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Armada Sci-Fi 1 ed. Richard Davis (Armada C903, Apr ’75, 35p, 127pp, pb)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
9 · The Rains of Alpha Aleph · Julia Birley · ss *
23 · “Flap” · Tim Stout · ss *
36 · At the Bottom of the Garden · David Campton · ss *; Whispers Dec 1976
50 · The Lonely Robot · Margaret Little · ss *
62 · Mr. Nobody · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
73 · Who Is Cindy? · Elizabeth Fancett · ss *
90 · The Trodes · Basil Copper · ss *
101 · Jake’s Pictures · Margaret Little · ss *
115 · The Wait · Christie Parr · nv *

Armada Sci-Fi 2 ed. Richard Davis (Armada, Apr ’75, pb)

Introduction · Richard Davis · in
Star-Boy · Elizabeth Fancett · nv *
South Gate Sea · Christie Parr · ss *
Desmond’s Dinosaur · David Campton · ss *
The Computer That Fell in Love · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
All in the Mind · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
The Lapida Menace · David Campton · nv *
"Happy Landings, Professor!" · Tim Stout · ss *
Pie in the Sky · Jocelyn Graves · ss *

Armada Sci-Fi 3 ed. Richard Davis (Armada C1077, 1976, 40p, 128pp, pb, cover by Jim Cawthorn)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
9 · Back to Earth · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
24 · The House Crab Project · David Campton · ss *
39 · The Day of the Meteor · John Halkin · ss *
57 · The Music of the Stars · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
66 · Man’s Best Friend · Elizabeth Fancett · ss *
82 · The Trees So High · Julia Birley · ss *
100 · Fred · Catherine Gleason · ss *
115 · Saturday Night Is the Busiest Night of the Week · Pamela Cleaver · ss *

Space 1 ed. Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, Jun ’73, hc)

The Teddysaurs · J. Hamilton-Patterson · ss *
The Mercyship · Gerald W. Page · ss *
Mistaken Identity · E. C. Tubb · ss *
Christmas Treason · James White · nv F&SF Jan 1962
Environment Problem · Michael Moorcock · ss *
Museum Piece · Elizabeth Fancett · ss Tandem Horror 3, ed. Richard Davis, London: Tandem Books 1969
Neighbor · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Jun 1954
No Jokes on Mars · James Blish · ss F&SF Oct 1965

Space 2 ed. Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, Jan ’74, hc)

Tomorrow’s Child · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1948, as “The Shape of Things”
Aquaman · Kenneth Bulmer · ss *
Living Fossil · Tim Stout · ss *
The Thing Under the Glacier · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Daily Express Science Annual #2 1963
The Refugees · Elizabeth Fancett · nv *
Project D · Frances Stephens · ss *
Renaissance Man · T. E. D. Klein · ss *
Message from the Stars · Basil Copper · ss *
The Harmony Aggro · Pamela Cleaver · ss *

Space 3 ed. Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, Mar ’77, hc)

Introduction · Richard Davis · in
Supply Point · Brian Moony · ss *
Scarbo · Rosemary Timperley · ss *
It’s Such a Beautiful Day · Isaac Asimov · nv Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1954
A Walk in the Woods · David Campton · ss *
The Veldt · Ray Bradbury · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 1950, as “The World the Children Made”
Cradle Ship · David Campton · ss *
Pawley’s Peepholes · John Wyndham · ss Science-Fantasy #3 1951; revised from “Operation Peep” in Suspense Magazine Summer 1951.
Night of Passage · Lee Harding · ss Science Fiction Monthly v2 #7 1975
Scoop · Peter Cave · ss Tit-Bits Sep 16 1967

Space 4 ed. Richard Davis (Abelard-Schuman, 1977, hc)

