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Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Fred Obrecht (Barron’s Educational Series, 1977, 0-8120-0651-8, 256pp, tp, an) · Preface · Fred Obrecht · pr · Introduction · Fred Obrecht · in 1 · The Early Challenge of Space and Time · Fred Obrecht · si 3 · From the Earth to the Moon · Jules Verne · ex (r) translated from the French (De la Terre à la Lune, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, 1865). 13 · 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). 23 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1895 31 · Christmas 200,000 B.C. · Stanley Waterloo · ss 1887 39 · In the Year Ten Thousand · William Harben · ss The Arena November 1892 49 · Tampering with Human Nature · Fred Obrecht · si 51 · Frankenstein [Frankenstein] · Mary W. Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 57 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex Longmans, Green, January 5 1886 65 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 83 · The Man Inside · Bruce McAllister · vi Galaxy Science Fiction May 1969 89 · Going a Step Further-ROBOTS · Fred Obrecht · si 91 · R.U.R. · Karel Capek · ex (r) translated from the Czech (R.U.R., Aventinum, 1920). 103 · Helen O’Loy · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction December 1938 113 · A Bad Day for Sales · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 119 · Men Are Different · Alan Bloch · vi Science-Fiction Thinking Machines ed. Groff Conklin, Vanguard, 1954 121 · Some Fun with Space Jargon · Fred Obrecht · ar (r) 127 · Traffic with the Planets · Fred Obrecht · si 129 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · ex Heinemann, 1898 139 · Of Course · Chad Oliver · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1954 155 · Changing the World for Better or Worse · Fred Obrecht · si 157 · Utopia · Sir Thomas More · ex 1516 161 · Looking Backward · Edward Bellamy · ex Ticknor, 1888 171 · Brave New World · Aldous Huxley · ex Chatto & Windus, 1932 179 · Nighteen Eighty-Four [1984] · George Orwell · ex Harcourt Brace & World, 1949 189 · August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 197 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951 203 · Extension? Prediction? Fantasy? · Fred Obrecht · si 213 · The Great Nebraska Sea · Allan Danzig · fa Galaxy Magazine August 1963 219 · Erem · Gleb Anfilov; translated by Mirra Ginsburg · ss The Ultimate Threshold ed. Mirra Ginsburg, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970 translated from the Russian (“EREM”, 1962). 225 · Report from the Planet Proteus · Lawrence Sail · pm Cornudo 1972 227 · In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs · Ken W. Purdy · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1972 239 · Eat, Drink, and Be Merry · Dian Crayne · ss 2020 Vision ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Avon, 1974, as by Dian Girard 249 · Alternate Arrangements of Contents · [uncredited] · ms (r) 251 · Appendix I: Short Story Structure and Point of View · Fred Obrecht · ar (r) 253 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi (r) 255 · Some Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi (r)

Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. 19: David Wright O’Brien: The Forgotten Prodigy by David Wright O’Brien (Armchair Fiction, May 29, 2024, 979-8326987488, $16.95, 312pp, tp, co) [edited by Gregory Luce]     Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · The Martian Cross · David Wright O’Brien (in error) · nv Amazing Stories December 1952, as by Clee Garson 37 · The Incredible Mr. Kismet · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1942 59 · Return of the Space Hawk · David Wright O’Brien · nv Amazing Stories May 1941, as by Duncan Farnsworth 93 · The Case of Jonathan Lane · David Wright O’Brien · ss Amazing Stories August 1942, as by John York Cabot 109 · The Outsiders · David Wright O’Brien · nv Fantastic Adventures February 1942, as by Duncan Farnsworth 149 · The Goddess of Love · David Wright O’Brien · ss Fantastic Adventures October 1941, as by Duncan Farnsworth 165 · The Man Who Got Everything · David Wright O’Brien · ss Amazing Stories August 1941, as by John York Cabot 178 · Private Prune Speaking · David Wright O’Brien · nv Amazing Stories September 1944 213 · Let’s Give Away Mars · David Wright O’Brien (in error) · ss Amazing Stories April 1951, as by Clee Garson 236 · The Spoilers of Lern · David Wright O’Brien (in error) · nv Fantastic Adventures August 1951, as by Clee Garson 268 · Yesterday’s Clock · David Wright O’Brien · nv Fantastic Adventures February 1943

