Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections

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Best SF ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1955, 15/-, 368pp, hc) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · Dormant · A. E. van Vogt · ss Startling Stories Nov 1948 35 · Pictures Don’t Lie · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Aug 1951 56 · Dumb Martian · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Jul 1952 85 · Or Else · Henry Kuttner · ss Amazing Aug/Sep 1953 95 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Dec 1944 148 · The Fire Balloons · Ray Bradbury · ss Imagination Apr 1951, as “‘In This Sign...’” 168 · The New Wine · John Christopher · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Sum 1954 183 · Prott · Margaret St. Clair · ss Galaxy Jan 1953 199 · A Present from Joe · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Feb 1949 214 · The Cerebrative Psittacoid [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss F&SF Aug 1953 233 · First Lady · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Jun 1953 262 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Oct 1953 276 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Jan 1950 299 · A Case of Conscience [After Such Knowledge] · James Blish · na If Sep 1953

Best SF 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1956, 15/-, 296pp, hc) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 17 · The Altar at Midnight · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Nov 1952 24 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss F&SF Aug 1952 39 · Outside · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Jan 1955 49 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Jun 1951 87 · Placet Is a Crazy Place · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding May 1946 102 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robot series] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Mar 1947 129 · The Copper Dahlia · Gerald Kersh · ss Argosy (UK) Oct 1949 140 · When You’re Smiling · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Jan 1955 168 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll 1947 179 · Worrywart · Clifford Simak · ss Galaxy Sep 1953 195 · Una · John Wyndham · nv F&SF Jan 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 Sep 1940 271 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Jun 1953 187 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953

Best SF 3 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1958, 15/-, 224pp, hc) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 15 · Grenville’s Planet · Michael Shaara · ss F&SF Oct 1952 27 · Counterspy · Kelley Edwards · ss Astounding Dec 1953 48 · The Wabbler · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Oct 1942 57 · Food to All Flesh · Zenna Henderson · ss F&SF Dec 1953 67 · He Walked Around the Horses [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Apr 1948 89 · The Available Data on the Worp Reaction · Lion Miller · ss F&SF Sep 1953 93 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug 1954 119 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Sep 1955 173 · Four in One · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Feb 1953 206 · The Game of Rat and Dragon · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Oct 1955 222 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton 1954

Best SF 4 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1961, 15/-, 224pp, hc) Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in The Short Life · Francis Donovan · na Astounding Oct 1955 A Subway Named Mobius · A. J. Deutsch · ss Astounding Dec 1950 It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953 Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr 1959 Balaam · Anthony Boucher · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healey, Holt 1954 The Yellow Pill · Rog Phillips · ss Astounding Oct 1958 The Bliss of Solitude · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Jan 1952, as “Hallucination Orbit” Psyclops · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Jul 1956 Hobbyist · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Sep 1947 BAXBR/DAXBR · Evelyn E. Smith · ss Time to Come, ed. August Derleth, Farrar 1954; F&SF Sep 1956

Best SF 5 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1963, 18/-, 256pp, hc) Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in On Handling the Data · Henry I. Hirshfield & G. M. Mateyko · ss Astounding Sep 1959 Noise Level [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Dec 1952 Green Thumb · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Jul 1954 The Quest for Saint Aquin · Anthony Boucher · ss New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt 1951; F&SF Jan 1959 The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss F&SF Mar 1953 Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jun 1958, as “But Who Can Replace a Man?” The Prisoner [War with the Outs] · Christopher Anvil · ss Astounding Feb 1956 The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction Nov 1955 Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, ed. Anon., Eyre & Spottiswoode 1956 The Martyr · Poul Anderson · nv F&SF Mar 1960 Later Than You Think · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Oct 1950