Introduction · Richard Davis · in
Enigma Ship · Gerald W. Page · nv *
Dead Alien · Martin Martinsen · ss *
A Clone of Espers · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
The Sting from the Stars · Tim Stout · ss *
The Stranger · Catherine Gleason · ss *
What d’Ye Think o’ Mother Reilly · John Halkin · nv *
The Chosen · Samantha Lee · ss *
Christmas with Frankenstein · Tim Stout · ss *

Space 5 ed. Richard Davis (Hutchinson 0-09-136280-6, 1979, £3.95, hc)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
11 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952
26 · Bobo’s Star · Glen Chandler · ss *
44 · The Specimen · Tim Stout · ss *
58 · Mind Bend · Martin Martinsen · ss *
75 · The Giftie · David Campton · ss *
90 · Summertime on Icarus · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Vogue Jun 1960, as “The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System”
103 · Johnson · Guy Weiner · ss *
120 · Out of an Ocean, Long Ago · Tony Richards · ss *
139 · Little Girl Lost · Richard Matheson · ss Amazing Oct/Nov 1953
153 · Offside · Adrian Cole · ss *

Space 6 ed. Richard Davis (Hutchinson 0-09-141200-5, 1980, £4.50, hc)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
11 · The Little Drummer Boy of Phobos · Glenn Chandler · ss *
28 · Survival · John Wyndham · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1952
56 · Missing Link · David Campton · ss *
75 · There Will Come Soft Rains · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950
82 · Hindsight · Julia Birley · ss *
98 · Mole People · Frances Stephens · ss *
114 · That’s Show Biz! · Terry Tapp · ss *
122 · The Smallest Dragonboy [Pern] · Anne McCaffrey · ss Science Fiction Tales, ed. Roger Elwood, Rand, McNally 1973
138 · The Guardians · Tony Richards · ss *
153 · Krobar the Unbelievable · Adrian Cole · ss *

Space 7 ed. Richard Davis (Hutchinson 0-09-144350-4, 1981, £5.50, 160pp, hc, cover by David A. Hardy)
Original young-adult SF anthology.

9 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in *
13 · Shadows · Richard Faust · ss *
27 · Survival Plan · Glenn Chandler · ss *
43 · Who’s There? · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week May 11 1958, as “The Haunted Spacesuit”
49 · Fool on a Hill · Frances Stephens · ss *
65 · A Quiet Night at the Embassy · David Campton · ss *
82 · See You Tomorrow · Roger Malisson · ss *
96 · The Curious Child · Richard Matheson · ss Fantastic Jun 1954
107 · Listen · Gordon R. Dickson · ss F&SF Aug 1952
115 · The World Within · Terry Tapp · ss *
127 · The One Who Waits · Ray Bradbury · ss Arkham Sampler Sum 1949
134 · Summertime · Tony Richards · ss *
148 · Exile · Edmond Hamilton · ss Super Science Stories May 1943
154 · Blast-Off for Znerk · John Duncan · ss *

Space 8 ed. Richard Davis (Hutchinson 0-09-152060-6, 1983, £5.95, hc)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
11 · Close Encounters of the Worst Kind · Tim Stout · ss *
32 · Snow Demons · Adrian Cole · ss *
43 · Shipwreck · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss Tales of Terror from Outer Space, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana 1975
61 · The Boy from Terpzia · Robin Smyth · ss *
74 · Time to Go · Nancy Tregenna · ss Reveille 1982, as “He Had Me Bugged”
78 · What of the Night? · Pamela Cleaver · ss *
93 · Take Me to Your Leader · Nancy Tregenna · ss The (London) Evening News Sep 1 1976, as “Please Mr. Spaceman, Stay Here with Me”
100 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Aug 1966

The Year’s Best Horror Stories ed. Richard Davis (Sphere, 1971, pb)
Also available in the U.S. (DAW 1971).

