Publication: Cities of Wonder

Publication: Cities of WonderPublication Record # 355352
Editor: Damon Knight
Date: 1970-00-00
Catalog ID: 53058
Publisher: Sphere
Price:
6/-^?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: 239
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
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: "First Sphere Books edition 1970" on copyright page. Artist not credited. #53058 on back cover. Other prices on back cover: Australia 1.00¢, New Zealand 85¢, United Kingdom 6/- (30p), South Africa 75¢, East Africa 7/25.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 12707908

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Anthology Title: Cities of Wonder • (1966) • anthology by Damon Knight

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Introduction (Cities of Wonder) • (1966) • essay by Damon Knight
9 • Single Combat • (1955) • short story by Robert Abernathy
19 • Dumb Waiter • (1952) • novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
55 • Jesting Pilot • (1947) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
69 • "It's Great to Be Back!" • [Future History] • (1947) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
87 • Billennium • (1961) • short story by J. G. Ballard
103 • Okie • [Cities in Flight] • (1950) • novelette by James Blish
145 • The Luckiest Man in Denv • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
157 • The Machine Stops • (1909) • novelette by E. M. Forster
187 • The Underprivileged • (1963) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
203 • By the Waters of Babylon • (1937) • short story by
Stephen Vincent Benét^?Stephen Vincent Benet
(variant of The Place of the Gods)
215 • Forgetfulness • (1937) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart]

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