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Best Detective Stories ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1959, 15/-, 287pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · Dead Man’s Shoes [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · nv Lilliput August/September 1953 59 · The Burnt Tout [Reginald Fortune] · H. C. Bailey · nv The Windsor Magazine July 1938 93 · The Gentleman from Paris · John Dickson Carr · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #77, April 1950 121 · The Rubber Trumpet [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1934 140 · The Dauphin’s Doll [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #61, December 1948 169 · Who Killed Baker? [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin & Geoffrey Bush · ss The Evening Standard October 30 1950 177 · You Can’t Hang Twice [Arthur Crook] · Anthony Gilbert · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946 202 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947 212 · A Dog in the Daytime [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine December 1954, as “The Body in the Hall” 261 · The Enemy [Mike Russell] · Charlotte Armstrong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #90, May 1951

Best Detective Stories 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1964, 208pp, hc, an) 6 · Editor’s Note · Edmund Crispin · pr 7 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 11 · The Homesick Buick · John D. MacDonald · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #82, September 1950 25 · The Chocolate Box [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 23 1923, as “The Clue of the Chocolate Box” 39 · The House in Goblin Wood [Sir Henry Merrivale] · Carter Dickson · nv The Strand Magazine November 1947, as by John Dickson Carr 60 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 73 · A Pearl Among Women [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · ss The Evening Standard January 26 1953 79 · The Cop Killer [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na The American Magazine February 1951 128 · Manor Park · Gladys Mitchell · ss The Evening Standard August 18 1950 133 · The Singing Diamonds [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #71, October 1949 157 · The Cold Winds of Adesta [Major Tennente] · Thomas Flanagan · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #101, April 1952 174 · Mind Over Matter [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv The Blue Book Magazine October 1939 193 · The Oyster Catcher [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) August 1957

Best Murder Stories 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1973, 0-571-10207-7, 218pp, hc, an) 7 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 11 · Mary Postgate · Rudyard Kipling · ss Nash’s and Pall Mall Magazine September 1915 29 · Esmeralda · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger by John Keir Cross, John Westhouse, 1944 50 · The Tool · William F. Harvey · ss The New Decameron, Volume the Second, Blackwell, 1920 65 · Old Joe [Limehouse] · Thomas Burke · ss Limehouse Nights by Thomas Burke, Grant Richards, 1916 77 · The Smile of Karen · Oliver Onions · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 119 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing” 128 · The Killing-Bottle · L. P. Hartley · nv The Black Cap ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1927 173 · The Smell in the Library [Lord George Tarlyon] · Michael Arlen · nv The Sketch December 25 1922, as “Red Antony” 196 · The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #78, May 1950

Best SF ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, February 1955, 15/-, 368pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · Dormant · A. E. van Vogt · ss Startling Stories November 1948 35 · Pictures Don’t Lie · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951 56 · Dumb Martian · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1952 85 · Or Else · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · ss Amazing Stories August/September 1953 95 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1944 148 · The Fire Balloons [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury, Doubleday, 1951 168 · The New Wine · John Christopher · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Summer 1954, as by William Vine 183 · Prott · Margaret St. Clair · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1953 199 · A Present from Joe · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction February 1949 214 · The Cerebrative Psittacoid [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1953 233 · First Lady · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 262 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 276 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 299 · A Case of Conscience [After Such Knowledge] · James Blish · na If September 1953

Best SF Two ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, September 1956, 15/-, 296pp, hc, an, cover by Peter Curl) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · The Altar at Midnight · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 24 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 39 · Outside · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #31, January 1955 49 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951 87 · Placet Is a Crazy Place · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 102 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 129 · The Copper Dahlia · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy (UK) October 1949 140 · When You’re Smiling · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955 168 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1947 179 · Worrywart · Clifford Simak · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1953 195 · Una · John Wyndham · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1953, as “Perfect Creature” revised from “The Perfect Creature,” Tales of Wonder #1 ’37, as by John Beynon. 220 · Blowups Happen · Robert Heinlein · na Astounding Science-Fiction September 1940 271 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1953 287 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953

Best SF Three ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, June 1958, 15/-, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 15 · Grenville’s Planet · Michael Shaara · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 27 · Counterspy · Kelley Edwards · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1953 48 · The Wabbler · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science-Fiction October 1942 57 · Food to All Flesh · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1953 67 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948 89 · The Available Data on the Worp Reaction · Lion Miller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 93 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 119 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 173 · Four in One · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953 206 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 222 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954

