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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.

Shot in the Dark ed. Judith Merril (Bantam, January 1950, 751, 25¢, 310pp, pb, an, cover by Herman E. Bischoff) 1 · The Sky Was Full of Ships · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1947 15 · The Halfling · Leigh Brackett · nv Astonishing Stories February 1943 40 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1948 53 · Voices in the Dust of Annan · Gerald Kersh · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 13 1947 70 · A Hitch in Time · James MacCreigh · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1947 80 · Gentlemen, Be Seated! · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Argosy May 1948 92 · Nightmare Number Three · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm The New Yorker July 27 1935 95 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 109 · The Dark Angel · Lewis Padgett · ss Startling Stories March 1946, as by Henry Kuttner 126 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945 132 · The Day of the Deepies · Murray Leinster · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1947 151 · The Shadow and the Flash · Jack London · ss The Bookman June 1903 169 · Spokesman for Terra · Hugh Raymond · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941 174 · He Was Asking After You · Margery Allingham · ss The (London) Evening News July 29 1936 183 · Strange Playfellow [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940 198 · Brooklyn Project · William Tenn · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 211 · Interview with a Lemming · James Thurber · vi PM March 3 1941 213 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 236 · Who Is Charles Avison? · Edison Tesla Marshall · ss The Argosy April 1916 252 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 264 · The Bronze Parrot · R. Austin Freeman · ss The Times Red Cross Story Book, Hodder & Stoughton, 1915 281 · Life on the Moon · Alexander Samalman · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1946 290 · Blunder · Philip Wylie · ss Collier’s January 12 1946

The 6th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, 1961, $3.95, 384pp, hc, an, cover by H. Lawrence Hoffman) 8 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in 9 · Double, Double, Toil and Trouble · Holley Cantine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1960 26 · The Never-Ending Penny · Bernard Wolfe · nv Playboy September 1960 41 · The Fellow Who Married the Maxill Girl · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 69 · Something Invented Me · R. C. Phelan · ss The Reporter October 1960 79 · A Sigh for Cybernetics · Felicia Lamport · pm Harper’s Magazine January 1961 80 · Obvious! · Michael ffolkes · ct Punch October 3 1960 81 · I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May 1960 93 · The Lagging Profession [Saddle & Spardleton] · Leonard Lockhard (by Theodore L. Thomas) · ss Analog Science Fact—Fiction January 1961 105 · The Distortion · Shel Silverstein · ct Playboy May 1960 109 · Report on the Nature of the Lunar Surface · John Brunner · vi Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction August 1960 112 · J.G. · Roger Price · ex from J.G. the Upright Ape, Lyle Stuart, 1960 138 · Chief · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy June 1960 139 · Psalm · Lester del Rey · pp Fantastic Universe March 1960, as “untitled (“The AEC Is My Shepherd…”)” 140 · The Large Ant · Howard Fast · ss Fantastic Universe February 1960 150 · A Rose by Other Name… · Christopher Anvil · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1960 160 · Enchantment · Elizabeth Emmett · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 1 1960 175 · Thiotimoline and the Space Age [Thiotimoline] · Isaac Asimov · fa Analog Science Fact—Fiction October 1960 184 · Beach Scene · Marshall King · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1960 199 · Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 29 1960 211 · Abominable · Fredric Brown · vi The Dude March 1960 214 · The Man on Top · Reginald Bretnor · ss Esquire October 1951 219 · David’s Daddy · Rosel George Brown · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories June 1960 231 · The Thinkers · Walt Kelly · ct Hall Syndicate, January 1961 233 · Something Bright · Zenna Henderson · ss Galaxy Magazine February 1960 250 · In the House, Another · Joseph Whitehill · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960 254 · A Serious Search for Weird Worlds · Ray Bradbury · ar Life October 24 1960 268 · Ed Lear Wasn’t So Crazy! · Hilbert Schenck · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1960 269 · Instructor · Thelwell · ct Punch January 1961 270 · The Brotherhood of Keepers · Dean McLaughlin · nv Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction July 1960 323 · Hemingway in Space · Kingsley Amis · ss Punch December 21 1960 329 · Mine Own Ways · Richard M. McKenna · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1960 346 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960 359 · Radiation Blues · Theodore R. Cogswell · pm Dimensions #15, August/October 1954 361 · Blowup Blues · Theodore R. Cogswell · sg 1960 363 · Ballad of the Shoshonu · Gordon R. Dickson · sg 365 · How to Think a Science Fiction Story · G. Harry Stine · ar Analog Science Fact—Fiction May 1961, as “Science Fiction Is Too Conservative” 374 · The Year in S-F · Judith Merril · ar 378 · S-F Books—1960 · Anthony Boucher · ar 381 · Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

