Publication: Best SF Four: Science Fiction Stories

Publication: Best SF Four: Science Fiction StoriesPublication Record # 4152
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1961-03-00
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Price:
15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 224
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Best SF Four by John Griffiths
Notes:
- "First published in mcmlxi by Faber and Faber Limited" on copyright page.
- Published March 1961 per Cole Checklist of SF Anthologies.
- "15s net" and "Jacket design by John Griffiths" on front jacket flap.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1283165
- Reginald-1: 03609

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Anthology Title: Best SF Four • [Best SF (Crispin) • 4] • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

7 • Foreword (Best SF Four) • (1961) • essay by Edmund Crispin
11 • The Short Life • (1955) • novella by Francis Donovan
63 • A Subway Named Mobius • (1950) • short story by A. J. Deutsch
79 • It's a Good Life • (1953) • short story by Jerome Bixby
97 • Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes
125 • Balaam • (1954) • short story by Anthony Boucher
139 • The Yellow Pill • (1958) • short story by Rog Phillips
152 • The Bliss of Solitude • (1952) • novelette by J. T. McIntosh (variant of Hallucination Orbit)
173 • Psyclops • (1956) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
184 • Hobbyist • (1947) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
216 • BAXBR/DAXBR • (1954) • short story by Evelyn E. Smith

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