A Century of Science Fiction ed. Damon Knight (Simon & Schuster, June 1962, LC:62-12409, $4.95, 352pp, hc, an)
Every story is introduced by the editor, Damon Knight.
- 9 · Introduction · Damon Knight · in
- 15 · I. Robots
- 15 · The Ideal [Van Manderpootz] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · ex Wonder Stories September 1935
- 17 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s”
- 26 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941
- 42 · Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?”
- 51 · II. Time Travel
- 51 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1895
- 56 · Of Time and Third Avenue · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951
- 64 · Sail On! Sail On! · Philip José Farmer · ss Startling Stories December 1952
- 73 · Worlds of the Imperium [Imperium] · Keith Laumer · ex Ace, 1962
- 74 · The Business, as Usual · Mack Reynolds · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1952
- 78 · III. Space
- 80 · What’s It Like Out There? · Edmond Hamilton · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1952
- 101 · Sky Lift · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Imagination November 1953
- 115 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955
- 121 · IV. Other Worlds and People
- 121 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897
- 136 · The Wind People · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss If February 1959
- 152 · Unhuman Sacrifice · Katherine MacLean · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1958
- 180 · V. Aliens Among Us
- 180 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited.
- 192 · The First Days of May · Claude Veillot; translated by Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1961
translated from the French (“Les Premiers Jours de Mai”, Fiction May ’60).
- 208 · Day of Succession · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1959
- 215 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951
- 248 · VI. Superman
- 249 · Another World · J.-H. Rosny-Aîné; translated by Damon Knight · nv
translated from the French (“Un autre monde”, La Revue Parisienne, September/October 1895).
- 273 · Odd John · Olaf Stapledon · ex Methuen, 1935
- 277 · Call Me Joe · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1957
- 309 · VII. Marvelous Inventions
- 309 · From the “London Times” of 1904 · Mark Twain · ss The Century Magazine November 1898
- 319 · Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Captain Nemo] · Jules Verne · ex Sampson Low, 1873
translated from the French (Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers, Hetzel, 1871).
- 324 · You Are with It! · Will Stanton · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1961
- 331 · Cease Fire · Frank Herbert · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1958
- 351 · Suggested Reading · [uncredited] · bi
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