The Omnibus of science fiction
By: edited with an introduction by Groff Conklin ; with a foreword by Scott Latham.
Contributors: Conklin, Groff, 1904-1968.
Series: Chatham River paperback library
Publisher: Chatham River Press; Distributed by Crown Publishers
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 561
Subjects: Science fiction.
Table of contents: title: vii • Foreword (Omnibus of SF) • essay by R. Scott Latham; title: ix • Introduction (Omnibus of Science Fiction) • (1952) • essay by Groff Conklin; title: 3 • John Thomas's Cube • (1945) • short story by John Leimert; title: 10 • Hyperpilosity • (1938) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Hyperpelosity); title: 18 • The Thing in the Woods • (1935) • short story by Fletcher Pratt [as by Fletcher Pratt and B. F. Ruby]; title: 29 • And Be Merry ... • (1950) • short story by Katherine MacLean; title: 45 • The Bees from Borneo • (1931) • short story by Will H. Gray; title: 55 • The Rag Thing • (1951) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell]; title: 58 • The Conqueror • (1952) • short story by Mark Clifton; title: 65 • Never Underestimate ... • (1952) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon; title: 78 • The Doorbell • (1934) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D.; title: 88 • A Subway Named Mobius • (1950) • short story by A. J. Deutsch; title: 100 • Backfire • (1943) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne; title: 117 • The Box • (1949) • short story by James Blish; title: 132 • Zeritsky's Law • (1951) • short story by Ann Warren Griffith [as by Ann Griffith]; title: 137 • The Fourth Dynasty • (1936) • short story by R. R. Winterbotham; title: 146 • The Color Out of Space • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft originals)] • (1945) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of The Colour Out of Space 1927); title: 167 • The Head Hunters • (1951) • short story by Ralph Williams; title: 178 • The Star Dummy • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher; title: 189 • Catch That Martian • (1952) • short story by Damon Knight; title: 199 • Shipshape Home • (1952) • short story by Richard Matheson; title: 214 • Homo Sol • [Homo Sol • 1] • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov; title: 230 • Alexander the Bait • (1946) • short story by William Tenn; title: 241 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury; title: 249 • "Nothing Happens on the Moon" • (1939) • short story by Paul Ernst; title: 263 • Trigger Tide • (1950) • short story by Wyman Guin [as by Norman Menasco]; title: 273 • Plague • (1944) • novelette by Murray Leinster; title: 302 • Winner Lose All • (1951) • short story by Jack Vance; title: 313 • Test Piece • (1951) • short story by Eric Frank Russell; title: 327 • Environment • (1944) • short story by Chester S. Geier; title: 341 • High Threshold • [The Universe Between] • (1951) • short story by Alan E. Nourse; title: 350 • Spectator Sport • (1950) • short story by John D. MacDonald; title: 355 • Recruiting Station • (1942) • novella by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Masters of Time); title: 420 • A Stone and a Spear • (1950) • novelette by Raymond F. Jones; title: 436 • What You Need • (1945) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]; title: 449 • The Choice • (1952) • short story by Wayland Hilton-Young; title: 450 • The War Against the Moon • [Fragments d'une histoire universelle / Fragments of Universal History] • (1927) • novelette by André Maurois (trans. of Le chapitre suivant); title: 464 • Pleasant Dreams • (1951) • short story by Ralph Robin; title: 472 • Manners of the Age • (1952) • short story by H. B. Fyfe; title: 484 • The Weapon • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown; title: 486 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London; title: 524 • Heritage • (1942) • novelette by Robert Abernathy; title: 545 • History Lesson • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke; title: 551 • Instinct • (1952) • short story by Lester del Rey