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The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, August 1952, $2.95, 284pp, hc, an)     SF anthology. 7 · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · in 21 · The Other Side · Walter Kubilius · ss Super Science Stories April 1951, as “Eternal Earthling” 38 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951 47 · The Marching Morons · Cyril Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951 81 · A Peculiar People · Betsy Curtis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 97 · Extending the Holdings · David Grinnell · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 102 · The Tourist Trade · Wilson Tucker · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951, as by Bob Tucker 113 · The Two Shadows · William F. Temple · nv Startling Stories March 1951 140 · Balance [Max Larkin] · John Christopher · ss New Worlds #9, Spring 1951 159 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Idris Seabright · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951 166 · Witch War · Richard Matheson · ss Startling Stories July 1951 172 · At No Extra Cost · Peter Phillips · ss Marvel Science Fiction August 1951 190 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 196 · Appointment in Tomorrow · Fritz Leiber · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1951 225 · The Rats · Arthur Porges · ss Man’s World February 1951 235 · Men of the Ten Books · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories March 1951 258 · Generation of Noah · William Tenn · ss Suspense Magazine Spring 1951, as “The Quick and the Bomb” 271 · Dark Interlude · Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951 280 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter August 7 1951 286 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, September 1953, $3.50, 279pp, hc, an)     SF anthology. 7 · Editors’ Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr 11 · Trematode, a Critique of Modern Science-Fiction · Alfred Bester · ar 23 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 28 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 53 · Counter-Transference · William F. Temple · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1952 76 · The Conqueror · Mark Clifton · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1952 85 · Machine · John W. Jakes · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 89 · The Middle of the Week After Next · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1952 106 · The Dreamer · Alfred Coppel · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 111 · The Moon Is Green · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 128 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952 151 · Command Performance · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 170 · Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1952 198 · Game for Blondes · John D. MacDonald · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1952 208 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 229 · Lover, When You’re Near Me · Richard Matheson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952 255 · Fast Falls the Eventide · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 277 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Fredrick Fell, November 1954, $3.50, 316pp, hc, an)     SF anthology. 9 · Editors’ Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr 13 · Icon of the Imagination · Fritz Leiber · in 19 · DP! · Jack Vance · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader April 1953 41 · The Big Holiday · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953 50 · The Collectors · G. Gordon Dewey & Max Dancey · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953 65 · One in Three Hundred [Bill Easson] · J. T. McIntosh · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1953 108 · Wonder Child · Joseph Shallit · nv Fantastic January/February 1953 136 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 159 · The Model of a Judge · William Morrison · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1953 172 · The Last Day · Richard Matheson · ss Amazing Stories April/May 1953 190 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 217 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 249 · Yankee Exodus · Ruth M. Goldsmith · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953 262 · What Thin Partitions [Ralph Kennedy] · Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1953 298 · A Bad Day for Sales · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 309 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 313 · Index, the Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949-1954 · [uncredited] · ix

Best “Thinking Machine” Detective Stories by Jacques Futrelle ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Jacques Futrelle.

Category Phoenix ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1955, 9/6d, 192pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 3 stories from Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels: 1953 (Frederick Fell, 1953). 9 · Firewater · William Tenn · na Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 83 · Category Phoenix · Boyd Ellanby · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1952 139 · Surface Tension [Lavon] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1952

Classic Ghost Stories ed. Everett F. Bleiler--- see under Anon..

Eight Dime Novels ed. E. F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1974, 0-486-22975-0, $3.50, 190pp, tp, an, cover by Theodore Menten) vi · Acknowledgments · [uncredited] · ms vii · Introduction · E. F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler or, Working for the Custom House · Francis W. Doughty · nv (r) 33 · Frank James on the Trail · [uncredited] · ss (r) 47 · Scylla, the Sea Robber; or, Nick Carter and the Queen of Sirens · Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey · nv (r) 77 · Deadwood Dick, the Prince of the Road; or, The Black Rider of the Black Hills · Edward J. Wheeler · nv Beadle’s Half Dime Library October 15 1877 91 · Adventures of Buffalo Bill from Boyhood to Manhood · Colonel Prentiss Ingraham · ss (r) 107 · The Huge Hunter; or, The Steam Man of the Prairies · Edward S. Ellis · ss (r) 123 · Frank Merriwell’s Nobility, or The Tragedy of the Ocean Tramp · William George Patten · nv (r) 157 · Adrift in New York, or Dodger and Florence Braving the World · Horatio Alger, Jr. · nv (r)

Five Victorian Ghost Novels ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover, 1971, xiv+421pp, tp, an)     Ghost anthology. v · Introduction to the Dover Edition · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Uninhabited House · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · n. Routledge’s Christmas Annual 1875 113 · The Amber Witch · Wilhelm Meinhold; translated by Lady Duff Gordon · n. 1844 translated from the German (Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe, 1843). 245 · Monsieur Maurice · Amelia B. Edwards · na Hurst and Blackett, 1873 297 · The Phantom Lover · Vernon Lee · na Blackwood, 1886 341 · The Ghost of Guir House · Charles Willing Beale · na Editor Publishing, 1897

