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SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

1956 anthology edited by Judith Merril

1956 anthology edited by Judith Merril

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nameSF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy
imagesf the years greatest.jpg
captionDust-jacket from the first edition
authoredited by Judith Merril
cover_artistEd Emshwiller
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreScience fiction and fantasy
publisherGnome Press
release_date1956
media_typePrint (hardback)
pages352 pp
oclc3926583
followed_bySF '57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1956 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Judith Merril. It was the first in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe, Science-Fantasy, If, Good Housekeeping and Bluebook.

Contents

  • Introduction, by Orson Welles
  • Preface, by Judith Merril
  • "The Stutterer", by R. R. Merliss
  • "The Golem", by Avram Davidson
  • "Junior", by Robert Abernathy
  • "The Cave of Night", by James E. Gunn
  • "The Hoofer", by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
  • "Bulkhead", by Theodore Sturgeon
  • "Sense from Thought Divide", by Mark Clifton
  • "Pottage", by Zenna Henderson
  • "Nobody Bothers Gus", by Algis Budrys
  • "The Last Day of Summer", by E. C. Tubb
  • "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts", by Shirley Jackson
  • "The Ethicators", by Willard Marsh
  • "Birds Can’t Count", by Mildred Clingerman
  • "Of Missing Persons", by Jack Finney
  • "Dreaming Is a Private Thing", by Isaac Asimov
  • "The Country of the Kind", by Damon Knight
  • "The Public Hating", by Steve Allen
  • "Home There’s No Returning", by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
  • "The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions", by Judith Merril

References

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