Publication: The Best of Frederik Pohl

Publication: The Best of Frederik PohlPublication Record # 35783
Author: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1975-03-00
Catalog ID: 6486
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
Price:
$2.49^?$: US dollar
Pages: 306
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Best of Frederik Pohl by John Berkey
Webpages: archive.org-1, archive.org-2
Notes:
- First Edition (not stated.) The Nelson Doubleday imprint indicates an original publication by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for March 1975.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- "Published by arrangement with Ballantine Books" stated on the copyright page.
- "6486" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "Q6" [verified] on page 306, indicates a printing in February 1975.
- Known reprint codes: "Q24" [verified] (June 1975); "J01" [verified] (January 1979)
- "Jacket Painting by John Berkey" on the rear flap, the artwork is also signed.
- First printing has blue boards with white lettering; '79 printing has navy leatherette with silver lettering
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1341910
- Reginald-3: 31677

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Collection Title: The Best of Frederik Pohl • collection by Frederik Pohl

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • A Variety of Excellence • essay by Lester del Rey
8 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
36 • Punch • (1961) • short story by Frederik Pohl
40 • Three Portraits and a Prayer • (1962) • short story by Frederik Pohl
53 • Day Million • (1966) • short story by Frederik Pohl
58 • Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus • (1956) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
78 • We Never Mention Aunt Nora • (1958) • short story by Frederik Pohl
88 • Father of the Stars • (1964) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
106 • The Day the Martians Came • (1967) • short story by Frederik Pohl
112 • The Midas Plague • (1954) • novella by Frederik Pohl
162 • The Snowmen • (1959) • short story by Frederik Pohl
169 • How to Count on Your Fingers • (1956) • essay by Frederik Pohl
183 • Grandy Devil • (1955) • short story by Frederik Pohl
188 • Speed Trap • (1967) • short story by Frederik Pohl
199 • The Richest Man in Levittown • (1959) • short story by Frederik Pohl (variant of The Bitterest Pill)
209 • The Day the Icicle Works Closed • (1960) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
240 • The Hated • (1958) • short story by Frederik Pohl
250 • The Martian in the Attic • (1960) • short story by Frederik Pohl
262 • The Census Takers • (1956) • short story by Frederik Pohl
268 • The Children of Night • (1964) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
301 • What the Author Has to Say About All This • essay by Frederik Pohl

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Scott Latham	2007-03-04 15:35:50	Permanent	2015-06-21
Mhhutchins	2010-01-11 01:26:14	Permanent	2023-11-18
Bluesman	2013-04-10 12:42:58	Permanent	2018-12-13
1970PlumbCrazy	2022-04-03 18:29:18	Permanent	2024-01-18
Mavmaramis	2023-02-23 11:42:18	Permanent	2024-04-23

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2023-06-17 19:31:51
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2023-06-17 19:31:51
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2013-01-10 19:28:29
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2013-01-10 19:28:29
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2013-01-10 19:28:29
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2013-01-10 19:28:29
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-04 19:17:30