Publication: Best SF Three

Publication: Best SF ThreePublication Record # 273686
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1960-09-00
Catalog ID: 46
Publisher: The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)
Price:
5/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 224
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Best SF Three by C. W. Bacon
Notes:
- Copyright page states: "This Science Fiction Book Club edition was produced in 1960 [...]"
- Price from Tuck
- Catalog number appears on front cover of dust jacket and on book spine
- Cover art not credited. Front cover of dust jacket has signature "CWB". Artist name from Greg Pickersgillss SFBC Archive.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 31156780

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Anthology Title: Best SF Three • [Best SF (Crispin) • 3] • (1958) • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Best SF Three) • (1958) • essay by Edmund Crispin
15 • Grenville's Planet • (1952) • short story by Michael Shaara
27 • Counterspy • (1953) • short story by Kelley Edwards
48 • The Wabbler • (1942) • short story by Murray Leinster
57 • Food to All Flesh • (1953) • short story by Zenna Henderson
67 • He Walked Around the Horses • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
89 • The Available Data on the Worp Reaction • (1953) • short story by Lion Miller
93 • The Cold Equations • [Cold Equations (Godwin)] • (1954) • novelette by Tom Godwin
119 • The Gift of Gab • (1955) • novella by Jack Vance
173 • Four in One • (1953) • novelette by Damon Knight
206 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
222 • Answer • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown

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