Best SF 6 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1966, 18/-, 252pp, hc) 7 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · Judas Bomb · Kit Reed · ss F&SF Apr 1961 22 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories Jul 1956, as “Art-Work” 41 · A Life and a Half · Frederik Pohl · ss If Jul 1959 48 · The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss F&SF Fll 1950 57 · The Waitabits · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Jul 1955 106 · The Fly · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Sep 1952 111 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1949 121 · The Nostalgia Gene · Roy Hutchins · ss Galaxy Nov 1954 137 · Camouflage · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Sep 1945, as by Lewis Padgett 175 · Letter to a Phoenix · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Aug 1949 184 · Death March · Algis Budrys · nv Astounding Oct 1956 212 · Weapon · John Christopher · ss The Twenty-Second Century, Grayson 1954 219 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Nov 1961 237 · Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Nov 1960

Best SF 7 ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1970, hc) Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw The Children of Night · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Oct 1964 Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss F&SF Oct 1961 Way Out in the Continuum · Maurice Richardson · ss Horizon Mar 1946 The Machine That Won the War · Isaac Asimov · ss F&SF Oct 1961 Ultima Thule · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Oct 1951 Heresies of the Huge God · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Galaxy Aug 1966 The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth · Roger Zelazny · nv F&SF Mar 1965 Snuffles · R. A. Lafferty · nv Galaxy Dec 1960 The Coffin Cure · Alan E. Nourse · ss Galaxy Apr 1957 The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Nov 1954 Protect Me from My Friends · John Brunner · ss F&SF Nov 1962 Come to Venus Melancholy · Thomas M. Disch · ss F&SF Nov 1965

Best Tales of Terror ed. Edmund Crispin (London: Faber and Faber, 1962, 16/-, 255pp, hc) 9 · Introduction · Edmund Crispin · in 15 · The Emissary · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947 24 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Hearst’s International Sep 1933 41 · A Summons · L. P. Hartley · ss The White Wand and Other Stories, Hamilton 1954 45 · The Mine · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Mystery Stories #25 1942 52 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine, New York: Viking 1941 61 · Royal Jelly · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss, Knopf 1959 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, Constable 1931 158 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · ss We Are for the Dark, London: Cape 1951 179 · Manhole 69 · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Nov 1957 205 · The Misogynist · James E. Gunn · ss Galaxy Nov 1952 216 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI 1947

Best Tales of Terror 2 ed. Edmund Crispin (London: Faber and Faber, 1965, 21/-, 224pp, hc) 9 · Foreword · Edmund Crispin · fw 11 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 16 1899 22 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury Aug 1925 40 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Blue Book Magazine Nov 1907 54 · Time-Fuse · John Metcalfe · ss Judas and Other Stories, Constable 1931 72 · The Electric King [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Harper’s Aug 1930 94 · Curious Adventure of Mr. Bond · Nugent Barker · nv The Cornhill Magazine Jul 1939 119 · The Dabblers · W. F. Harvey · ss The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent 1928 129 · “Happy Birthday, Dear Alexa” · John Keir Cross · ss * 148 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 1946 169 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 25 1929 175 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders, Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1929 186 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds Aug 1943 199 · The Two Vaynes · L. P. Hartley · ss World Review Dec 1950 210 · Tell Me, Doctor—Please · Kit Reed · ss F&SF Apr 1963

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

The Stars and Under ed. Edmund Crispin (Faber and Faber, 1968, 8/6, 174pp, hc) What Science Fiction Is · Edmund Crispin · in A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952 Food to All Flesh · Zenna Henderson · ss F&SF Dec 1953 The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Oct 1953 Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin; Robot series] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Mar 1947 Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton 1954 The Star Ducks · Bill Brown · ss F&SF Fll 1950 Null-P · William Tenn · ss Worlds Beyond Jan 1951 Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Nov 1961 The Forgotten Enemy · Arthur C. Clarke · ss King’s College Review Dec 1948

