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Editor:Damon Knight
Title:A Century Of Science Fiction
Publisher:  Victor Gollancz
Country:UK
Date:1963
Format:Hardcover
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Total Editions:3
First Published:  1962
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Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction - Dell - Paperback - USA (1963)

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ppint.
2nd Nov 2023
 author field should^W has been varied to editor.
 
 
ppint.
2nd Nov 2023
 contents:

i robots:
the ideal (short excerpt) stanley g. weinbaum (1935), q.v.
moxon's master (short story) ambrose bierce, the san francisco examiner, ?/1899 as ''a night at moxon's''
reason (ss) isaac asimov, astounding vol. xxvii #2, 4/1941 (a positronic robot story)
who can replace a man? (ss) brian w. aldiss, infinity vol.3 #5, 6/1958 as ''but who can replace a man?''

ii time travel:
short excerpt from ''the time machine'' h. g. wells (1894-5), q.v.
of time and third avenue (ss) alfred bester, f&sf vol.2 #5, 10/1951
sail on! sail on! (ss) philip josé farmer, startling vol.28 #2, 12/1952; startling pembertons bre (#2)
short excerpt from ''worlds of the imperium'' keith laumer (1962), q.v.
the business, as usual (ss) mack reynolds, f&sf vol.3 #3, 6/1952

iii space:
what's it like out there? (novelette) edmond hamilton, thrilling wonder stories vol. xli #2, 12/1952; thrilling wonder stories atlas bre vol.1 #10, summer/1953
sky lift (ss) robert a. heinlein, imagination vol.4 #10, 11/1953; rogue 8/1958
the star (ss) arthur c. clarke, infinity vol. 1 #1, 11/1955

iv other worlds and people:
the crystal egg (ss) h. g. wells, the new review, 5/1897
the wind people (ss) marion zimmer bradley, if vol.9 #2, 2/1959
unhuman sacrifice (ntte) katherine maclean astounding vol. lxii #3, 11/1958, astounding atlas bre vol. xv #2, 2/1959; both: three b+w illustrations by john schoenherr

v aliens among us:
what was it? a mystery (ss) fitz-james o'brien, harpers 3/1859; weird tales vol.6 #6, 12/1925
the first days of may (ss) claude veillot, fiction #78, 5/1960 as ''les premiers jours de mai''; f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962; both: the cover story, art by ed emshwiller
days of succession (ss) theodore l. thomas, astounding vol. lxiii (but misnumbered vol. lxiv) #6, 8/1959; astounding atlas bre vol. xv #11, 1/1960
angel's egg (ntte) edgar pangborn, galaxy vol.2 #3, 6/1951

vi superman:
another world (ntte) j. h. rosny ainé, a revue de paris 9-10/1895 as ''une autre monde'' translated by damon knight
short excerpt from ''odd john'' olaf stapledon (1935), q.v.
call me joe (ntte) poul anderson, astounding vol lix #2, 4/1957; astounding atlas bre vol. xiii #8, 8/1957; both: the cover story, art by (frank) kelly freas, also four b+w illustrations by freas

vii marvellous inventions:
from the ''london times'' of 1904 (ss) mark twain, the century magazine 11/1898
short excerpt from ''20,000 leagues under the sea'' jules verne (? which translation ?), originally as ''vingt mille lieues sous les mers'' (1869-1870 in two volumes), q.v.
you are with it! (ss) will stanton, f&sf vol.21 #6, 12/1961; f&sf atlas bre vol. iii #5, 4/1962
cease fire (ss) frank herbert, astounding vol. lx #5, 1/1958; astounding atlas bre xvi #4, 10/1960
 
 
ppint.
2nd Nov 2023
 victor gollancz h/cvr first printing, first uk edition

reprint anthology of seventeen short stories, four novel excerpts and five novelettes, with anthology & individual items' introductions by the editor, uncredited extensive suggested reading bibliography

cover (d-j) art none, typographical cover in black and magenta on ''gollancz yellow'' field, with the anthology's seven sections listed in-between the lines of a rounded-cornered twin black line-drawn vertical rectangular frame around the main typography
cover (d-j) price 21/-
352pp. (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents, nf introduction by the editor, end pp. nf bibliography, bound with endpapers between cloth-covered boards
 

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