Publication: Best SF

Publication: Best SFPublication Record # 309981
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1969-00-00
ISBN: 0-571-06268-7 [978-0-571-06268-3]
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages: 368
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Data from Internet Archive scan
- "First published 1955 by Faber and Faber Limited"
- "Reprinted 1955, 1962, 1964 and 1969"
- ISBN calculated from SBN (571 06268 7) on copyright page
- Cover artist not credited, but initials "BLW" are on front cover
- Internet Archive scan has £1.60 price sticker covering the original price on the front flap

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Anthology Title: Best SF • [Best SF (Crispin) • 1] • (1955) • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Best SF) • (1955) • essay by Edmund Crispin
17 • Dormant • (1948) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
35 • Pictures Don't Lie • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean
56 • Dumb Martian • (1952) • novelette by John Wyndham
85 • Or Else • (1953) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
95 • No Woman Born • (1944) • novella by C. L. Moore
148 • The Fire Balloons • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury
168 • The New Wine • (1954) • short story by John Christopher
183 • Prott • (1953) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
199 • A Present from Joe • (1949) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
214 • The Cerebrative Psittacoid • [C. P. Ransom • 10] • (1953) • short story by H. Nearing, Jr.
233 • First Lady • (1953) • novelette by J. T. McIntosh
262 • The Ruum • [Ruum] • (1953) • short story by Arthur Porges
276 • The Xi Effect • (1950) • short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
299 • A Case of Conscience • [After Such Knowledge] • (1953) • novella by James Blish
367 • Acknowledgements (Best SF) • (1955) • essay by Edmund Crispin