Publication: Penguin Science Fiction

Publication: Penguin Science FictionPublication Record # 288839
Editor: Brian W. Aldiss
Date: 1965-00-00
Catalog ID: 1638
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price:
3/6^?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: 236
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
Cover: Penguin Science Fiction by Oscar Dominguez
Notes: Copyright © Penguin Books Ltd, 1961 First published 1961. Reprinted 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965. The cover shows a detail from a painting by Oscar Dominguez, Memory of the Future (1938).
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 175035987

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Anthology Title: Penguin Science Fiction • [Penguin Science Fiction • 1] • (1961) • anthology by Brian W. Aldiss

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Penguin Science Fiction) • (1961) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
15 • Sole Solution • (1956) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
18 • Lot • [David Jimmon] • (1953) • novelette by Ward Moore
51 • The Short-Short Story of Mankind • (1958) • short story by John Steinbeck
58 • Skirmish • (1950) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
82 • Poor Little Warrior! • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
90 • Grandpa • [The Hub] • (1955) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
117 • The Half Pair • (1957) • short story by A. Bertram Chandler [as by Bertram Chandler]
123 • Command Performance • (1952) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
145 • Nightfall • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
180 • The Snowball Effect • (1952) • short story by Katherine MacLean
197 • The End of Summer • (1954) • novelette by Algis Budrys
230 • Track 12 • (1958) • short story by J. G. Ballard

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