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Five Science Fiction Novels

1952 anthology of five science fiction novellas edited by Martin Greenberg

1952 anthology of five science fiction novellas edited by Martin Greenberg

FieldValue
nameFive Science Fiction Novels
imageFive science fiction novels.jpg
image_size200px
captionDust-jacket from the first edition.
editorMartin Greenberg
cover_artistFrank Kelly Freas
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreScience fiction
publisherGnome Press
release_date1952
media_typePrint (hardback)
pages282

Five Science Fiction Novels is a 1952 anthology of five science fiction novellas edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Unknown and Astounding SF.

Contents

  • But Without Horns, by Norvell W. Page
  • Destiny Times Three, by Fritz Leiber
  • Crisis in Utopia, by Norman L. Knight
  • The Chronicler, by A. E. van Vogt
  • The Crucible of Power, by Jack Williamson

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Basil Davenport reported the anthology contained "three hits, one near miss, and one bad miss," declaring it "almost always at least entertaining, and at its best provocative." Davenport faulted "The Crucible of Power" as "no more than a short story," and found "Crisis in Utopia," although attractively imaged, to be weakly plotted. Of the "hits," he described "But Without Horns" as a familiar tale "told with real suspense; reported "The Chronicler" to be a typical van Vogt story where action kept the reader's interest even when the ideas became murky; and praised "Destiny Times Three" as the book's high point.

References

Sources

  • {{cite web | archive-date = 2008-06-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080627193726/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t48.htm#A1026 | url-status = dead

References

  1. "Spacemen's Realm", ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 11, 1952
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