Publication: The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other Worlds

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Publication: The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other WorldsPublication Record # 35858
Editor: Leigh Brackett
Date: 1975-01-00
ISBN: 0-345-24334-X [978-0-345-24334-8]
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 212
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: The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other Worlds by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
Notes: • "First Printing: January, 1975"; no number line • The artist is not credited, no visible signature; Kelly Freas credit from Contento1 and verified by email with Freas' long-time agent • SBN on spine and copyright page, ISBN derived • Fredric Brown is misspelled as Frederic throughout, TOC, story title and page headers • Printed in the US
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 23447659
- Reginald-3: 18417

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Anthology Title: The Best of Planet Stories #1: Strange Adventures on Other Worlds • anthology by Leigh Brackett

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

1 • Introduction: Beyond Our Narrow Skies • essay by Leigh Brackett
9 • Lorelei of the Red Mist • [Venus (Brackett)] • (1946) • novella by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury
76 • The Star-Mouse • [Mitkey • 1] • (1942) • novelette by Fredric Brown (variant of The Star Mouse) [as by Frederic Brown]
100 • Return of a Legend • (1952) • short story by Raymond Z. Gallun
117 • Quest of Thig • (1942) • short story by Basil Wells
131 • The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears • (1950) • novella by Keith Bennett
175 • The Diversifal • (1945) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
193 • Duel on Syrtis • (1951) • short story by Poul Anderson

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Chavey	2011-03-31 13:33:51	Permanent	2022-08-30
Don Erikson	2013-01-03 15:11:31	Permanent	2020-03-29
Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41	Permanent	2018-12-28
GlennMcG	2022-01-26 01:30:41	Permanent	2022-09-03

Secondary Verifications

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Bleiler Early Years	N/A	Rtrace	2021-10-03 11:39:39
Bleiler Supernatural	N/A	Rtrace	2021-10-03 11:39:39
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Currey	Verified	Rtrace	2021-10-03 11:39:39
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Reginald3	Verified	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2013-09-02 20:40:41

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