Publication: Coming Attractions

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Publication: Coming AttractionsPublication Record # 7600
Editor: Martin Greenberg
Date: 1957-02-00
Publisher: Gnome Press
Price:
$3.50^?$: US dollar
Pages: 254
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Coming Attractions by W. I. Van der Poel
Notes:
- On copyright page: "First Edition", "Copyright 1957 by Martin Greenberg" and LCCN.
- Published February 1957 per Cole Checklist.
- $3.50 price and "Jacket Design by W. I. Van der Poel" on jacket front flap.
External IDs:
- LCCN: 56-7845
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1144168
- Reginald-1: 06304

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Anthology Title: Coming Attractions • [Adventures in Science Fiction • 6] • anthology by Martin Greenberg

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

7 • Preface (Coming Attractions) • (1957) • essay by Martin Greenberg
12 • Introduction (Coming Attractions) • (1957) • essay by Dwight Wayne Batteau [as by Dwight W. Batteau]
18 • A Letter to the Martians • (1940) • essay by Willy Ley (variant of Calling All Martians!)
38 • How to Learn Martian • (1955) • essay by Charles F. Hockett
52 • Language for Time Travelers • (1938) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
70 • Geography for Time Travelers • (1939) • essay by Willy Ley
104 • Time Travel and the Law • (1957) • essay by C. M. Kornbluth
110 • Space Fix • (1957) • essay by R. S. Richardson
158 • Space War • (1939) • essay by Willy Ley
186 • Space War Tactics • (1939) • essay by Malcolm Jameson
206 • Fuel for the Future • (1940) • essay by Jack Hatcher
232 • How to Count on Your Fingers • (1956) • essay by Frederik Pohl
250 • Interplanetary Copyright • (1953) • essay by Donald F. Reines (variant of The Shape of Copyright to Come 1952)

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