Publication: Science Fiction Showcase

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Publication: Science Fiction ShowcasePublication Record # 260209
Editor: Mary Kornbluth
Date: 1960-04-00
Publisher: Doubleday / SFBC
Price:
$1.20^?$: US dollar
Pages: 264
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Science Fiction Showcase (1959) • by Richard Powers
Notes:
- "Copyright (c) 1959 by Mary Kornbluth" on copyright page. No statement of edition or printing, no LCCN.
- 1st printing code "B 2" (January 1960) on page 264. A later printing exists with code "B27" (July 1960.)
- "Book Club Edition" and "Jacket design by Richard Powers" on jacket front flap.
- No price on book or jacket.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 5919858

Cover art supplied by Collectors Showcase

Anthology Title: Science Fiction Showcase • (1959) • anthology by Mary Kornbluth

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

7 • For C. M. Kornbluth • (1959) • essay by Frederik Pohl
9 • Ticket to Anywhere • [The Analogues] • (1952) • novelette by Damon Knight
40 • That Low • (1948) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
46 • Or the Grasses Grow • (1958) • short story by Avram Davidson
57 • The Man Who Ate the World • (1956) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
96 • The Long Remembering • [The Long Remembering] • (1957) • short story by Poul Anderson
111 • The End of the Beginning • (1956) • short story by Ray Bradbury
118 • A Work of Art • (1956) • short story by James Blish
140 • The Cold Green Eye • (1953) • short story by Jack Williamson
153 • Med Service • [Med Service] • (1957) • novella by Murray Leinster (variant of The Mutant Weapon)
227 • Expendable • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
235 • Mantage • (1959) • novelette by Richard Matheson
259 • Nightmare Number Four • (1945) • poem by Robert Bloch

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Markwood	2018-10-08 15:30:52	Permanent	2022-09-02
GlennMcG	2020-12-27 00:50:19	Permanent	2022-09-03
1970PlumbCrazy	2021-09-24 22:01:11	Permanent	2022-09-01

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Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
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Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-20 13:22:16
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