Book Edition Primary Edition Book Kingsley Amis - Spectrum - Victor Gollancz - Hardcover - UK (1961)
Comments and Reviews ppint. 19th Nov 2022 contents:
introduction (nf) kingsley amis, robert conquest
the midas plague (novella) frederik pohl, galaxy vol.8 #1, 4/1954; galaxr bre #18, 9/1954; both: 3 b+w illustrations by ed emshwiller
limiting factor (short story) clifford d. simak, startling stories vol. 20 #2, 11/1949
the executioner (novelette) algis budrys, astounding vol. lxvi #5, 1/1956, 4 b+w illustrations by frank kelly freas; astounding bre vol. xii #6, 6/1956 (no illustrations)
null-p (ss) william tenn, worlds beyond vol.1 #2, 1/1951
the homing instinct of joe vargo (ntte) stephen barr, f&sf vol.17 #6, 12/1959; f&sf atlas bre vol.1 #4, 3/1960
special flight (ntte) john berryman, astounding vol. xxxiii #3, 5/1939
inanimate objection (ntte) h. chandler elliott, galaxy vol.7 #5A, 2/1954; galaxy bre #17, 7/1954
pilgrimage to earth (ss) robert sheckley 1956, playboy 9/1956, f&sf vol.12 #6, 6/1957 as ''love, incorporated''
unhuman sacrifice (ntte) katherine maclean, astounding vol. lxii #3, 11/1958; asf bre vol. xv #2, 2/1959; both: 3 b+w illustrations by john schoenherr
by his bootstraps (nlla) robert a. heinlein, astounding vol. xxviii #2, 10/1941;
cover story, cover art & 4 b+w illustrations by hubert rogers ppint. 26th May 2019 author (editor) field should^W has had '' and robert conquest'' deleted: two wholly different people not conjoined - not even slightly. ppint. 23rd May 2019 spectrum reprint anthology series #1:
aka and originally ''spectrum '' (1961), q.v,
#1: ''spectrum '' (1961) (this anthology)
aka ''spectrum 1 ''
#2: ''spectrum II '' (1962), q.v.
aka ''spectrum 2 ''
#3: ''spectrum III '' (1963), q.v.
aka ''spectrum 3 ''
#4: ''spectrum IV '' (1965), q.v.
aka ''spectrum 4 ''
#5: ''spectrum V '' (1966), q.v.
aka ''spectrum 5 '' ppint. 12th Nov 2017 pan books ltd. pan books imprint p/b first printing, not first p/b edition (first p/b edition was the berkley medallion 1963 mmpb)
cover art unsigned, uncredited typographical on reddish orange splodge on yellowish orange background
cover price 5/- low on fly corner of front cover°, 8/- australia, $1.25 new zealand on back cover
° - not all copies carry the uk price
320pp. including titles, indica, table-of-contents etc, end pp. advertising
there're two near-identical 1964 printings of this pan p/b edition:
refer to the indica publishing history to distinguish between them by absence/presence of ''2nd printing, 1964''
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