Publication: Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2

Publication: Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2Publication Record # 32083
Editor: Frederik Pohl
Date: 1953-12-00
Catalog ID: H-55
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$2.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: [4]+195+[2]
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 (1953) • by Richard Powers
Notes:
- "Copyright, 1953, by Ballantine Books" and series LCCN on copyright page. No statement of printing, as noted by Currey.
- Published December 1953 per Cole Checklist.
- "H 55" and $2.00 price on jacket front flap.
- There is no credit for the jacket art in book or on jacket. It is a black & white version (with slight differences) of a detail from Richard Powers' jacket for the hardcover edition. However, The Art of Richard Powers does not include it in its comprehensive list of Powers' works.
- There are four un-numbered pages between the copyright page and (numbered) Page 1, plus two un-numbered pages following Page 195. Those at beginning contain the "Editor's Note" and "Contents" page, and the ones at end contain "About Frederik Pohl".
External IDs:
- LCCN: 53-5671
- OCLC/WorldCat: 317690159
- Reginald-1: 11780

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

1 • Disappearing Act • (1953) • short story by Alfred Bester
[1] • Editor's Note (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2) • (1953) • essay by Frederik Pohl
22 • The Clinic • (1953) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
37 • The Congruent People • (1953) • short story by Algis Budrys [as by A. J. Budrys]
50 • Critical Factor • (1953) • short story by Hal Clement
66 • It's a Good Life • (1953) • short story by Jerome Bixby
86 • A Pound of Cure • (1953) • short story by Lester del Rey
98 • The Purple Fields • (1953) • short story by Robert Crane
111 • F Y I • (1953) • short story by James Blish
121 • Conquest • (1953) • short story by Anthony Boucher
133 • Hormones • (1953) • short story by Fletcher Pratt
141 • The Odor of Thought • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
154 • The Happiest Creature • [Quarantine] • (1953) • short story by Jack Williamson
170 • The Remorseful • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
178 • Friend of the Family • (1953) • short story by Richard Wilson
[197] • About Frederik Pohl (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2) • essay by uncredited

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