Publication: The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction

Publication: The Pocket Book of Science-FictionPublication Record # 302400
Editor: Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1943-03-00
Catalog ID: 214
Publisher: Pocket Books
Price:
$0.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+310
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
Notes:
- "First printing ... March, 1943" and "Published by Pocket Books, Inc., May, 1943" on copyright page.
- Artist not credited; no visible signature.
- Back cover states "See end of this book for list of Pocket Book titles" but there is no such list. The advertising pages may have been omitted because, "In order to cooperate with the government's war effort, this book has been made in strict conformity with WPB regulations restricting the use of certain materials" (from half-title page.)
- There is no price on the book; price from Contento1
External IDs:
- Bleiler Early Years: 2418
- OCLC/WorldCat: 3484823
- Reginald-1: 15576

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

viii • Introduction (The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction) • (1943) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
1 • By the Waters of Babylon • (1937) • short story by Stephen Vincent Benét (variant of The Place of the Gods)
17 • Moxon's Master • (1899) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
29 • Green Thoughts • (1931) • short story by John Collier
51 • In the Abyss • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
71 • The Green Splotches • (1920) • novella by T. S. Stribling
155 • The Last Man • (1929) • novelette by Wallace West
186 • A Martian Odyssey • [Tweel • 1] • (1934) • novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
220 • Twilight • [Twilight • 1] • (1934) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart]
247 • Microcosmic God • (1941) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
284 • "—And He Built a Crooked House" • (1941) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein

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