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9th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Dell, May 1965, 9775, 75¢, 384pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1964 as The 9th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F) SF anthology.

9th Annual S-F ed. Judith Merril (Mayflower-Dell, 1967, 9775-8, 5/-, 381pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1964 as The 9th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F) SF anthology.

The 9th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, 1964, $4.95, 384pp, hc, an, cover by Lawrence Ratzkin) 8 · Introduction · Judith Merril ,[?], uncredited · in 9 · Bernie the Faust · William Tenn · nv Playboy November 1963 35 · Fortress Ship [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If January 1963 47 · Mr. Waterman · Peter Redgrove · ss The Nature of Cold Weather and Other Poems by Peter Redgrove, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., 1961 50 · Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well · Reginald Bretnor · ss Peninsula Spectator October 23 1959 58 · Tree Trunks · John Gallagher · ct The Saturday Evening Post 1963 59 · They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1963 96 · The Great Nebraska Sea · Allan Danzig · fa Galaxy Magazine August 1963 109 · The Faces Outside · Bruce McAllister · ss If July 1963 119 · A Slight Case of Limbo · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1963 133 · 237 Talking Statues, Etc. · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1963 143 · The Jazz Machine · Richard Matheson · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1963 151 · Mourning Song · Charles Beaumont · nv Gamma #1, 1963 165 · Dog Eat Dog · Jules Feiffer · ct 1963 168 · The Jewbird · Bernard Malamud · ss The Reporter April 11 1963 178 · On the Fourth Planet · J. F. Bone · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1963 197 · Poppa Needs Shorts · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction January 1964 203 · Double Standard · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy April 1963 209 · Interview · Frank A. Javor · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction November 1963 214 · Eight O’Clock in the Morning · Ray Faraday Nelson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 220 · Where Is Everybody? · Ben Bova · ar Amazing Stories May 1963 229 · The Earth Dwellers · André Maurois · nv 1963 translated from the French (“Deux fragments d’une histoire universelle”, Éditions des Portiques, 1992). 253 · Nobel Prize Winners · W. J. J. Gordon · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1963 268 · Hot Planet · Hal Clement · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1963 294 · IBM · Mort Gernberg · ct Dude 1963 295 · Confessions of the First Number · Cliff Owsley · ss The Saturday Review of Literature 1963 297 · The Ming Vase · E. C. Tubb · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction May 1963 322 · A Bargain with Cashel · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post April 27 1963 336 · Drunkboat [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Amazing Stories October 1963 370 · Summation: S-F, 1963 · Judith Merril · ar 379 · Books · Anthony Boucher · bi 381 · Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

Off the Beaten Orbit ed. Judith Merril (Pyramid, 1959, G-397, 35¢, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers)     Reprint (Lion 1955 as Galaxy of Ghouls) anthology.