7 · Double Whammy · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Feb 1970
19 · The Sister City · Brian Lumley · ss Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1969
33 · When Morning Comes · Elizabeth Fancett · ss The Fifth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff 1969
51 · Prey · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy Apr 1969
63 · Winter · Kit Reed · ss Winter’s Tales 15, ed. A. D. Maclean, Macmillan UK 1969
71 · Lucifer! · E. C. Tubb · ss Vision of Tomorrow Nov 1969
83 · I Wonder What He Wanted · Eddy C. Bertin · ss Las Mejores Historias de Fantasmas 1970
93 · Problem Child · Peter Oldale · ss Vision of Tomorrow Jun 1970
101 · The Scar · Ramsey Campbell · ss Startling Mystery Stories Sum 1969
117 · Warp · Ralph Norton · ss Mayfair 1968
131 · The Hate · Terri E. Pinckard · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery Jan/Feb 1971
137 · A Quiet Game · Celia Fremlin · ss Argosy (UK) Sep 1970
145 · After Nightfall [revised from Weird Window #1 ’70] · David A. Riley · ss *
155 · Death’s Door · Robert McNear · nv Playboy Mar 1969

The Year’s Best Horror Stories No.2 ed. Richard Davis (London: Sphere Books 28-606, 1972, 30p, 160pp, pb)

9 · Preface · Richard Davis · pr
11 · Foreword · Christopher Lee · fw
13 · Thirst · Gerald W. Page · nv Witchcraft & Sorcery #7 1972
52 · David’s Worm · Brian Lumley · ss Pulp 1971
60 · The Price of a Demon · Gary Brandner · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #7 1972
72 · The Knocker at the Portico · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1971
84 · The Throwaway Man · Steve Chapman · vi Weirdbook #3 1970
87 · The Woman with the Mauve Face · Rosemary Timperley · ss
91 · Shadows of the Living · Ronald Blythe · ss The Sixth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff 1970
111 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May 1971
124 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1971
139 · Haunts of the Very Rich · T. K. Brown, III · nv Playboy May 1971

The Year’s Best Horror Stories, No.3 ed. Richard Davis (London: Sphere Books 0-7221-2861-4, 1973, 30p, 173pp, pb)

7 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
9 · Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal · Robert Aickman · nv F&SF Feb 1973
46 · The Long-Term Residents · Kit Pedler · ss The Seventh Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff 1971
60 · Mirror from Antiquity · Susanna Bates · vi Weirdbook #5 1972
62 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss De Achtjaarlijkse God 1972
73 · The Old Horns · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons By Daylight, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House 1973
82 · Haggopian · Brian Lumley · nv F&SF Jun 1973
107 · The Recompensing of Albano Pizar · Basil Copper · ss *
124 · The Were-Creature · Kenneth Pembrooke · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery Jan 1971
129 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2 1972

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series II ed. Richard Davis (DAW UY1119, Jul ’74, $1.25, 207pp, pb)
Stories from the Sphere U.K. volumes 2 and 3.

7 · Foreword · Christopher Lee · fw
11 · David’s Worm · Brian Lumley · ss Pulp 1971
21 · The Price of a Demon · Gary Brandner · ss Witchcraft & Sorcery #7 1972
33 · The Knocker at the Portico · Basil Copper · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1971
47 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May 1971
61 · Napier Court · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Things, ed. August Derleth, Arkham 1971
77 · Haunts of the Very Rich · T. K. Brown, III · nv Playboy May 1971
99 · The Long-Term Residents · Kit Pedler · ss The Seventh Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff 1971
113 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss De Achtjaarlijkse God 1972
125 · The Old Horns · Ramsey Campbell · ss Demons By Daylight, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House 1973
135 · Haggopian · Brian Lumley · nv F&SF Jun 1973
161 · The Events at Poroth Farm · T. E. D. Klein · na From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2 1972

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series III ed. Richard Davis (DAW UY1180, Jun ’75, $1.25, 173pp, pb)
Published in the U.K. as The First Orbit Book of Horror (Orbit 1976).

