Publication: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949

Publication: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949Publication Record # 35915
Editors: Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty
Date: 1949-08-00
Publisher: Frederick Fell
Price:
$2.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 314
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 by Frank McCarthy
Notes:
- "First Printing August 1949" on copyright page. Publication date was September 12, 1949 per Cole checklist of SF anthologies.
- $2.95 price on front flap of jacket. "Jacket illustration by Frank McCarthy" on back flap.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 527618
- Reginald-1: 01467

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

11 • Introduction: Trends in Modern Science-Fiction • (1949) • essay by Melvin Korshak
19 • Preface (The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949) • (1949) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
29 • Mars Is Heaven! • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
51 • Ex Machina • [Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)] • (1948) • novelette by Henry Kuttner [as by Lewis Padgett]
92 • The Strange Case of John Kingman • (1948) • short story by Murray Leinster
112 • Doughnut Jockey • (1948) • short story by Erik Fennel
130 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
132 • Period Piece • (1948) • short story by John R. Pierce [as by J. J. Coupling]
141 • Knock • (1948) • short story by Fredric Brown
154 • Genius • (1948) • novelette by Poul Anderson
195 • And the Moon Be Still As Bright • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
226 • No Connection • (1948) • short story by Isaac Asimov
250 • In Hiding • [Children of the Atom] • (1948) • novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras
292 • Happy Ending • (1948) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]

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