The Space-Time Journal ed. Judith Merril (Panther, November 1972, 586-03837-X, 30p, 206pp, pb, an)     Reprints 21 of the 28 stories and poems from England Swings SF (Doubleday, 1968). 9 · The Island · Roger Jones · ss Science Fantasy #69, January/February 1965 19 · Ne Déjà Vu Pas · Josephine Saxton · ss 1967 29 · Signals · John Calder · ss New Worlds SF #166, 1966 35 · Saint 505 · John Clark · ss New Worlds SF #170, 1967 39 · The Singular Quest of Martin Borg · George Collyn · nv New Worlds SF #147, February 1965 58 · The First Gorilla on the Moon · Bill Butler · pm England Swings SF ed. Judith Merril, Doubleday, 1968 60 · Blastoff · Kyril Bonfiglioli · ss 1964 64 · You and Me and the Continuum · J. G. Ballard · ss Impulse March 1966 71 · Who’s in There with Me? · Daphne Castell · ss England Swings SF ed. Judith Merril, Doubleday, 1968 86 · Manscarer · Keith Roberts · nv New Writings in S-F 7 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1966 107 · The Silver Needle · George MacBeth · pm New Worlds SF #170, 1967 115 · The Baked Bean Factory · Michael Butterworth · ss New Worlds #176, October 1967 120 · The Hall of Machines · Langdon Jones · ss New Worlds #180, March 1968 132 · The Run · Chris Priest · ss Impulse May 1966 140 · Still Trajectories [Colin Charteris] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds #175, September 1967 158 · Sun Push · Graham M. Hall · ss New Worlds SF #170, 1967 172 · Report on a Supermarket · Michael Hamburger · pm (r) 175 · Dr. Gelabius · Hilary Bailey · vi New Worlds #181, April 1968 178 · Psychosmosis · David I. Masson · ss New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 188 · The Idea of Entropy at Maenporth Beach · Peter Redgrove · pm 1967 190 · Same Autumn in a Different Park · Peter Tate · ss Fantastic September 1967

The 10th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best SF ed. Judith Merril (Delacorte, 1965, $4.95, 400pp, hc, an, cover by G. Ziel) 9 · Automatic Tiger · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1964 25 · The Carson Effect · Richard Wilson · ss Worlds of Tomorrow November 1964 41 · The Shining Ones · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy August 1964 60 · Pacifist · Mack Reynolds · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1964 80 · The New Encyclopaedist · Stephen Becker · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1964 87 · The Legend of Joe Lee · John D. MacDonald · ss Cosmopolitan October 1964 100 · Gas Mask · James D. Houston · ss Nugget 1964 111 · A Sinister Metamorphosis · Russell Baker · ss The New York Times 1965 114 · Sonny · Rick Raphael · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1963 132 · The Last Secret Weapon of the Third Reich · Josef Nesvadba; translated by Iris Urwin · ss Vampires Ltd. by Josef Nesvadba, tr. Iris Urwin, Artia, 1964 translated from the Czech (“Poslední tajná zbra*nv Třetí říše”, 1962). 146 · Descending · Thomas M. Disch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1964 159 · Decadence · Romain Gary; translated by Richard Howard · ss Saga 1964 translated from the French (“Décadence”, Gloire à nos illustres pionniers, Gallimard, 1962). 177 · Be of Good Cheer · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1964 182 · It Could Be You · Frank Roberts · ss Coast to Coast by Frank Roberts, Sydney, Australia, 1964 192 · A Benefactor of Humanity · James T. Farrell · ss The Socialist Call 1958 198 · Synchromocracy · Hap Cawood · ss Motive November 1964 200 · The Search · Bruce Simonds · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1964 207 · The Pirokin Effect · Larry Eisenberg · ss Amazing Stories June 1964 211 · The Twerlik · Jack Sharkey · ss Worlds of Tomorrow June 1964 221 · A Rose for Ecclesiastes · Roger Zelazny · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 _ · Braxa · Roger Zelazny · pm The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1963 261 · The Terminal Beach · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #140, March 1964 284 · Problem Child · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964 290 · The Wonderful Dog Suit · Donald Hall · ss The Carleton Miscellany 1964 293 · The Mathenauts · Norman Kagan · nv If July 1964 310 · Family Portrait · Morgan Kent · vi Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1964 314 · A Red Egg · José Maria Gironella; translated by Terry Broch Fontseré · ss 1964 326 · The Power of Positive Thinking · M. E. White · ss New Directions #18, 1964 336 · A Living Doll · Robert Wallace · ar Harper’s Magazine January 1964 340 · Training Talk · David R. Bunch · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964 345 · A Miracle Too Many · Philip H. Smith & Alan E. Nourse · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1964 359 · The Last Lonely Man · John Brunner · ss New Worlds SF #142, May/June 1964 377 · The Man Who Found Proteus · Robert H. Rohrer, Jr. · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1964 383 · Yachid and Yechida · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss Short Friday and Other Stories by Isaac B. Singer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1964 translated from the Yiddish (“Yahid un Yehidah”, Di goldene keyt #49, 1964). 392 · Summation · Judith Merril · ms 394 · Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms

10th Annual S-F ed. Judith Merril (Mayflower-Dell, 1967, 8611-8, 5/-, 382pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Delacorte Press 1965 as 10th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best SF) SF anthology.

Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril (Press Porcepic, November 1985, 0-88878-242-X, C$9.95, 292pp, pb, oa)     Original and reprint anthology of Canadian sf. 1 · Foreword · Judith Merril · fw 4 · Home by the Sea · Elisabeth Vonarburg; translated by Jane Brierley · ss translated from the French (“La maison au bord de la mer”, Dix nouvelles de science-fiction québécoise ed. André Carpentier, Les Quinze, 1985). 21 · Chronos’ Christmas · Rhea Rose · ss 39 · A Strange Visitor · Robert Zend · pm 40 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983 54 · Report on the Earth-Air Addicts · Robert Priest · pm The Man Who Broke Out of the Letter X by Robert Priest, Coach House, 1984 55 · Johnny Appleseed on the New World · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss 62 · Letter from Mars-Dome #1 · Eileen Kernaghan · pm Literary Storefront Newsletter October 1978 64 · Hinterlands · William Gibson · ss Omni October 1981 83 · Points in Time · Christopher Dewdney · pm 84 · Stardust Boulevard · Daniel Sernine; translated by Jane Brierley · ss translated from the French (“Le vieil homme et l’espace”, L’Vieil Homme et l’Espace, Le Preambule, 1981). 101 · The Last Will and Testament of the Unknown Earthman Lost in the Second Vegan Campaign · D. M. Price · pm 103 · The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind · Terence M. Green · ss 115 · Instinct · Dorothy Corbett Gentleman · pm Pierian Spring Spring 1980 116 · Cee · Gerry Truscott · ss 125 · On the Planet Grafool · Benjamin Freedman · ss 129 · Tauf Aleph · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv More Wandering Stars ed. Jack M. Dann, Doubleday, 1981 151 · Anthropology 101 · Gary Eikenberry · ss Bibliofantasiac #9, 1983 157 · The Train · Marc Sevigny; translated by Frances Morgan · ss Aurores Boreales 1, Prime, 1983 translated from the French (“Le train”, Solaris #47, September 1982). 172 · Countdown · John Robert Colombo · pm 172 · Questionnaire · John Robert Colombo · pm 173 · Sophie, 1990 · Marian Engel · ss 1980 177 · Future City · D. M. Price · pm 179 · Totem · Margaret McBride · ss 187 · An Adventure in Miracle-Land · Robert Zend · pm 188 · 2DWORLD · A. K. Dewdney · ex from The Planiverse, McLelland & Stewart, 1984 206 · Variation · Robert Zend · pm From Zero to One by Robert Zend, Sono Nis, 1973 207 · The Man Doll · Susan Swan · ss Descant #38, Fall 1982; revised. 217 · The Early Education of the Num-Nums · Robert Priest · pm Sadness of Spacemen by Robert Priest, Dreadnaught Co-Operative, 1980 218 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer · Lesley Choyce · ss Orion v1 #2, 1982 226 · Report from the Front · Robert Sward · pm Poems: New and Selected (1957-1983) by Robert Sward, Aya Press, 1983 227 · God Is an Iron [Lifehouse] · Spider Robinson · nv Omni May 1979 247 · The Effect of Terminal Cancer on Potential Astronauts · David Kirkpatrick · nv 274 · Afterword: We Have Met the Alien (And It Is Us) · Judith Merril · aw (r) 285 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Tomorrow, the Stars ed. Judith Merril--- see under Robert A. Heinlein.

The Year’s Best S-F, 5th Annual Edition ed. Judith Merril (Dell, January 1961, F118, 50¢, 320pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers)     Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1960 as The 5th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F.) SF anthology.

The Love-Makers ed. Mark Merrill (Pyramid Books, 1956, G227, 35¢, 191pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Long Black Song · Richard Wright · nv Uncle Tom’s Children, Harper, 1938 33 · Two Sisters · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932 44 · Nana · Emile Zola · ex (r) 50 · The Knife of the Times · William Carlos Williams · vi The Knife of the Times and Other Stories by William Carlos Williams, Dragon Press, 1932 54 · How Beautiful with Shoes · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Harper’s Magazine August 1932 76 · The Story of a Farm Girl · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Histoire d’une fille de ferme”, La Revue Politique et Littéraire (La Revue Bleue), March 26, 1881). 94 · A Change of Air · Ivan Gold · nv New World Writing #4, Mentor, 1953 117 · The Girl at the Fair · Denys Val Baker · ss American Aphrodite: A Quarterly for the Fancy Free v5 #19, 1955 127 · Musette · Henri Murger · ss Latin Quarter, Jarrolds, 1930 134 · Joey’s Sister · Donald Honig · ss (r) 138 · Sister Aparición · Emilia Pardo Bazán · ss (r) 144 · The Shadow in the Rose Garden · D. H. Lawrence · ss The Smart Set March 1914 158 · Marthe · J. K. Huysmans · ex Down Stream and Other Works by J. K. Huysmans, Pascal Covici, 1927 166 · Boy with a Trumpet · Rhys Davies · ss The Windmill v1 #3, 1946 182 · The Danger of Being Too Innocent · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r)