Publication: Spectrum I

Publication: Spectrum IPublication Record # 501154
Editors: Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest
Date: 1964-00-00
Catalog ID: M61
Publisher: Pan Books
Price:
5/-^?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: 317
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- "© Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest, 1961"
- "First published 1961 by Victor Gollancz Ltd"
- "This edition published 1964 by Pan Books Ltd"
- "2nd Printing 1964" on copyright page
- No British price on book cover on PV1's copy, 5/- on PV2's copy
- 8/- in Australia $1.25 in Canada
- Artist not credited

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Anthology Title: Spectrum I • [Spectrum • 1] • anthology by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest (variant of Spectrum 1961)

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Spectrum) • (1961) • essay by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest
13 • The Midas Plague • (1954) • novella by Frederik Pohl
71 • Limiting Factor • (1949) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
87 • The Executioner • (1956) • novelette by Algis Budrys
125 • Null-P • (1951) • short story by William Tenn
137 • The Homing Instinct of Joe Vargo • (1959) • novelette by Stephen Barr
157 • Special Flight • (1939) • novelette by John Berryman
201 • Inanimate Objection • (1954) • novelette by H. Chandler Elliott
219 • Pilgrimage to Earth • (1956) • short story by Robert Sheckley
231 • Unhuman Sacrifice • (1958) • novelette by Katherine MacLean
263 • By His Bootstraps • (1941) • novella by Robert A. Heinlein

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