Books

Books : reviews

Groff Conklin, ed.
Possible Tomorrows.

Contents

• Isaac Asimov. The Dead Past. 1956
• Kingsley Amis. Something Strange. 1961
• J. T. McIntosh. Unit. 1957
• James H. Schmitz. Gone Fishing. 1961
Con man Barney Chard thinks he's on to easy money when he discoveres a physicist hiding a fantastic invention. But the physicist has bigger plans.
• F.L Wallace. Big Ancestor. 1954

Groff Conklin, ed.
Seven Trips Through Time and Space.

Contents

• Cordwainer Smith. The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal. 1964
• Larry Niven. Flatlander. 1967
• Jonathan Blake MacKenzie. Overproof. 1965
• J. T. McIntosh. Poor Planet. 1964
• Kris Neville. Shamar's War. 1964
• Frank Herbert. The Tactful Saboteur. 1964
• H. Beam Piper. Ministry of Disturbance. 1958

Groff Conklin, ed.
Great Science Fiction by Scientists.
Collier. 1962

Contents

• Arthur C. Clarke. Summertime on Icarus. == The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System. 1960
• Isaac Asimov. What If -. 1952
• Eric Temple Bell. The Ultimate Catalyst. 1939
• Miles J. Breuer. The Gostak and the Doshes. 1930
• Ralph S. Cooper. The Neutrino Bomb. 1962
• Chandler Davis. Last Year's Grave Undug. 1962
• J. B. S. Haldane. The Gold-Makers. 1932
• Julian Huxley. The Tissue-Culture King. 1927
• Willy Ley. A Martian Adventure. == At the Perihelion. 1937
• James McConnell. Learning Theory. 1957
• Chad Oliver. The Mother of Necessity. 1955
• John R. Pierce. John Sze's Future. 1962
• Robert S. Richardson. Kid Anderson. 1956
• Louis N. Ridenour. Pilot Lights of the Apocalypse. 1946
• Leo Szilard. Grand Central Terminal. 1952
• Norbert Wiener. The Brain. 1952

Isaac Asimov, Groff Conklin, eds.
50 Short Science Fiction Tales.
1963

(read but not reviewed)

Contents

• T.P Caravan. Random Sample. 1953
• Cleve Cartmill. Oscar. 1941
• Peter Cartur. The Mist. 1952
• James Causey. Teething Ring. 1953
• Arthur C. Clarke. The Haunted Spacesuit. == Who's There?. 1958
• Mildred Clingerman. Stair Trick. 1952
• Roger Dee. Unwelcome Tenant. 1950
• Arthur Feldman. The Mathematicians. 1953
• Jack Finney. The Third Level. 1952
• Stuart Friedman. Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!. 1952
• Edward Grendon. The Figure. 1947
• David Grinnell. The Rag Thing. 1951
• Marion Gross. The Good Provider. 1952
• Robert A. Heinlein. Columbus Was a Dope. 1947
• Albert Hernhuter. Texas Week. 1954
• H. B. Hickey. Hilda. 1952
• W. Hilton-Young. The Choice. 1963
• Damon Knight. Not With a Bang. 1950
• C. M. Kornbluth. The Altar at Midnight. 1952
• Fritz Leiber. A Bad Day For Sales. 1953
• John Lewis. Who's Cribbing?. 1953
• John D. MacDonald. Spectator Sport. 1950
• Avro Manhattan. The Cricket Ball. 1955
• Winston K. Marks. Double-Take. 1953
• John P. McKnight. Prolog. 1951
• Lion Miller. The Available Data on the Worp Reaction. 1953
• Alan Nelson. Narapoia. 1951
• Alan E. Nourse. Tiger by the Tail. 1951
• Peter Phillips. Counter Charm. 1963
• Arthur Porges. The Fly. 1952
• Mack Reynolds. The Business, as Usual. 1952
• Frank M. Robinson. Two Weeks in August. 1951
• Edward G. Robles. See?. 1954
• Eric Frank Russell. Appointment at Noon. 1954
• James H. Schmitz. We Don't Want Any Trouble. 1953
The aliens don't want any trouble, and the humans are going to have to be very careful to ensure they don't get any. But that might not be enough.
• Howard Schoenfeld. Built Down Logically. 1951
• Robert Sheckley. The Perfect Woman. 1954
• Walt Sheldon. The Hunters. 1952
• Evelyn E. Smith. The Martian and The Magician. 1952
• Will Stanton. Barney. 1951
• Theodore Sturgeon. Talent. 1953
• William Tenn. Project Hush. 1954
• A. E. van Vogt. The Great Judge. 1948
• Ralph Williams. Emergency Landing. 1940
• S Fowler Wright. Obviously Suicide. 1951
• Karen Anderson. Six Haiku. 1962
• Poul Anderson. Ballade of an Artificial Satellite. 1958
• Isaac Asimov. The Fun They Had. 1951
• Alan Bloch. Men Are Different. 1954
• Anthony Boucher. The Ambassadors. 1952
• Fredric Brown. The Weapon. 1951
• Idris Seabright. An Egg a Month from All Over. 1952