Publication: The Man Who Found Zero: Early Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy from The Black Cat, 1896

Publication: The Man Who Found Zero: Early Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy from The Black Cat, 1896–1915Publication Record # 387539
Editor: Gene Christie
Date: 2011-07-19
ISBN: 978-1-884449-18-5 [1-884449-18-2]
Publisher: Black Dog Books
Price:
$16.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 166
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Man Who Found Zero: Early Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy from The Black Cat, 1896–1915 by Leo Morey (variant of Amazing Stories, March 1935 1935)
Notes:
- Date found on the last (blank) page of the book.
- The cover is a reprint from the March 1935 issue of Amazing Stories. Further information can be found following the artist's link above.
- Jack London and The Black Cat is an obituary of Jack London.
- Book layout and design is by Tom Roberts.

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Anthology Title: The Man Who Found Zero: Early Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy from The Black Cat, 1896–1915 • anthology by Gene Christie

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction: Forgotten Pioneers of Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy • essay by Gene Christie
9 • The Mysterious Card • [Mysterious Card] • (1896) • short story by Cleveland Moffett
16 • A Mental Mischance • (1896) • short story by Thomas F. Anderson
21 • My Invisible Friend • (1897) • short story by Katherine Kip
31 • Tunnel Number Six • (1897) • short story by Eugene C. Derby
37 • Bigler's Barometer • (1898) • short story by Sam P. Davis [as by Sam Davis]
42 • The Cross of Fire • (1898) • short story by Bert Leston Taylor and Edward Ward (I)
52 • A Thousand Deaths • (1899) • short story by Jack London
60 • The Transposition of Stomachs • (1900) • short story by Charles E. Mixer
63 • On the Turn of a Coin • (1900) • short story by Cleveland Moffett
68 • The Annihilator of the Undesirable • (1900) • short story by Clifford Howard (variant of The Levitation of Jacob)
77 • In an Unknown World • (1900) • short story by John Durworth
84 • When Time Turned • (1901) • short story by Ethel Watts Mumford
90 • In the Sierra Madres • (1901) • short story by C. C. Newkirk [as by Newton Newkirk]
96 • A Witch City Mystery • (1901) • short story by Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey
107 • The Invisible City • (1901) • short story by Frank Lillie Pollock
113 • The Man Who Found Zero • (1901) • short story by Lon Arnold
120 • The Cold Storage Baby • (1902) • short story by Eva L. Ogden
124 • A Bride in Ultimate • (1903) • short story by Don Mark Lemon
129 • The Skyscraper in B Flat • (1904) • short story by Frank Lillie Pollock
135 • Where Is Robert Palmer? • (1904) • short story by I. Crane Clark
141 • A Rule That Worked Both Ways • (1904) • short story by Octavia Zollicoffer Bond
147 • A Man and a Mermaid • (1907) • short story by W. George Gribble
152 • The Mansion of Forgetfulness • (1907) • short story by Don Mark Lemon
155 • John Jones's Dollar • (1915) • short story by Harry Stephen Keeler
164 • Appendix – Jack London and The Black Cat • (1917) • essay by uncredited (variant of Jack London - - - - The Story of a Story)
166 • Publication History (The Man Who Found Zero: Early Science Fiction and Weird Fantasy from The Black Cat, 1896–1915) • essay by Gene Christie

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