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Editor:	Damon Knight
Title:	A Century Of Science Fiction
Publisher:	Dell
Country:	USA
Date:	Feb 1963
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:	1157
Total Editions:	3
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Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Damon Knight.
384 numbered and total pages.

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ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		author field should^W has been varied to editor. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



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 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



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 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 2nd Nov 2023		author field should^W has been varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 24th May 2019		author field should be varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 8th Dec 2017		pan books first printing, first uk p/b edition reprint anthology of five novelettes, seventeen short stories and four excerpts from novels, plus introductory essay by damon knight, plus an extensive "suggested reading" bibliographical listing. cover art unsigned, uncredited cover price 6/-, 75c south africa, 90c (9/-) australia, 7/6 new zealand, so should be re-flagged "international" according to respected moderator's rule - or not so re-flagged, according to equally well-respected moderator's heartfelt plea 446pp. including titles, indicia etc. author field should be varied to editor (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Damon Knight - A Century Of Science Fiction - Pan - Paperback - UK (1966)

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