- Publication: The First Astounding Science Fiction AnthologyPublication Record # 39844
- Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
- Date: 1954-00-00
- Publisher: Grayson & Grayson
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Price: 9/6?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
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Format: hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
- Type: ANTHOLOGY
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Notes: "First published in Great Britain 1954 on copyright page." - Currey
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External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2083960
- Reginald-1: 02517A
Anthology Title:
The First Astounding Science Fiction Anthology • anthology by John W. Campbell, Jr.
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- Thunder and Roses • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
- Hobbyist • (1947) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
- First Contact • (1945) • novelette by Murray Leinster
- Blowups Happen • [Future History] • (1940) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein
- Child's Play • [Child's Play (William Tenn) • 1] • (1947) • novelette by William Tenn
- The Witches of Karres • [Karres] • (1949) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
- Invariant • (1944) • short story by John R. Pierce
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