Best SF Four ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, March 1961, 15/-, 224pp, hc, an, cover by John Griffiths) 7 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · The Short Life · Francis Donovan · na Astounding Science Fiction October 1955 63 · A Subway Named Mobius · A. J. Deutsch · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1950 79 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 97 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1959 125 · Balaam · Anthony Boucher · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1954 139 · The Yellow Pill · Rog Phillips · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1958 152 · The Bliss of Solitude · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952, as “Hallucination Orbit” 173 · Psyclops · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #49, July 1956 184 · Hobbyist · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1947 216 · BAXBR/DAXBR · Evelyn E. Smith · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954

Best SF Five ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, June 1963, 18/-, 256pp, hc, an, cover by John Griffiths) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 13 · On Handling the Data · Henry I. Hirshfield & G. M. Mateyko · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1959, as by M. I. Mayfield 22 · Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1952 66 · Green Thumb · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1954 88 · The Quest for Saint Aquin · Anthony Boucher · ss New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 108 · The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 119 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?” 129 · The Prisoner [War with the Outs] · Christopher Anvil · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1956 155 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 162 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 227 · The Martyr · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1960 247 · Later Than You Think · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1950

Best SF Six ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1966, 18/-, 252pp, hc, an) 7 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · Judas Bomb · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 22 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work” 41 · A Life and a Half · Frederik Pohl · ss If July 1959, as by Paul Flehr 48 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 57 · The Waitabits · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1955 106 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1952 111 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 121 · The Nostalgia Gene · Roy Hutchins · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 137 · Camouflage · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1945, as by Lewis Padgett 175 · Letter to a Phoenix · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1949 184 · Death March · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1956 212 · Weapon · John Christopher · ss The Twenty-Second Century by John Christopher, Grayson & Grayson, 1954 219 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 237 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960

Best SF Seven ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1970, 0-571-08808-2, 28/-, 212pp, hc, an) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · The Children of Night · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1964 47 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 54 · Way Out in the Continuum · Maurice Richardson · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art March 1946 63 · The Machine That Won the War · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 69 · Ultima Thule · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1951 85 · Heresies of the Huge God · Brian W. Aldiss · fa Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966 96 · The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth · Roger Zelazny · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1965 128 · Snuffles [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1960 151 · The Coffin Cure · Alan E. Nourse · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1957 166 · The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 193 · Protect Me from My Friends · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 198 · Come to Venus Melancholy · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1965

Best Tales of Terror ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1962, 16/-, 255pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 15 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 24 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933 41 · A Summons · L. P. Hartley · ss Night Fears by L. P. Hartley, Putnam, 1924 45 · The Mine · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Mystery Stories #25, February 1942 52 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, 1941 61 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 91 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955 124 · Mr. Meldrum’s Mania · John Metcalfe · nv Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931 158 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · nv We Are for the Dark by Elizabeth Jane Howard & Robert Aickman, Cape, 1951 179 · Manhole 69 · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #65, November 1957 205 · The Misogynist · James E. Gunn · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 216 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947

Best Tales of Terror 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1965, 21/-, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 22 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury August 1925 40 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1907 54 · Time-Fuse · John Metcalfe · ss Judas and Other Stories by John Metcalfe, Constable, 1931 72 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1930 94 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine July 1939 119 · The Dabblers · W. F. Harvey · ss Moods and Tenses by William Fryer Harvey, Basil Blackwell, 1933 129 · “Happy Birthday, Dear Alexa” · John Keir Cross · ss 148 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 169 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 175 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 186 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 199 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review #22, December 1950 210 · Tell Me, Doctor—Please · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1963

Outwards from Earth ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1974, 0-571-10489-4, 150pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Robert Conquest · in 16 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 52 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 61 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960 78 · The Available Data on the Worp Reaction · Lion Miller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 84 · Green Thumb · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1954 112 · Protect Me from My Friends · John Brunner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 119 · Allamagoosa · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1955 139 · Letter to a Phoenix · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1949

The Stars and Under ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1968, 8/6d, 174pp, hc, an) · What Science Fiction Is · Edmund Crispin · in · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s June 28 1952 · Food to All Flesh · Zenna Henderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1953 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950 · Null-P · William Tenn · ss Worlds Beyond January 1951 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 · The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review December 1948

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