The Best British Short Stories 1933 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1933, 256pp, hc, an) 3 · The Pipe-Smoker · Martin Armstrong · ss The Fortnightly Review October 1932 11 · Time · H. E. Bates · ss The New Statesman and Nation August 20 1932 16 · A Glass of Stout · T. O. Beachcroft · ss The London Mercury March 1933 28 · The Facts about Benjamin Creed · Neil Bell · ss The London Mercury July 1932 48 · Love’s Labour’s Lost · Anthony Bertram · ss John o’ London’s Weekly October 22 1932 58 · The Red Hen · Peter Blundell · ss The Windsor Magazine May 1932 69 · The Tommy Crans · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Broadsheet Press, February 1930 76 · Prince of Obolo · Roger Dataller · ss The London Mercury August 1932 90 · The Inn · Louis Golding · ss Time and Tide February 4 1933 94 · A Gamble in Clocks · Richard Plunket Greene · ss Life and Letters September 1932 101 · Three, or Four, for Dinner? · L. P. Hartley · ss Life and Letters December 1932 117 · Confessional · Myrtle Johnston · ss The Cornhill Magazine January 1933 129 · Twenty Years After · Janko Lavrin · ss The New English Weekly August 18 1932 135 · The Way Home · Orgill Mackenzie · ss Adelphi June 1932 146 · God Came Running · H. A. Manhood · ss The New Statesman and Nation January 21 1933 151 · Whispering · Allan N. Monkhouse · ss The Manchester Guardian August 15 1932 155 · Bones of Contention · Frank O’Connor · ss The Yale Review June 1932 169 · Out Father · James Stern · ss The London Mercury July 1932 175 · Flowers for a Lady · Eisdell Tucker · ss Adelphi February 1933 184 · Their Fellow-Prisoner · Urith Voyle · ss Blackwood’s Magazine December 1932 197 · Home to Wagonhouses · Malachi Whitaker · ss John o’ London’s Weekly March 25 1933 204 · The Stream · E. H. Young · ss Good Housekeeping (UK) May 1932

The Best British Short Stories 1934 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1934, 252pp, hc, an) 3 · The Gleaner · H. E. Bates · ss Everyman July 29 1933 8 · Funeral Service Over a Dead Monkey · W. J. Beamand · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 16 · Rosie · Arthur Calder-Marshall · ss Life and Letters June/August 1933 26 · Dark Places · John Cockburn · ss Adelphi April 1934 36 · A Fellow Quite Impossible · John Connell · ss The London Mercury October 1933 45 · Aftermath · Rearden Conner · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine January 1934 49 · The Accessory · Guy Dent · ss The Criterion January 1934 60 · The Doll · Leslie Halward · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 65 · The Sight of Blood · John Hampson · ss Story #19, February 1934 69 · The Examination · James Hanley · ss New Britain September 13 1933 76 · Barrier · J. P. Hogan · ss The Twentieth Century December 1933/January 1934 83 · Zimin · Janko Lavrin · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 99 · The Tree · Orgill MacKenzie · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1934 103 · Carbon Copy · L. A. Pavey · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 112 · Javni · Raja Rao · ss Asia November 1933 127 · Three in a Row · Henry Handel Richardson · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine February 1934 136 · Brothers · Ashley Smith · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1934 140 · The Burning Cactus · Stephen Spender · ss The Hound and Horn January 1934 (+2) 156 · Mère Deux Œufs · L. Steni · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 167 · On the Sabbath · James Stern · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine February 1934 182 · Snow Caps · L. A. G. Strong · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine April 1934 192 · In the Summer We Lived by the Sea · Ronald Tansley · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 199 · The Old Woman · Sidney Vogler · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1934 204 · Who Killed Cock Robin? · Romer Wilson · nv New Stories (UK) February/March 1934

