Publication: The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties

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Publication: The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the FiftiesPublication Record # 39205
Editors: Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini
Date: 1979-06-00
ISBN: 0-441-20657-3 [978-0-441-20657-5]
Publisher: Ace Books
Pub. Series: An Analog Book
Price:
$1.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: [8]+311
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 End of Summer (1979) • by David Egge
Notes:
- "First Ace printing: June 1979" stated on the copyright page.
- "Cover art by David Egge" stated on the copyright page.
- Cover is emblazoned as "An Analog Book", Series Editor, Ben Bova
- The "Prefatory Note" appears on an unnumbered page. Page assigned based on a count from the first page of the book.
- This edition appeared several months before the trade paperback edition from Baronet. The Baronet editions of this series were usually published before the Ace mass-market edition.

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Anthology Title: The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties • anthology by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction: The Fifties • essay by Barry N. Malzberg
[7] • Prefatory Note (The End of Summer) • essay by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
15 • Darwinian Pool Room • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov
25 • The Analogues • [The Analogues] • (1952) • short story by Damon Knight
51 • Love • (1952) • short story by Richard Wilson
67 • Sam Hall • [Sam Hall Universe] • (1953) • novelette by Poul Anderson
119 • Disappearing Act • (1953) • short story by Alfred Bester
151 • The Altar at Midnight • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
165 • New Blood • [Dr. Russell Pearce] • (1955) • novelette by James E. Gunn
207 • The End of Summer • (1954) • novelette by Algis Budrys
249 • Try and Change the Past • [Change War] • (1958) • short story by Fritz Leiber
263 • Hex • (1959) • novelette by Laurence M. Janifer
305 • Afterword: Serendipity • essay by Bill Pronzini

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