay by uncredited
254 • The Greatest Tertian • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher

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Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2011-10-31 13:24:11
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-03-21 14:35:45
Tuck	Verified	Dragoondelight	2010-08-26 07:43:15
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2011-10-31 13:24:11

Publication: Invaders of Earth

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