The Best British Short Stories 1935 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1935, 252pp, hc, an) 3 · Stanley Hutchinson · Nugent Barker · ss Life and Letters March 1935 13 · Beauty’s Daughters · H. E. Bates · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine March 1935 28 · The Song of the Scythe · Douglas Boyd · ss Life and Letters July 1934 35 · Terminus · Arthur Calder-Marshall · ss Life and Letters May 1934 38 · Fanciful · Peter Chamberlain · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1935 43 · The Picture · Christopher Christian · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine June 1934 51 · Escape · Elisaveta Fen · nv New Stories (UK) August/September 1934 71 · The Wayside Spring · Oliver Gossman · ss The London Mercury April 1935 83 · “The Practised Hand” · Walter Greenwood · ss The London Mercury November 1934 98 · Belcher’s Hod · Leslie Halward · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1935 104 · The Curious Little Boy · John Hampson · ss New Stories (UK) October/November 1934 108 · One Night in a City · Norah Hoult · ss Life and Letters February 1935 114 · On the Floor · Joan Jukes · ss New Stories (UK) December 1934/January 1935 128 · The Beginning · Mervyn Lagden · ss Life and Letters August 1934 133 · A Change of Mood · O. M. Manning · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1935 139 · Michael’s Wife · Frank O’Connor · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine February 1935 155 · Smoking Concert · L. A. Pavey · ss Life and Letters May 1934 161 · “Tune on an Harmonica” · Michael Sayers · ss The New English Weekly January 3 1935 166 · Our Mother · James Stern · ss New Stories (UK) December 1934/January 1935 177 · The Falls · L. A. G. Strong · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine January 1935 193 · The Visitor · Dylan Thomas · ss The Criterion January 1935 201 · Footsteps · Eileen Verrinder · ss New Stories (UK) June/July 1934 207 · The White Line · Malachi Whitaker · ss New Stories (UK) October/November 1934 216 · Marie and the Journeyman · Eric Walter White · ss New Stories (UK) June/July 1934

The Best British Short Stories 1936 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1936, 270pp, hc, an) 1 · The Mill · H. E. Bates · nv Newmen Monthly May 1935 38 · May-Day Celebrations · T. O. Beachcroft · ss The Criterion July 1935 49 · Reduced · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener June 12 1935 60 · Straw Hat · Arthur Calder-Marshall · ss Lovat Dickson’s Magazine May 1935 64 · The Tinker Woman · Rearden Conner · ss The Fortnightly Review December 1935 71 · Cherry Blossom on the Rhine · Rhys Davies · ss The London Mercury May 1935 82 · Going Away · Clifford Dyment · ss The London Mercury August 1935 87 · Monte Estremo · Elisaveta Fen · ss New Stories (UK) August/September 1935 102 · Her Brother Died · George Friel · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1936 108 · Soldier, Soldier · H. E. Graves · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1936 112 · A Death in the Family · G. F. Green · ss The London Mercury October 1935 121 · The Mother · Leslie Halward · ss New Stories (UK) February/March 1936 124 · The Butterfly · James Hanley · ss The Spectator April 10 1936 128 · Kangaroo Loves Me · Geoffrey Household · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1936 134 · The Turn Round the World · Christopher Isherwood · ss The Listener August 28 1935 141 · Pigeons · Michael McLaverty · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1936 149 · Lulu Gets Married · Alfred H. Mendes · nv New Stories (UK) October/November 1935 179 · A Confession of an Opium Eater · Dermot Murphy · ss The Dublin Magazine July/September 1935 188 · The Jolly Party · J. W. Palmer · ss The London Mercury September 1935 198 · The Fête · L. A. Pavey · ss New Stories (UK) June/July 1935 205 · The Jew in the Moon · Michael Sayers · ss New Stories (UK) April/May 1936 212 · Opatrnostr! · Eric Walter White · ss Story #42, January 1936 228 · The Lorelei · R. J. White · ss The London Mercury January 1936

