Publication: Off the Beaten Orbit

Publication: Off the Beaten OrbitPublication Record # 277504
Editor: Judith Merril
Date: 1961-12-00
Catalog ID: F-683
Publisher: Pyramid Books
Price:
$0.40^?$: US dollar
Pages: 192
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: Off the Beaten Orbit by John Schoenherr
Notes: • "Pyramid Books edition: second printing, December 1961" • Cover painting is credited to Schoenherr on the back cover • The Walter M. Miller, Jr. story is listed as Triflin' Man in the table of contents but as The Triflin' Man for the story header in the book.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 11308466

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Anthology Title: Off the Beaten Orbit • (1959) • anthology by Judith Merril (variant of Galaxy of Ghouls 1955)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Wolves Don't Cry • (1954) • short story by Bruce Elliott
18 • The Ambassadors • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher
23 • Share Alike • (1953) • short story by Jerome Bixby and Joe E. Dean
35 • Blood • (1955) • short story by Fredric Brown
36 • A Way of Thinking • (1953) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
64 • Child's Play • [Child's Play • 1] • (1947) • novelette by William Tenn
92 • O Ugly Bird! • [John the Balladeer] • (1951) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
104 • The Wheelbarrow Boy • (1950) • short story by Richard Parker
108 • Fish Story • (1953) • short story by Leslie Charteris
120 • Desertion • [City] • (1955) • short story by Clifford D. Simak [as by Clifford Simak]
132 • The Triflin' Man • (1955) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
144 • The Night He Cried • (1953) • short story by Fritz Leiber
152 • The Demon King • (1931) • short story by J. B. Priestley
165 • Proof of the Pudding • (1952) • short story by Robert Sheckley
173 • Homecoming • [The Elliott Family] • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Homecoming 1946)
185 • Mop-Up • (1953) • short story by Arthur Porges

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