Best Black Magic Stories ed. John Keir Cross (Faber and Faber, 1960, 16/-, 269pp, hc) 9 · Introduction · John Keir Cross · in 17 · The Earlier Service · Margaret Irwin · ss Madame Fears the Dark, A.D. Peters 1935 33 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss The New Yorker Jun 16 1951 42 · A Room in Leyden · Richard Harris Barham · nv Blackwood’s Apr 1831, as “A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, D.D.” 66 · Mothering Sunday · John Keir Cross · ss * 81 · The Snake · Dennis Wheatley · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Jan 1933 96 · The Hill · R. Ellis Roberts · ss The Other End, London: Palmer 1923 110 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold 1911 133 · More Spinned Against · John Wyndham · ss Fantasy Fiction Jun 1953 146 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Lord Lytton · nv Blackwood’s Aug 1859 185 · Homecoming · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle Oct 1946 200 · Couching at the Door · Dorothy K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine Dec 1933 225 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Oct/Nov 1953 256 · The Black Mass [chapter XIX from Là-Bas, Echo de Paris 1891] · Joris Karl Huysmans · ex 266 · Envoi · John Keir Cross · aw

Best Horror Stories ed. John Keir Cross (Faber and Faber, 1956, 15/-, 300pp, hc) 9 · Introduction · John Keir Cross · in 17 · Skeleton · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945 36 · A Watcher by the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Dec 29 1889 49 · Raspberry Jam · Angus Wilson · ss The Wrong Set, Secker 1949 69 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger Mar 1835 78 · August Heat · William F. Harvey · ss Midnight House and Other Tales, J.M. Dent 1910 85 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harper’s Sep 1892 125 · The Lovers · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger, London: Westhouse 1944 135 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer Jul 12 1890 (+1) 151 · The End of the Party · Graham Greene · ss The London Mercury Jan 1932 162 · Heartburn · Hortense Calisher · ss The American Mercury Jan 1951 175 · Bartleby · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly 1853 219 · Our Feathered Friends · Philip MacDonald · ss When Churchyards Yawn, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson 1931 231 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine Oct 1881 243 · Mars Is Heaven! · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll 1948 263 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold 1904 287 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum Apr 1930

Best Horror Stories 2 ed. John Keir Cross (Faber and Faber, 1965, 18/-, 270pp, hc) 7 · Introduction · John Keir Cross · in 17 · The Professor’s Teddy-Bear · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Weird Tales Mar 1948 30 · The Last Chukka · Alec Waugh · nv A Century of Horror Stories, ed. Dennis Wheatley, London: Hutchinson 1935 62 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14 1889 68 · The Flowers of the Forest · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science-Fantasy #24 1957 81 · The Thing on the Doorstep · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales Jan 1937 113 · How to Make a Foon · Spike Milligan · ss 116 · Brown God in the Beginning · Angus Stewart · ss 132 · Akin to Love · Christianna Brand · ss Rogue Apr 1963 140 · The Glass Eye · John Keir Cross · ss The Other Passenger, London: Westhouse 1944 158 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold 1904 180 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss 1940; Presenting Moonshine, New York: Viking 1941 194 · The House of Desolation · Alan Griff · ss The Cornhill Magazine Jan 1934 210 · Making Sure of a Little One · Derek Ingrey · ss 220 · The Derelict · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine Dec 1 1912 250 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss Raw Edges, Heinemann 1908

Adventures in Tomorrow ed. Kendell F. Crossen (Greenberg, 1951, $3.50, 278pp, hc) Editor’s Note · Kendell F. Crossen · in Flying Dutchman · Ward Moore · ss * There Will Come Soft Rains · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 The Mute Question · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Other Worlds Science Stories Sep 1950 The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spr 1941 Automaton · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Science Stories Sep 1950 Restricted Clientele · Kendell F. Crossen · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1951 Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales Nov 1933 Christmas on Ganymede · Isaac Asimov · ss Startling Stories Jan 1942 Memory · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1948 Exiled from Earth · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1940 Retreat to the Stars · Leigh Brackett · ss Astonishing Stories Nov 1941 The Voice of the Lobster · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1950 Evolution’s End · Robert Arthur · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1941 Transfer Point · Anthony Boucher · nv Galaxy Nov 1950 The Devil Was Sick · Bruce Elliott · ss F&SF Apr 1951