9 · Introduction · Richard Davis · in
11 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row 1973
28 · The Man in the Underpass · Ramsey Campbell · ss *
39 · S.F. · T. E. D. Klein · ss *
56 · Uncle Vlad · Clive Sinclair · ss Transatlantic Review 1973
68 · Judas Story · Brian M. Stableford · ss *
86 · The House of Cthulhu · Brian Lumley · ss Whispers Jul 1973
98 · Satanesque · Allan Weiss · ss Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror #6 1974
109 · Burger Creature · Steve Chapman · ss Orbit 12, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s 1973
117 · Wake Up Dead · Tim Stout · ss *
134 · Forget-Me-Not · Bernard Taylor · nv *
152 · Halloween Story · Gregory Fitz Gerald · ss *; this is given as from Balthus, 1973, but the last issue of Balthus was #4 in 1972.
164 · Big, Wide, Wonderful World · Charles E. Fritch · vi F&SF Mar 1958
168 · The Taste of Your Love · Eddy C. Bertin · ss 1971

Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Monsters ed. Peter Davison (Sparrow 0-09-928300-X, 1982 [Apr ’83], £.95, 126pp, pb)

Ocean of Sound · Robert P. Holdstock · ss *
Drizzle · Stephen David · ss *
Beyond Lies the Wub · Philip K. Dick · ss Planet Stories Jul 1952
Semolina · David Langford · ss *
Vurfing the Gwrx · Michael Scott Rohan · ss *
Guardian Angel · Christopher Evans · ss *
Don’t Go West, Young Zann · Dyan Sheldon · ss *
The Lights of the City · Garry Kilworth · ss *
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner · Allan Scott · ss *

Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Planets ed. Peter Davison (Sparrow 0-09-930880-0, 1983, 95p, 96pp, pb)

7 · Homecoming · Stephen David · ss *
23 · Grenville’s Planet · Michael Shaara · ss F&SF Oct 1952
38 · Exile · Edmond Hamilton · ss Super Science Stories May 1943
44 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction Nov 1955
52 · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss F&SF Mar 1954
59 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Mar 1951
74 · History Lesson · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Startling Stories May 1949
85 · The Pits Beneath the World · Mary Gentle · ss *

Past and Future & The Last Generation ed. Bradford M. Day (Bradford M. Day, 1954, hc)

1 · Henry Fitzowen · Nathan Drake · ex Literary Hours 1798
22 · A Tale of the Future · Bradford M. Day · ss 1954
38 · The Last Generation · James Elroy Flecker · nv New Age Press 1908

Classic Library of Famous Literature: Vol. 5, Weird Tales ed. Frederick de Berard (New York: Isaac H. Blanchard, 1899, hc)

9 · The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Aug 1859
57 · The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Scribner’s 1886
115 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Annual for 1886, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: T. Fisher Unwin 1885
137 · The Were-Wolf · Clemence Housman · nv Atalanta Dec 1890
183 · The Wondersmith · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv Atlantic Monthly Oct 1859; F&SF Dec 1950
229 · The Rime of the Ancient Mariner · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · pm Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth 1798
Critical Analysis · Frederick de Berard · ms
Biographical Dictionary · Frederick de Berard · ms

Classic Library of Famous Literature: Vol. 15, Occult Tales ed. Frederick de Berard (New York: Isaac H. Blanchard, 1899, 245pp, hc)

iii · Critical Synopsis of Selections · Frederick de Berard · in
vii · Biographical Dictionary of Authors · [Misc.] · bg
9 · The Metempsychosis · Dr. Robert McNish · nv The Living Age Aug 1863
47 · The Devil and Tom Walker · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray 1824
63 · The Life Magnet · Alvey A. Adee · ss Putnam’s Magazine Aug 1870
80 · What Was It? · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s Mar 1859
105 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · na The New Review Jan 1895 (+4)
213 · The Four-Fifteen Express · Amelia B. Edwards · nv Routledge’s Christmas Annual, 1867 1866

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