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Travelers of Space

1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg

1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg

FieldValue
nameTravelers of Space
imageTravelers of space.jpg
captionDust-jacket from the first edition
editorMartin Greenberg
illustratorEdd Cartier
cover_artistEdd Cartier
countryUnited States
languageEnglish
genreScience fiction
publisherGnome Press
release_date1951
media_typePrint (hardback)
pages400

Travelers of Space is a 1951 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Planet Stories, Astounding SF, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories.

Contents

  • Foreword, by Martin Greenberg
  • Introduction, by Willy Ley
  • "The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears", by Keith Bennett
  • "Christmas Tree", by Christopher S. Youd
  • "The Forgiveness of Tenchu Taen", by Frederic Arnold Kummer
  • "Episode on Dhee Minor", by Harry Walton
  • "The Shape of Things", by Ray Bradbury
  • "Columbus Was a Dope", by Lyle Monroe (pseudonym for Robert A. Heinlein)
  • "Attitude", by Hal Clement
  • "The Ionian Cycle", by William Tenn
  • "Trouble on Tantalus", by P. Schuyler Miller
  • "Placet Is a Crazy Place", by Fredric Brown
  • "Action on Azura", by Robertson Osborne
  • "The Rull", by A. E. van Vogt
  • "The Double Dyed Villains", by Poul Anderson
  • "Bureau of Slick Tricks", by H. B. Fyfe
  • "Life on Other Worlds", by Edd Cartier
  • "The Interstellar Zoo", by David A. Kyle
  • Science Fiction Dictionary

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller noted that Greenberg had limited his selections to "largely if not entirely unanthologized stories," limiting the contents to lesser if less familiar stories on the central theme.

References

Sources

  • {{cite web

References

  1. "The Reference Library", ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', August 1952, p.129
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