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Ahead of Time (short story collection)

1953 collection of science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner

1953 collection of science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner

FieldValue
nameAhead of Time
imageAheadofTimeHC.jpg
captionCover of first edition (hardcover)
authorHenry Kuttner
cover_artistRichard Powers
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreScience fiction
publisherBallantine Books
release_date1953
media_typePrint (hardback & paperback)
pages177

Ahead of Time is a collection of science fiction stories by the American writer Henry Kuttner, first published in hardcover by Ballantine Books in 1953, with a paperback edition shortly afterwards. A British hardcover appeared in 1954, with a paperback following in 1961. Paperback reissues of both the UK and US editions appeared in the mid-1960s. A French translation appeared in 1962 and an Italian translation in 1971.

Contents

  • "Or Else"* (Amazing Stories, 1953)
  • "Home Is The Hunter"* (Galaxy, 1953)
  • "By These Presents" (Fantastic, 1953)
  • "De Profundis"* (as "The Visitors", Science Fiction Quarterly, 1953)
  • "Camouflage"* (Astounding Stories, 1945)
  • "Year Day" (original to collection)
  • "Ghost" (Astounding Stories, 1943)
  • "Shock"* (Astounding Stories, 1943)
  • "Pile of Trouble" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1948)
  • "Deadlock"* (Astounding Stories, 1942)

Stories marked with an asterisk (*) have been identified as collaborations by Kuttner and his wife, C. L. Moore.

Reception

Boucher and McComas, describing Kuttner as "one of s.f.'s most literate and intelligent storytellers", found the collection to be "just about as good as the modern magazine science-fantasy story can get". P. Schuyler Miller similarly reported that Ahead of Time was "as good as any of the short-story collections now being published". New Worlds reviewer Leslie Flood described Ahead of Time as "excellent".

References

References

  1. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?37564 Publication history]
  2. [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?279236 ISFDB publication listing]
  3. "Recommended Reading", ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. F&SF]]'', October 1953, p. 73.
  4. "The Reference Library", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', March 1954, p.154
  5. "Book Reviews", ''New Worlds'', April 1954, p.128
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