Frontiers in Space ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Bantam, April 1955, 1328, 25¢, 166pp, pb, an)     Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories 1951-1953. 1 · Oddy and Id · Alfred Bester · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1950, as “The Devil’s Invention” 15 · Process · A. E. van Vogt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1950 21 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 29 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 37 · The Fox in the Forest · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 13 1950, as “To the Future” 51 · Nine-Finger Jack · Anthony Boucher · ss Esquire May 1951 56 · Dark Interlude · Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951 63 · Generation of Noah · William Tenn · ss Suspense Magazine Spring 1951, as “The Quick and the Bomb” 74 · The Rats · Arthur Porges · ss Man’s World February 1951 83 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 105 · The Moon Is Green · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 120 · Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1952 144 · Machine · John W. Jakes · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1952 148 · I Am Nothing · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1952

The Golem and The Man Who Was Born Again ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, 1976, 0-486-23327-8, $4.50, xxxvi+412pp, tp, om)     Omnibus of two German supernatural novels with a new introduction. iii · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler · in 1 · The Golem · Gustav Meyrink; translated by Madge Pemberton · n. Houghton Mifflin, 1928 translated from the German (Der Golem, 1914). 191 · The Man Who Was Born Again · Paul Busson; translated by Prince Mirski & Thomas Moult · n. Heinemann, 1927 translated from the German (Die Wiedergeburt des Melchior Dronte, 1921).

Great Cases of the Thinking Machine by Jacques Futrelle ed. E. F. Bleiler--- see under Jacques Futrelle.

Imagination Unlimited ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Farrar, Straus & Young, 1952, $3.50, xiv+430pp, hc, an)     SF anthology. ix · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · in 7 · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 42 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling 59 · Blind Man’s Buff · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1944 95 · Pressure · Ross Rocklynne · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1939 119 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 146 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934 201 · Alas, All Thinking! · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Stories June 1935 248 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 298 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon 327 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 356 · Hold Back Tomorrow · Kris Neville · ss Imagination September 1951 370 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 395 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Imagination Unlimited (var. 1) ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1953, 8/6d, 185pp, hc, an)     Contains the first 6 Stories of the American version, remainder in Men of Space and Time. · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling · Blind Man’s Buff · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1944 · Pressure · Ross Rocklynne · ss Astounding Science-Fiction June 1939 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 · Old Faithful [Old Faithful] · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1934

Imagination Unlimited (var. 2) ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Berkley, April 1959, 35¢, 172pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers)     Anthology of 3 stories from the US hardback edition. 5 · Referent · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1948, as by Brett Sterling 14 · What Dead Men Tell · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1949 42 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 83 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon 101 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 124 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 144 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Men of Space and Time ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (The Bodley Head, 1953, 8/6d, 221pp, hc, an)     Contains the last seven stories from Imagination Unlimited. · Alas, All Thinking! · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Stories June 1935 · Dune Roller · Julian May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 · Employment · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939, as by Lyman R. Lyon · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 · Hold Back Tomorrow · Kris Neville · ss Imagination September 1951 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 · The Fire and the Sword · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951

Science Fiction Omnibus ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty (Garden City Books, January 1952, $2.95, 314+344pp, hc, om)     Omnibus of The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 (Frederick Fell, 1949) and The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 (Frederick Fell, 1950). 9 · Trends in Modern Science-Fiction · Melvin Korshak · in The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fell, 1949 17 · Preface · Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · pr The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Fell, 1949 27 · The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1949 · ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · an Frederick Fell, Inc., August 1949 29 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 51 · Ex Machina [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 92 · The Strange Case of John Kingman · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 112 · Doughnut Jockey · Erik Fennel · ss The Blue Book Magazine May 1948 130 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fall 1948 132 · Period Piece · J. J. Coupling · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 141 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1948 154 · Genius · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1948 195 · And the Moon Be Still as Bright [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1948 226 · No Connection · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 250 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 292 · Happy Ending · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1948 27 · The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 · ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty · an Frederick Fell, Inc., August 1950 29 · Private Eye · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949, as by Lewis Padgett; given as by Henry Kuttner. 66 · Doomsday Deferred · Will F. Jenkins · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949 85 · The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1949 96 · Eternity Lost · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1949 132 · Easter Eggs · Robert S. Carr · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 24 1949, as “Nightmare at Dawn” 173 · Opening Doors [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 218 · Five Years in the Marmalade · Robert W. Krepps · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1949, as by Geoffrey St. Reynard 237 · Dwellers in Silence [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s September 15 1948, as “The Long Years” 253 · Mouse · Fredric Brown · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949 266 · Refuge for Tonight · Robert Moore Williams · nv The Blue Book Magazine March 1949 300 · The Life-Work of Professor Muntz · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949 316 · Flaw · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories January 1949 326 · The Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1949

Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror ed. E. F. Bleiler (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1985, 0-684-17808-7, $135.00, xix+1169pp, hc, nf)     A major reference work in two volumes with critical essays on fantasy authors. The book is done chronologically and is excellent on earlier work but fairly sketchy on the current crop (22 post-1940 writers are discussed). It has excellent coverage of the early 20th Century.

Three Gothic Novels ed. Everett F. Bleiler (Dover Publications, June 1966, T1232, $2.00, 291pp, tp, an)     Ghost/horror/gothic anthology. v · Introduction · Everett F. Bleiler · in 3 · Introduction to The Castle of Otranto · Sir Walter Scott · is 1811 17 · The Castle of Otranto · Horace Walpole · n. Tho. Lownds, 1764 107 · Vathek · William Beckford; translated by Samuel Henley · n. J. Johnson, 1786, as “An Arabian Tale”, uncredited. 255 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori, Dr. · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 285 · Fragment of a Novel · Lord George Gordon Byron · uw Mazeppa by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1819