introduction (nf) frederik pohl
for love (novelette) algis budrys, vol.20 #5, 6/1962; t&p bre #92
come into my cellar (ss) ray bradbury, vol.21 #1, 10/1962; t&p bre #94; aka ''boys! raise giant mushrooms in your cellar!''
the tail-tied kings (ss) avram davidson, vol.20 #4, 4/1962; t&p bre #91
crime machine (ss) robert bloch, vol.20 #1, 10/1961; t&p bre #88
return engagement (ss) lester del rey, vol.19 #6, 8/1961; t&p bre #87
earthmen bearing gifts (ss) fredric brown, vol.18 #5, 6/1960; bre #80
rainbird (ss) r. a. lafferty, vol.20 #2, 12/1961
three portraits and a prayer (ss) frederik pohl, vol.20 #6, 8/1962; t&p pbre. #93
something bright (ss) zenna henderson, vol.18 #3, 2/1960; bre. #78; both: a b+w illustration by the dillons
on the gem planet (ntte) cordwainer smith, vol.22 #1, 10/1963; cover story, art by richard mckenna (artist: not the author) (wrongly credited to dember); the first casher o'neil story
the deep down dragon (ss) judith merril, vol.19 #6, 8/1961; bre #87; both: cover story, art by ed emshwiller
the king of the city (ntte) keith laumer, vol.19 #6, 8/1961, bre #87; both: two b+w illustrations by virgil finlay
the beat cluster (ss) fritz leiber, vol.20 #1, 10/1961; bre #88; both: cover story, art by virgil finlay
an old fashioned bird christmas (ntte) margaret st. clair, vol.20 #2, 11/1961
the big pat boom (ss) damon knight, vol.22 #2, 12/1963
possibly last phoenix house, possibly first j. m. dent-owned readers union group science fiction book club h/cvr printing, not first uk h/cvr edition; for sale to sfbc members by mail on a subscription basis, later as an option to members of associated book clubs
cover (d-j) art by john griffiths (yet another positional, colour & fractional variant upon ''the blob'')
cover (d-j) price
248pp? (check) including titles, indicia, table-of-contents etc, end p. bound with endpapers between brown cloth-covered boards, title, editor &c. printed on spine in black; blob, titles, cat# etc. on white paper of d-j in orange
cover art uncredited, unsigned
cover price 5/-, south africa 60c, australia 80c, new zealand (6/6) 65c
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
240pp? including titles, indicia etc, end pp. advertising (this comment is from another edition of this book)
reprint anthology edited by frederik pohl of fifteen stories chosen by him from issues of "galaxy science fiction magazine" edited by him and h. l. gold, and then by him alone, 1960-1963.
see the sfbc h/cvr for the contents in detail. (this comment is from another edition of this book)