Publication: Aspects of Science Fiction

Publication: Aspects of Science FictionPublication Record # 3213
Editor: G. D. Doherty
Date: 1959-11-30
Publisher: John Murray
Pub. Series: The Albemarle Library for Schools
Price:
8/-^?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: 218
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- "(c) G. D. Doherty 1959" on copyright page. No statement of edition or printing.
- Price and publication date per Cole's Checklist of Science Fiction Anthologies.
- On title page, the editor G. D. Doherty is identified as "Senior English Master, Poundswick Grammar School, Manchester".
- There is no SBN, ISBN or LCCN on this 1959 UK publication. However some ABE booksellers reference ISBN 0-7195-2215-3, apparently for later printings.
- No dust jacket on verification copy.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 800264470
- Reginald-1: 04439

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Anthology Title: Aspects of Science Fiction • (1959) • anthology by G. D. Doherty

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • Introduction (Aspects of Science Fiction) • essay by G. D. Doherty
11 • Pictures Don't Lie • (1951) • short story by Katherine MacLean
32 • The Cold Equations • [Cold Equations (Godwin)] • (1954) • novelette by Tom Godwin
62 • A Sound of Thunder • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
77 • He Walked Around the Horses • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
103 • Zero Hour • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
115 • The Crystal Egg • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
135 • Dormant • (1948) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
154 • The Sea-Raiders • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
166 • Dumb Show • (1956) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
175 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
183 • Panel Game • (1955) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
196 • The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future • (1911) • short story by Stephen Leacock

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