SF 12 ed. Judith Merril (Delacorte Press, August 1968, $5.95, 384pp, hc, an, cover by Carl Smith) 9 · Fish Out of Water, Man Beside Himself · Judith Merril · in (r) 11 · Cinemagicians · Tuli Kupferberg · pm East Side Review 1966 12 · In Seclusion · Harvey Jacobs · nv New Worlds #179, February 1968 32 · The Food Farm · Kit Reed · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 42 · Gogol’s Wife · Tommaso Landolfi; translated by Wayland Young · ss Gogol’s Wife and Other Stories by Tommaso Landolfi, New Directions, 1963 translated from the Italian (“La moglie di Gogol”, Ombre, 1954). 54 · The Balloon · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker April 16 1966 60 · The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1967 77 · Luana · Gilbert Thomas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 87 · W-a-v-e-r · Tuli Kupferberg · pm East Side Review 1966 89 · During the Jurassic · John Updike · ss Transatlantic Review #21, Summer 1966 94 · The Fall of Frenchy Steiner · Hilary Bailey · nv New Worlds SF #143, July/August 1964 127 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966 137 · Beyond the Weeds · Peter Tate · ss New Worlds SF #160, March 1966, as “The Post-Mortem People” 154 · Crab-Apple Crisis · George MacBeth · ss New Worlds SF #167, 1966 161 · Primary Education of the Camiroi [Camiroi] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 174 · When I Was Miss Dow · Sonya Dorman · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1966 187 · A Vacation on Earth · Thomas M. Disch · pm 189 · Confluence · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Punch August 30 1967 197 · Journal from Ellipsia · Hortense Calisher · ex Little, Brown, 1965 213 · An Ornament to His Profession [Conrad Patrick] · Charles L. Harness · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact February 1966 256 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 271 · They Do Not Always Remember · William S. Burroughs · vi Esquire May 1966 274 · The Winter Flies · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967, as “The Inner Circles” 288 · When I First Read… · Dick Allen · pm The Antioch Review 1966 290 · You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #27, 1966 295 · And More Changes Still · Henri Michaux · ss (r) translated from the French (“Encore des changements”, La nuit retenue, 1929). 298 · The Other · Katherine MacLean · ss New Worlds SF #164, July 1966 303 · Chicken Icarus · Carol Emshwiller · ss Cavalier #160, October 1966, as “A Dream of Flying” 316 · In the Egg · Günter Grass; translated by Michael Hamburger · pm The Nation August 16 1965 translated from the German (“Im Ei”, Akzente, January/February 1958). 318 · The Star Pit · Samuel R. Delany · na Worlds of Tomorrow February 1967 382 · Personal · Tuli Kupferberg · vi East Side Review 1966

SF: The Best of the Best ed. Judith Merril (Delacorte Press, November 1967, $6.50, 438pp, hc, an) 1 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in 9 · The Hoofer · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Fantastic Universe September 1955 21 · Bulkhead · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1955, as “Who?” 56 · Anything Box · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 71 · Prima Belladonna [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss Science Fantasy #20, December 1956 86 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 98 · A Death in the House · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1959 119 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958 132 · Pelt · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958 143 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 169 · Satellite Passage · Theodore L. Thomas · ss If December 1958 180 · No, No, Not Rogov! [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss If February 1959 199 · Compounded Interest · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1956 213 · Junior · Robert Abernathy · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1956 221 · Sense from Thought Divide [Ralph Kennedy] · Mark Clifton · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1955 255 · Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories February 1960 261 · Plenitude · Will Worthington · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1959 274 · Day at the Beach · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1959 285 · Let’s Be Frank · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science Fantasy #23, 1957 295 · The Wonder Horse · George Byram · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1957 310 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 325 · The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958 344 · The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue August 1960 349 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 355 · The Sound-Sweep · J. G. Ballard · nv Science Fantasy #39, February 1960 395 · Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac · Richard Gehman · ss Playboy March 1958, as by Martin Scott 398 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55. 415 · The Public Hating · Steve Allen · ss Bluebook January 1955 423 · You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 428 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955

SF: The Best of the Best, Part One ed. Judith Merril (Mayflower, 1970, 0-583-11725-2, 5/-, 203pp, pb, an, cover by Josh Kirby)     Reprints the first half of SF: The Best of the Best (Delacorte Press, 1967) except for “The Anything Box” by Zenna Henderson. 9 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in SF: The Best of the Best ed. Judith Merril, Delacorte Press, 1967 11 · The Hoofer · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Fantastic Universe September 1955 22 · Bulkhead · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1955, as “Who?” 55 · Prima Belladonna [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss Science Fantasy #20, December 1956 70 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 82 · A Death in the House · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1959 102 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958 115 · Pelt · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958 126 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 152 · Satellite Passage · Theodore L. Thomas · ss If December 1958 163 · No, No, Not Rogov! [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss If February 1959 182 · Compounded Interest · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1956 196 · Junior · Robert Abernathy · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1956

