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Beyond Infinity (short story collection)

FieldValue
nameBeyond Infinity
imageBeyond infinity.jpg
captionDust-jacket from the first edition
authorRobert Spencer Carr
cover_artistHannes Bok
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreScience fiction short stories
publisherFantasy Press
release_date1951
media_typePrint (hardback)
pages236 pp
oclc1143444

Beyond Infinity is a collection of science fiction stories by author Robert Spencer Carr. It was first published in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,779 copies. Two of the stories originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, while the title story and "Mutation" saw first publication in the book.

Contents

  • "Morning Star"
  • "Mutation"
  • "Those Men from Mars"
  • "Beyond Infinity"

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson found the title story "overprecious," but praised the others for the author's "humor, his absorption with human values, and his writing skill." P. Schuyler Miller recommended the collection as a "wedding of good, tried science-fiction themes, worked out deftly, with real fictional know-how."

References

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References

  1. [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t22.htm#A512 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections]
  2. "Realm of the Spacemen", ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 7, 1951
  3. "The Reference Library", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', November 1951, p.119
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