Publication: The Great SF Stories #17 (1955)

Publication: The Great SF Stories #17 (1955)Publication Record # 40982
Editors: Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg
Date: 1988-01-00
ISBN: 0-88677-256-7 [978-0-88677-256-7]
Catalog ID: UE2256
Publisher: DAW Books
Pub. Series: DAW Collectors
Pub. Series #: 733
Price:
$3.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
Pages: 349
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
Cover: The Great SF Stories #17 (1955) by Jim Burns (variant of The Best of Arthur C. Clarke 1956-1972 1981)
Notes:
- "First Printing, January 1988/123456789"
- Cover art credited to Burns on copyright page, no visible signature
- DAW Book Collectors No. 733.
- The Title on the spine is "The Great SF Stories: 17". The Title on the cover is "The Great SF Stories: 17 (1955)".
- Introduction not signed, but according to Isaac Asimov in an essay from Gold, he stated that all of the Introductions from this series were written by Greenberg.
- "1955 Introduction" is called "Introduction" on the ToC.
- $4.95 in Canada
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 17599038
- Reginald-3: 16956

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • 1955 Introduction (The Great SF Stories #17 (1955)) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
13 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
46 • The Darfsteller • (1955) • novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
112 • The Cave of Night • [Station in Space Universe] • (1955) • short story by James E. Gunn
130 • Grandpa • [The Hub] • (1955) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
153 • Who? • (1955) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of Bulkhead)
187 • The Short Ones • (1955) • novelette by Raymond E. Banks
209 • Captive Market • (1955) • short story by Philip K. Dick
228 • Allamagoosa • (1955) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
243 • The Vanishing American • (1955) • short story by Charles Beaumont
254 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
270 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
277 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • short story by Algis Budrys
292 • Delenda Est • [Time Patrol • 5] • (1955) • novelette by Poul Anderson
333 • Dreaming Is a Private Thing • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov

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