Publication: Spectrum 4

Publication: Spectrum 4Publication Record # 213369
Editors: Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest
Date: 1966-08-00
Catalog ID: S1272
Publisher: Berkley Medallion
Price:
$0.75^?$: US dollar
Pages: 287+[1]
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: Spectrum 4 by Paul Lehr
Notes:
- Berkley Medallion edition August 1966. [This Publication Record].
- No printing number line in book.
- Copyright © 1965 by Kingsley Amis And Robert Conquest.
- Individual stories' publication data on copyright page.
- Printed in the United States of America.
- Pagination is mixed Roman numerals and Arabic numerals.
- Preface ends with K.A. (over) R.C.
- Cover artist not credited in book. Signature not found. Paul Lehr is confirmed by Jane Frank in Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists of the Twentieth Century
- S1272/75¢ at top left front cover.
- S1272 (over)(line)(over) 75¢ at top spine.
- The Choice is credited to Wayland Young, not "Wayland Hilton-Young".
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 6691060

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Anthology Title: Spectrum 4 • [Spectrum • 4] • (1966) • anthology by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest (variant of Spectrum IV 1965)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

vii • Preface (Spectrum 4) • (1965) • essay by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest
9 • Unreal Estates • (1964) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss and Kingsley Amis and C. S. Lewis
19 • The Marching Morons • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
47 • Gadget Vs. Trend • (1962) • short story by Christopher Anvil
61 • Such Stuff • (1962) • short story by John Brunner
76 • The Sellers of the Dream • (1963) • novelette by John Jakes
110 • The Large Ant • (1960) • short story by Howard Fast
119 • Barrier • (1942) • novella by Anthony Boucher
169 • The Great Nebraska Sea • (1963) • short story by Allan Danzig
179 • Compassion Circuit • (1954) • short story by John Wyndham
188 • A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
223 • Into the Shop • (1964) • short story by Ron Goulart
232 • The Secret Songs • (1962) • short story by Fritz Leiber
242 • Stranger Station • (1956) • novelette by Damon Knight
265 • Hot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal Clement
286 • The Choice • short story by Wayland Hilton-Young [as by Wayland Young]

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