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Editor:Mary Kornbluth
Title:Science Fiction Showcase
Publisher:  Mayflower
Country:UK
Date:1968
Format:Paperback
Genre:Fiction, Science Fiction
Cat#:112250
Total Editions:2
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memorial anthology for her late husband, cyril "c. m." kornbluth, assembled by mary kornbluth (very possibly with the assistance of frederik pohl).

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ppint.
6th May 2020
 first p/b edition
first edition doubleday h/cvr 1959, q.v.
first uk edition ronald whiting & wheaton ltd. 1966, q.v.

almost completely reprint anthology

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 5/-, south africa R0.60, australia 80c, new zealand 65c
208pp. including titles, indica etc, end pp.

contents:
for c. m. kornbluth (nf introduction) frederik pohl
ticket to anywhere (novelette) damon knight (galaxy vol.4 #1; 4/1952)
that low (short story) theodore sturgeon (famous fantastic mysteries vol.10 #8; 10/1948)
or the grasses grow (ss) avram davidson (fantasy & science fiction vol.15 #5; 11/1958)
the man who ate the world (ntte) (gal vol.13 #1; 11/1956)(gal bre #46)
the long remembering (ss) poul anderson (f&sf vol.13 #5; 11/1957)
the end of the beginning (ss) ray bradbury (maclean's 27/10/1956 as "next stop the stars")
a work of art (ss) james blish (science fiction stories vol.7 #1; 7/1956)
the cold green eye (ss) jack williamson (fantastic vol.2 #2; 3-4/1953 as "artwork")
med service (novella) murray leinster (astounding vol. lix #6; 8/1957 (astounding bre vol.xiii #12; 12/1957) as "the mutant weapon")
expendable (ss) philip k. dick (f&sf vol.5 #7; 7/1953)
mantage (ntte) richard matheson (appears to be original)
nightmare number four (poem) robert bloch (diablerie 1/1945)
 

 
ppint.
6th May 2020
 first mmpb, not first p/b edition which was mayflower 1968, q.v.

cover art unsigned, uncredited
cover price 60¢
128pp. including titles, indica etc.

cover number-string incorporating cat#, price in three digits appended, may be this edition's abn


drops the novella, "med service" by murray leinster from the contents of the full anthology.
(this comment is from another edition of this book)
 


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Mary Kornbluth - Science Fiction Showcase - Curtis Books - Paperback - USA (1969)

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