Publication: The Eighth Galaxy Reader

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Publication: The Eighth Galaxy ReaderPublication Record # 251865
Editor: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1968-00-00
ISBN: 0-330-02109-5 [978-0-330-02109-8]
Publisher: Pan Books
Price:
5/-^?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: 237
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
Notes:
- "© Galaxy Publishing Corporation, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965"
- "First published in UK 1966 by Victor Gollancz Ltd."
- "This edition published 1968 by Pan Books Ltd."
- U.K. (Net) 5/-, Australia 80c, New Zealand 75c, South Africa 60c
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 220513022

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Anthology Title: The Eighth Galaxy Reader • [Galaxy Reader • 8] • (1965) • anthology by Frederik Pohl

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • The Varieties of the Science-Fiction Experience • (1965) • essay by Frederik Pohl
9 • Comic Inferno • (1963) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
52 • The Big Engine • (1962) • short story by Fritz Leiber
57 • A Day on Death Highway • (1963) • novelette by H. Chandler Elliott [as by Chandler Elliott]
79 • The End of the Race • (1964) • short story by Albert Bermel
84 • The Lonely Man • (1963) • novelette by Theodore L. Thomas
106 • A Bad Day for Vermin • (1964) • short story by Keith Laumer
113 • Dawningsburgh • (1962) • short story by Wallace West
122 • And All the Earth a Grave • (1963) • short story by C. C. MacApp
129 • Hot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal Clement
154 • Final Encounter • (1964) • short story by Harry Harrison
176 • If There Were No Benny Cemoli • (1963) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
200 • Critical Mass • (1962) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl

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