The Best British Short Stories 1937 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1937, 226pp, hc, an) 3 · A Kashmir Idyll · Mulk Raj Anand · ss Life and Letters Today Spring 1937 10 · A Poem of Fire · Martin Armstrong · ss The London Mercury October 1936 17 · Cloudburst · H. E. Bates · ss John o’ London’s Weekly August 15 1936 25 · Early Summer · Frances Bellerby · ss The New English Weekly January 28 1937 29 · Tears, Idle Tears · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener September 2 1936 37 · A Romany Child · Douglas Boyd · ss The Listener July 15 1936 46 · Soul · Penistan Chapman · ss John o’ London’s Weekly May 2 1936 54 · Mourning for Ianto · Rhys Davies · ss Esquire February 1937 61 · Jungle · John Gloag · ss The London Mercury September 1936 66 · Pale Blue Nightgown · Louis Golding · ss The Story-teller October 1936 74 · Saturday Night · Geraint Goodwin · ss The English Review March 1937 86 · Initiation · Leslie Halward · ss The London Mercury November 1936 97 · The Lamb · James Hanley · ss The Spectator June 25 1936 100 · Water of Iturrigorri · Geoffrey Household · ss The Atlantic Monthly August 1936 111 · Old Hungary · Elisabeth Kyle · ss The Manchester Guardian April 14 1937 114 · The Wild Duck’s Nest · Michael McLaverty · ss Adelphi July 1936 118 · Paradise Lost · H. A. Manhood · ss The Evening Standard October 24 1933 124 · The Outcast · Hector Marvin · ss The Manchester Guardian October 27 1936 127 · Womankind · John Royston Morley · ss Story #53, December 1936 138 · Darkness · Robert Nicolson · ss The London Mercury February 1937 146 · Uprooted · Frank O’Connor · ss The Criterion January 1937 163 · No Consolation · J. W. Palmer · ss The London Mercury October 1936 174 · Ever Such a Nice Boy · William Plomer · ss The New Statesman and Nation January 2 1937 178 · Main Road · V. S. Pritchett · ss The New Statesman and Nation May 9 1936 185 · A Likely Story · John Raynor · ss The New English Weekly October 8 1936 188 · The Usual · Michael Sayers · ss Adelphi November 1936 194 · Coming to Tea · L. A. G. Strong · ss The Cornhill Magazine April 1937 199 · Militia Man · Robert Westerby · ss The Left Review October 1936

The Best British Short Stories 1938 and the Yearbook of the British, Irish and Colonial Short Story ed. Edward J. O’Brien (Houghton Mifflin, 1938, 220pp, hc, an) 1 · “The 19” Club · A. J. Alan · ss A. J. Alan’s Second Book by A. J. Alan, Hutchinson, 1932 broadcast by the BBC on Sep 3, 1929. 10 · On the Border · Mulk Raj Anand · ss The Left Review August 1937 20 · “A Funny Thing” [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss The Daily Express February 28 1938 26 · The Erne from the Coast · T. O. Beachcroft · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1938 39 · Come to an End · Frances Bellerby · ss The Manchester Guardian June 9 1937 42 · The Easter Egg Party · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The London Mercury April 1938 53 · Virtue · Penistan Chapman · ss The London Mercury December 1937 63 · Charity · Rhys Davies · ss The London Mercury August 1937 70 · Spring · Padraic Fallon · nv The Dublin Magazine July 1937 (+2) 94 · A Wedding · G. F. Green · ss The Spectator August 6 1937 98 · Old Sweat · Leslie Halward · ss The Left Review August 1937 101 · From Five Till Six · James Hanley · ss The Criterion April 1938 111 · The Four-Loaded Man · Glyn Jones · ss Wales Autumn 1937 115 · Mary Ann and the Duke [Sam Small] · Eric Knight · ss Esquire December 1937 126 · Bird in Bottle · H. A. Manhood · ss The Evening Standard November 9 1937 131 · Strange Visitor · Katherine Mansfield · ss The Spectator October 1 1937 134 · Snake in Hand · Sarah Gertrude Millin · ss The London Mercury April 1938 143 · The Story Teller · Frank O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar November 1937 150 · Soppit’s Sabbath · T. F. Powys · ss Night and Day September 2 1937 154 · George’s Good Deed · John Pudney · ss Time and Tide September 11 1937 161 · “Jumble” · T. Thompson · ss The Listener August 18 1937 166 · They Foreigners! · Fred Urquhart · ss The London Mercury August 1937 175 · Dead Loss · Robert Westerby · ss Esquire March 1938, as “Money on Morgan” 181 · Grandfather · Winifred Williams · ss John o’ London’s Weekly April 15 1938 190 · I Just Love Dogs · Ethel Wilson · ss The New Statesman and Nation December 4 1937