Publication: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth

Publication: The Best of C. M. KornbluthPublication Record # 35759
Author: C. M. Kornbluth
Date: 1976-10-00
Catalog ID: 3006
Publisher: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
Price:
$2.49^?$: US dollar
Pages: 312
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth (1976) • by Gary Viskupic
Notes:
- First edition (not stated).
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for October 1976.
- No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- "3006" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
- First printing has gutter code "G35" [verified] on page 311; indicates a printing in August 1976.
- Reprinted with gutter code "M33" [verified], printed in August, 1982
- Reprint is different in two other ways besides the gutter code: SFBC #3006 is on the outside back cover; boards are now purple with dark blue 1/4 bound spine with darker blue lettering [first printing is all black boards with silver lettering]
- "Jacket painting by Gary Viskupic" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket, cover is also signed.
- The "About the Author" piece was reprinted from an unstated earlier Kornbluth collection.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 2213213

Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page

Collection Title: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth • collection by C. M. Kornbluth

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

1 • An Appreciation (The Best of C. M. Kornbluth) • essay by Frederik Pohl
7 • The Rocket of 1955 • (1939) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
9 • The Words of Guru • (1941) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
17 • The Only Thing We Learn • (1949) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
28 • The Adventurer • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
42 • The Little Black Bag • (1950) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
70 • The Luckiest Man in Denv • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
83 • The Silly Season • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
98 • The Remorseful • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
105 • Gomez • (1954) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
130 • The Advent on Channel Twelve • (1958) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
133 • The Marching Morons • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
164 • The Last Man Left in the Bar • (1957) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
176 • The Mindworm • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
190 • With These Hands • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
208 • Shark Ship • (1958) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of Reap the Dark Tide)
240 • Friend to Man • (1951) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
248 • The Altar at Midnight • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
255 • Dominoes • (1953) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
264 • Two Dooms • (1958) • novella by C. M. Kornbluth
311 • About the Author (The Best of C. M. Kornbluth) • (1954) • essay by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of About C.M. Kornbluth (The Explorers))

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Scott Latham	2007-02-03 21:23:06	Permanent	2015-06-21
Mhhutchins	2010-05-24 16:37:48	Permanent	2022-08-24
Bluesman	2012-01-01 13:43:58	Permanent	2018-12-13
Dfrank	2014-06-24 14:05:05	Permanent	2017-09-15
NrjPure	2016-10-12 09:29:28	Permanent	2017-01-25
Gzuckier	2020-04-24 23:24:56	Transient	2022-08-31
1970PlumbCrazy	2021-10-22 21:34:36	Permanent	2022-09-01

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-04-19 11:06:12
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 13:43:58
Clute/Grant	N/A	Dirk P Broer	2011-04-08 05:29:03
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Dirk P Broer	2011-04-08 05:29:03
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-04-19 11:06:12
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-04-19 11:06:12
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-04-19 11:06:12
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-04-19 11:06:12
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2012-01-01 13:43:58
Reginald1	N/A	Dirk P Broer	2011-04-08 05:29:03
Reginald3	Verified	Dirk P Broer	2011-04-08 05:29:03
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2012-01-01 13:43:58

The ISFDB is moving servers the week of 9/4.

Editing will be disabled on 9/6 until the database is migrated, and you may see either the old server or the new server while the domain name change propagates across the Internet.

You are currently on the NEW SERVER.

Publication: The Best of C. M. Kornbluth

You are not logged in. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

Primary Verifications

Secondary Verifications