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• Title: Omnibus of Science Fiction
• Editors: Groff Conklin
• Year: 1953-00-00
• Publisher: Crown Publishers / SFBC
• Price: $1.90
• Pages: xiv+562
• Binding: hc
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Title Reference: Omnibus of Science Fiction
• ISFDB Record Number: 298440
• Notes: Tuck gives contradictory info on this edition. In the Miscellaneous Section, he states that the SFBC offered the trade edition of this title, but he lists it as a separate edition in the Author Section of his encyclopedia. Verified pub has Book Club Edition on the inside front dustcover.
• Bibliographic Comments: Add new Publication comment (MNBSFSCNCC1953)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Introduction (Omnibus of SF) • (1952) • essay by Groff Conklin
• 3 • John Thomas's Cube • (1945) • shortstory by John Leimert
• 10 • Hyperpilosity • (1938) • shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Hyperpelosity)
• 18 • The Thing in the Woods • (1935) • shortstory by Fletcher Pratt and B. F. Ruby
• 29 • And Be Merry . . . • (1950) • shortstory by Katherine MacLean
• 45 • The Bees from Borneo • (1931) • shortstory by Will H. Gray
• 55 • The Rag Thing • (1951) • shortstory by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell ]
• 58 • The Conqueror • (1952) • shortstory by Mark Clifton
• 65 • Never Underestimate . . . • (1952) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• 78 • The Doorbell • (1934) • shortstory by David H. Keller, M.D. [as by David H. Keller ]
• 88 • A Subway Named Mobius • (1950) • shortstory by A. J. Deutsch
• 100 • Backfire • (1943) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
• 117 • The Box • (1949) • shortstory by James Blish
• 132 • Zeritsky's Law • (1951) • shortstory by Ann Griffith
• 137 • The Fourth Dynasty • (1936) • shortstory by R. R. Winterbotham
• 146 • The Color Out of Space • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1927) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of The Colour Out of Space)
• 167 • The Head Hunters • (1951) • shortstory by Ralph Williams
• 178 • The Star Dummy • (1952) • shortstory by Anthony Boucher
• 189 • Catch That Martian • (1952) • shortstory by Damon Knight
• 199 • Shipshape Home • (1952) • shortstory by Richard Matheson
• 214 • Homo Sol • (1940) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• 230 • Alexander the Bait • (1946) • shortstory by William Tenn
• 241 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• 249 • "Nothing Happens on the Moon" • (1939) • shortstory by Paul Ernst
• 263 • Trigger Tide • (1950) • shortstory by Wyman Guin
• 273 • Plague • (1944) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 302 • Winner Lose All • (1951) • shortstory by Jack Vance
• 313 • Test Piece • (1951) • shortstory by Eric Frank Russell
• 327 • Environment • (1944) • shortstory by Chester S. Geier
• 341 • High Threshold • [The Universe Between] • (1951) • shortstory by Alan E. Nourse
• 350 • Spectator Sport • (1950) • shortstory by John D. MacDonald
• 355 • Recruiting Station • (1942) • novella by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Masters of Time)
• 420 • A Stone and a Spear • (1950) • novelette by Raymond F. Jones
• 436 • What You Need • (1945) • shortstory by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett ]
• 449 • The Choice • (1952) • shortstory by Wayland Hilton-Young [as by W. Hilton-Young ]
• 450 • The War Against the Moon • (1927) • shortstory by André Maurois
• 464 • Pleasant Dreams • (1951) • shortstory by Ralph Robin
• 472 • Manners of the Age • (1952) • shortstory by H. B. Fyfe
• 484 • The Weapon • (1951) • shortstory by Fredric Brown
• 486 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London
• 524 • Heritage • (1942) • novelette by Robert Abernathy
• 545 • History Lesson • (1949) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• 551 • Instinct • (1952) • shortstory by Lester del Rey
• 562 • Counter Charm • (1951) • shortstory by Peter Phillips

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