Publication: Best SF Five

Publication: Best SF FivePublication Record # 4153
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1963-06-00
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Price:
18/-^?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: 256
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Best SF Five by John Griffiths [as by John Griffith]
Notes:
- Titled "Best SF 5" on the front and spine of the dustjacket. Spine and title page of the book titled "Best SF Five".
- Published June 1963 per Cole Checklist of SF Anthologies.
- Cover artist's name is a misspelled version of John Griffiths
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 317444329
- Reginald-1: 03610

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Anthology Title: Best SF Five • [Best SF (Crispin) • 5] • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Foreword (Best SF Five) • (1963) • essay by Edmund Crispin
13 • On Handling the Data • (1959) • short story by Henry I. Hirshfield and G. M. Mateyko
22 • Noise Level • [Martin Nagle] • (1952) • novelette by Raymond F. Jones
66 • Green Thumb • (1954) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
88 • The Quest for Saint Aquin • (1951) • novelette by Anthony Boucher
108 • The Monsters • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
119 • Who Can Replace a Man? • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
129 • The Prisoner • [The War with the Outs • 1] • (1956) • novelette by Christopher Anvil
155 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
162 • Consider Her Ways • (1956) • novella by John Wyndham
227 • The Martyr • (1960) • novelette by Poul Anderson
247 • Later Than You Think • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber

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