Publication: The Best of Sci-Fi (Three)

Publication: The Best of Sci-Fi (Three)Publication Record # 255743
Editor: Cordelia Titcomb Smith
Date: 1964-00-00
Catalog ID: 3160
Publisher: Mayflower-Dell
Price:
5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 288
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 Best of Sci-Fi (Three) by Richard Powers (variant of The Undying Fire 1953)
Notes:
- "© Copyright, 1964, by Dell Publishing Co., Inc."
- "First publication in Great Britain"
- "Published as a Mayflower-Dell Paperback, 1964"
- "The Best of Sci-Fi 3" on spine, "The Best of Sci Fi 3" on front cover.
- As Brian Stableford states in Clute/Nicholls p.799: "The Best of Sci-Fi 3 (anth 1964 UK) ed Cordelia Titcomb Smith has no connection with the Judith Merril series" (Several anthologies of Judith Merril were brought out in Britain as a "The Best of Sci-Fi" by the same publisher)
- Same cover art as ''Great Science Fiction Stories'', where Richard Powers is credited.
- In the Contents "Paul Anderson" is incorrectly identified as the author of The Martian Crown Jewels. "Poul Anderson" is correctly identified as the Author at the start of the story
External IDs:
- Reginald-1: 13320A

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Anthology Title: The Best of Sci-Fi (Three) • anthology by Cordelia Titcomb Smith (variant of Great Science Fiction Stories)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (Great Science Fiction Stories) • (1964) • essay by Cordelia Titcomb Smith
11 • Vital Factor • (1951) • short story by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
17 • Pottage • [The People] • (1955) • novelette by Zenna Henderson
55 • The Roads Must Roll • [Future History] • (1940) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein [as by Robert Heinlein]
100 • The Stolen Bacillus • (1894) • short story by H. G. Wells
108 • The Star • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
121 • Nightfall • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
162 • History Lesson • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
172 • In Hiding • [Children of the Atom] • (1948) • novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras [as by Wilmar Shiras]
212 • The Martian Crown Jewels • (1958) • short story by Poul Anderson
231 • The Sands of Time • [Sands of Time • 1] • (1937) • novella by P. Schuyler Miller
267 • Into Space (Round the Moon Excerpt) • [Baltimore Gun Club] • (1964) • short fiction by Jules Verne

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BLongley	2008-02-09 12:42:02	Permanent	2013-09-09
Willem H.	2010-11-23 11:57:53	Permanent	2025-04-28
Dirk P Broer	2011-07-03 10:03:45	Permanent	2025-04-27
Chavey	2013-05-11 15:47:05	Permanent	2023-12-02
AndyjMo	2017-05-19 07:27:30	Permanent	2018-06-27

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Dirk P Broer	2011-07-03 10:03:45
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2010-05-16 10:35:23
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2013-05-28 19:15:02
Tuck	Verified	Bluesman	2013-05-28 19:08:44

Publication: The Best of Sci-Fi (Three)

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