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A treasury of great science fiction

1st ed.].
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This is a two volume anthology of science fiction from the 1940s and 1950s. Like the cover says, 4 novels, 12 novelettes, and 8 short stories. Authors include Poul Anderson, Robert Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, and Alfred Bester. SF anthologies don't come any better than this.

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Doubleday
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English

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A treasury of great science fiction
1959, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.].
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A treasury of great science fiction
1959, Doubleday
in English - 1st ed.]

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Table of Contents

v. 1. Before the curtain ... / by Anthony Boucher
Re-birth / by John Wyndham
The shape of things that came / by Richard Deming
Pillar of fire / by Ray Bradbury
Waldo / by Robert A. Heinlein
The father-thing / by Philip K. Dick
The children's hour / by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
Gomez / by C.M. Kornbluth
The [widget], the [wadget], and Boff / by Theodore Sturgeon
Sandra / by George P. Elliott
Beyond space and time / by Joel Townsley Rogers
The Martian crown jewels / by Poul Anderson
The weapon shops of Isher / by A.K. van Vogt
v. 2. Brain wave / by Paul Anderson
Bullard reflects / by Malcolm Jameson
The lost years / by Oscar Lewis
Dead center / by Judith Merril
Lost art / by George O. Smith
The other side of the sky / by Arthur C. Clarke
The man who sold the moon / by Robert A. Heinlein
Magic city / by Nelson S. Bond
The morning of the day they did it / by E.B. White
Piggy bank / by Henry Kuttner
Letters from Laura / by Mildred Clingerman
The stars my destination / by Alfred Bester.

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Also issued in print.

Electronic reproduction. Mountain View, Calif. : Google Book Search Library Project, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Garden City, N.Y
Other Titles
Great science fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.0876
Library of Congress
PS648.S3 T73 1959, PZ1.W59

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Pagination
2 volumes

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44934972M
OCLC/WorldCat
297376793

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