Publication: The Best of James Blish

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Publication: The Best of James BlishPublication Record # 418134
Author: James Blish
Date: 1979-08-00
ISBN: 0-345-25600-X [978-0-345-25600-3]
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
Pub. Series: Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction
Price:
C$2.50^?C$: Canadian dollar
Pages: xxi+358
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: COLLECTION
Cover: The Best of James Blish by H. R. Van Dongen
Notes: • "First Edition: August 1979" • Printing not stated, no number line • "Edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes" on cover and title page. • "Cover art by H.R. Van Dongen" on copyright page, the artwork is also signed • Cover printed in the US, book in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 5345059

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Collection Title: The Best of James Blish • collection by James Blish

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

ix • Science Fiction the Hard Way • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes
1 • Citadel of Thought • (1941) • short story by James Blish
19 • The Box • (1949) • short story by James Blish
40 • There Shall Be No Darkness • (1950) • novella by James Blish
81 • Surface Tension • [Pantropy] • (1952) • novelette by James Blish
151 • Testament of Andros • (1953) • short story by James Blish
175 • Common Time • (1953) • short story by James Blish
198 • Beep • (1954) • novelette by James Blish
239 • A Work of Art • (1956) • short story by James Blish
257 • This Earth of Hours • (1959) • short story by James Blish
281 • The Oath • (1960) • short story by James Blish
302 • How Beautiful with Banners • (1966) • short story by James Blish
313 • A Style in Treason • (1970) • novella by James Blish
349 • Probapossible Prolegomena to Ideareal History • (1978) • essay by James Blish [as by William Atheling, Jr.]

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27	Permanent	2018-12-13
NrjPure	2016-10-31 10:42:58	Permanent	2017-01-25

Secondary Verifications

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Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
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Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2013-05-22 16:13:27
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