Publication: The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction

Publication: The Pocket Book of Science-FictionPublication Record # 277295
Editor: Donald A. Wollheim
Date: 1943-08-00
Catalog ID: 214
Publisher: Pocket Books
Price:
$0.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+310
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
Notes: • "Published by POCKET BOOKS May 1943" • "3rd Printing ... August, 1943"; no number line • The artist is not credited, no visible signature • Back cover states "See end of this book for list of Pocket Book titles" but there is no list.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 317773347

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

viii • Introduction (The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction) • (1943) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
1 • By the Waters of Babylon • (1937) • short story by Stephen Vincent Benét (variant of The Place of the Gods)
17 • Moxon's Master • (1899) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
29 • Green Thoughts • (1931) • short story by John Collier
51 • In the Abyss • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
71 • The Green Splotches • (1920) • novella by T. S. Stribling
155 • The Last Man • (1929) • novelette by Wallace West
186 • A Martian Odyssey • [Tweel • 1] • (1934) • novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
220 • Twilight • [Twilight • 1] • (1934) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart]
247 • Microcosmic God • (1941) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
284 • "—And He Built a Crooked House" • (1941) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein

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