Notes: "Prefazione" is an original Italian essay as by C. F. and F. L. The Puppet Masters was translated by Maria Gallone as "Il terrore dalla sesta luna" What Mad Universe was translated by Adria Mandrini as "Assurdo universo" The Day of the Triffids was translated by Maria Bulgheroni as "Il giorno dei trifidi" "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" was translated by Sarah Cantoni as "La maschera di Innsmouth" "Killdozer!" was translated by Vincenzo Mantovani as "Killdozer!" "The Novel of the Black Seal" was translated by Giovanna Boselli as "La storia del sigillo nero" "The House on the Borderland" was translated by Giuliana De Carlo as "La casa sull'abisso"; abridged