War and Space
Subtitle: Selected Short Stories of Lester del Rey, Vol 1
By: edited by Steven H. Silver
Edition: First edition
Series: Selected Short Stories of Lester Del Rey
Publisher: NESFA Press
Published: Aug2009
Place of publication: Framingham, MA USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 572
Copyright date: 2009
Notes: A NESFA Press publication
Table of contents: title: The first of two volumes offering selected short stories & novellas by Lester Del Rey -- his space opera and post-apocalyptic fiction, including the award winning 'Nerves' which later became a full novel.  29 stories with an introduction by giant Frederik Pohl, including a color cover by award-winning fantasy artist John Picacio... A rare treat, these short stories, many widely scattered and hard to find elsewhere, collected here under one cover.; title: Contents, 29 stories:; title: •Introduction: The Magnificent Lester (2009) • essay by Frederik Pohl;; title: •For I Am a Jealous People! (1954);; title: •Return Engagement (1961);; title: •Omega and the Wolf-Girl (variant of And the Darkness) (1950);; title: •Uneasy Lies the Head (1951);; title: •And There Was Light (1951);; title: •Battleground (1954);; title: •Kindness (1944);; title: •Wind Between the Worlds (1951);; title: •Earthbound (1963);; title: •Dark Mission (1940);; title: •Shadows of Empire (1950);; title: •Moon-Blind (1952);; title: •Thunder in Space (1962);; title: •My Name Is Legion (1942);; title: •The Deadliest Female (1951);; title: •Helping Hand (1958);; title: •No Place Like Home (1952);; title: •Done Without Eagles (1940);; title: •And It Comes Out Here (1951);; title: •The Band Played On (1957);; title: •The Faithful (1938);; title: •The Luck of Ignatz (1939);; title: •Operation Distress (1951);; title: •Fool's Errand (1951);; title: •The Stars Look Down (1940);; title: •The Still Waters (1955);; title: •The One-Eyed Man (1945);; title: •Habit (1939);; title: •Nerves (1942).