SF: The Best of the Best, Part Two ed. Judith Merril (Mayflower, 1970, 0-583-11808-9, 6/-, 221pp, pb, an, cover by Josh Kirby)     Reprints the second half of SF: The Best of the Best (Delacorte Press, 1967). 9 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in SF: The Best of the Best ed. Judith Merril, Delacorte Press, 1967 11 · Sense from Thought Divide [Ralph Kennedy] · Mark Clifton · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1955 43 · Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories February 1960 49 · Plenitude · Will Worthington · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1959 61 · Day at the Beach · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1959 71 · Let’s Be Frank · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science Fantasy #23, 1957 81 · The Wonder Horse · George Byram · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1957 95 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 109 · The Prize of Peril · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1958 127 · The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue August 1960 131 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 137 · The Sound-Sweep · J. G. Ballard · nv Science Fantasy #39, February 1960 175 · Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac · Richard Gehman · ss Playboy March 1958, as by Martin Scott 179 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55. 197 · The Public Hating · Steve Allen · ss Bluebook January 1955 205 · You Know Willie · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1957 211 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955

SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy ed. Judith Merril (Dell, May 1956, B103, 35¢, 342pp, pb, an) 8 · Introduction · Orson Welles · in 10 · Preface · Judith Merril · pr 11 · The Stutterer · R. R. Merliss · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1955 42 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 49 · Junior · Robert Abernathy · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1956 58 · The Cave of Night · James E. Gunn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1955 77 · The Hoofer · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Fantastic Universe September 1955 89 · Bulkhead · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1955, as “Who?” 125 · Sense from Thought Divide [Ralph Kennedy] · Mark Clifton · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1955 162 · Pottage [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1955 200 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 216 · The Last Day of Summer · E. C. Tubb · ss Science Fantasy #12, 1955 226 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1955 238 · The Ethicators · Willard Marsh · ss If August 1955 244 · Birds Can’t Count · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1955 253 · Of Missing Persons · Jack Finney · ss Good Housekeeping March 1955 270 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55. 288 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 304 · The Public Hating · Steve Allen · ss Bluebook January 1955 312 · Home There’s No Returning · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv No Boundaries by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore, Ballantine, 1955 343 · The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume ed. Judith Merril (Dell, June 1959, B129, 35¢, 256pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Gnome Press 1959 as SF:’59) SF anthology.

SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Second Annual Volume ed. Judith Merril (Dell, June 1957, B110, 35¢, 320pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers) 9 · The Man Who Liked Lions · John Bernard Daley · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1956 25 · The Cosmic Expense Account · C. M. Kornbluth · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1956, as “The Cosmic Charge Account” 51 · The Far Look · Theodore L. Thomas · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1956 81 · When Grandfather Flew to the Moon · E. L. Malpass · ss The Observer January 2 1955, as “Return of the Moon Man” by Samson Darley 88 · The Doorstop · Reginald Bretnor · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1956 98 · Silent Brother · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1956, as by Paul Janvier 119 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 146 · Each an Explorer · Isaac Asimov · ss Future Science Fiction #30, 1956 161 · All About “The Thing” · Randall Garrett · pm Science Fiction Stories May 1956, as “John W. Campbell, Jr.’s “Who Goes There?”” 164 · Put Them All Together, They Spell Monster · Ray Russell · ss Playboy October 1956 173 · Digging the Weans · Robert Nathan · ss Harper’s Magazine November 1956 181 · Take a Deep Breath · Roger Thorne · ss Tiger 1956 187 · Grandma’s Lie Soap · Robert Abernathy · ss Fantastic Universe February 1956 206 · Compounded Interest · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1956 220 · Prima Belladonna [Vermilion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss Science Fantasy #20, December 1956 235 · The Other Man · Theodore Sturgeon · na Galaxy Science Fiction September 1956 290 · The Damnedest Thing · Garson Kanin · ss Esquire February 1956 298 · Anything Box · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1956 313 · The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Third Annual Volume ed. Judith Merril (Dell, July 1958, B119, 35¢, 255pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers)     Reprint (Gnome Press 1958 as SF:’58) SF anthology.

SF:’57: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy ed. Judith Merril (Gnome Press, 1957, LC:56-8938, $3.95, 320pp, hc, an, cover by W. I. Van der Poel)     Reprint (Dell 1957 as SF: The Year’s Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Second Annual Volume) SF anthology.