Publication: The Best of Thomas N. Scortia

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Publication: The Best of Thomas N. ScortiaPublication Record # 35890
Author: Thomas N. Scortia
Date: 1981-07-00
ISBN: 0-385-14695-7 [978-0-385-14695-1]
Publisher: Doubleday
Price:
$11.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: xii+244
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Best of Thomas N. Scortia by Robert Aulicino
Notes:
- "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.
- The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the ISBN (0-385-14695-7) and the LCCN (80-2349).
- Year of publication stated on the title page. Month of publication from Locus #247 (August 1981).
- Gutter code "L25" on page 243 indicates a printing in June 1981.
- "Selected and Edited by George Zebrowski" stated on the title page.
- Scortia provides a foreword and afterword to each selection.
External IDs:
- LCCN: 80-2349
- OCLC/WorldCat: 7459627
- Reginald-3: 33443

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Collection Title: The Best of Thomas N. Scortia • collection by Thomas N. Scortia

Contents (view Concise Listing)

ix • Introduction (The Best of Thomas N. Scortia) • essay by Frank Herbert
4 • The Prodigy • (1954) • novelette by Thomas N. Scortia
22 • The Shores of Night • (1956) • novella by Thomas N. Scortia
84 • One Small Room • (1956) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
98 • A Walk in the Snow • (1957) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
105 • John Robert and the Dragon's Egg • (1957) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia (variant of John Robert and the Egg)
118 • The Stunning Science Fiction Caper • (1957) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
123 • Broken Image • (1966) • novelette by Thomas N. Scortia
148 • When You Hear the Tone • (1971) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
162 • Woman's Rib • (1972) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
176 • By the Time I Get to Phoenix • (1972) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
185 • The Weariest River • (1973) • novelette by Thomas N. Scortia
218 • Science Fiction as the Imaginary Experiment • (1974) • essay by Thomas N. Scortia
240 • Afterword (The Best of Thomas N. Scortia) • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes

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