Books

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Books : reviews

Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison, eds.
Farewell, Fantastic Venus!: a history of the planet Venus in fact and fiction.
1968

(read but not reviewed)

Contents

• Arthur C. Clarke. Before Eden. 1961
• George Griffith. Honeymoon in Space. 1968
• Poul Anderson. The Big Rain. 1954
• Evert Clark. Scientist says icecaps on Venus would make life possible. 1968
• S. Makepeace Lott. Escape to Venus. 1968
• John de Courcy, Doroth de Courcy. Alchemy. 1950
• Robert Ball. The Story of the Heavens. 1968
• John Munro. A Trip to Venus. 1968
• C. S. Lewis. Perelandra. 1940
• Edgar Rice Burroughs. Pirates of Venus. 1932
• John Davy. Venus Mystery for Scientists. 1967
• Frank R. Paul. The Man from Venus. 1939
• Olaf Stapledon. Last and First Men. 1930
• Svante Arrhenius. The Destinies of the Stars. 1968
• Henry Gade. A City on Venus. 1941
• anon. Dream of Distance. 1967
• Willy Ley. Unveiling the Mystery Planet. 1955
• Bernard Lovell. Some Mysteries of Venus Resolved. 1967
• Poul Anderson. Sister Planet. 1959
• Carl Sagan. Intelligent Life in the Universe. 1966
• V. A. Firsoff. Exploring the Planets. 1964

Brian W. Aldiss, ed.
The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus.
1973

Contents

• Isaac Asimov. Nightfall. 1941
• William Tenn. Eastward Ho!. 1958
• Eric Frank Russell. Sole Solution. 1956
• Arthur C. Clarke. Before Eden. 1961
• Isaac Asimov. Jokester. 1956
• Ward Moore. Lot. 1953
• John Steinbeck. The Short-Short Story of Mankind. 1958
• Clifford D. Simak. Skirmish. == Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!. 1950
• Poor Little Warrior!. 1958
• James H. Schmitz. Grandpa. 1955
Cord tries to warn the Plenetary Regent that Grandpa, a large vegetable raft, is not longer safe, but no-one listens. So when it hijacks the crew and turns carnivorous, it's up to him to figure out why.
• A. Bertram Chandler. The Half Pair. 1957
• Walter M. Miller Jr. Command Performance. == Anybody Else Like Me?. 1952
• A. E. van Vogt. Fulfilment. 1952
• Katherine MacLean. The Snowball Effect. 1952
A sociology professor needs to prove the worth of his discipline. So he demonstrates how institutions can grow, given the right rules and incentives. But he forgot to include a way to stop the sewing circle from growing...
• Algis Budrys. The End of Summer. 1954
• John Brunner. The Windows of Heaven. 1956
• J. G. Ballard. Track 12. 1958
• Gordon R. Dickson. The Monkey Wrench. 1951
• A. Bertram Chandler. The Cage. 1957
• Howard Fast. The First Men. 1960
• Alan E. Nourse. Counterfeit. 1952
• Tom Godwin. The Greater Thing. 1954
• Damon Knight. The Country of the Kind. 1956
• Howard Schoenfeld. Build Up Logically. 1950
• Arthur Porges. The Rescuer. 1962
• William Tenn. The Liberation of Earth. 1953
• Harry Harrison. An Alien Agony. 1962
• H. B. Fyfe. Protected Species. 1951
• Frederik Pohl. The Tunnel Under the World. 1954
• Robert Sheckley. The Store of the Worlds. 1959
• Arthur C. Clarke. The Forgotten Enemy. 1949
• Robert Abernathy. Pyramid. 1954
• Theodore R. Cogswell. The Wall Around the World. 1953
• Walter M. Miller Jr. I Made You. 1954
• C. M. Kornbluth. MS Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie. 1957
• James Blish. Common Time. 1953

Harry Harrison, Brian W. Aldiss, eds.
The Astounding-Analog Reader Book One.
1972

Contents

• John W. Campbell Jr. Forgetfulness. 1937
• Raymond Z. Gallun. Seeds of the Dusk. 1938
• Harry Bates. Farewell to the Master. 1940
• P. Schuyler Miller. Trouble on Tantalus. 1941
• Ross Rocklynne. Time Wants a Skeleton. 1941
• Isaac Asimov. Nightfall. 1941
• Robert A. Heinlein. By His Bootstraps. 1941

Harry Harrison, Brian W. Aldiss, eds.
The Astounding-Analog Reader Book Two.
1973

Contents

• Alfred Bester. The Push of a Finger. 1942
• Henry Kuttner. Clash by Night. 1943
• A. E. van Vogt. The Storm. 1943
• Clifford D. Simak. City. 1944
• Murray Leinster. First Contact. 1945
• A. Bertram Chandler. Giant Killer. 1945
• Fredric Brown. Placet is a Crazy Place. 1946
• Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore. Vintage Season. 1946