Publication: Connoisseur's Science Fiction

Publication: Connoisseur's Science FictionPublication Record # 7881
Editor: Tom Boardman
Date: 1964-00-00
Catalog ID: 2223
Publisher: Penguin Books
Price:
3/6^?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: 234
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:
- "Copyright © Penguin Books Ltd, 1964"
- "First published 1964" on the copyright page. A secondary source has the publication date as April 1965.
- The photograph on the cover is reproduced by permission of Esso Research stated on the back cover.
- Front cover states "Connoisseur's S.F.", spine and title page have "Connoisseur's Science Fiction"
External IDs:
- BL: 000384917
- OCLC/WorldCat: 317779718
- Reginald-1: 01577

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Connoisseur's Science Fiction) • essay by Tom Boardman, Jr. [as by Tom Boardman]
13 • Disappearing Act • (1953) • short story by Alfred Bester
33 • The Wizards of Pung's Corners • [Jack Tighe] • (1958) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
64 • Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow • (1954) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (variant of The Big Trip Up Yonder)
79 • Mr. Costello, Hero • (1953) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
107 • Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air • (1951) • short story by Jack Finney
124 • Build-Up • (1957) • short story by J. G. Ballard
146 • The Fun They Had • juvenile • (1951) • short story by Isaac Asimov
150 • Diabologic • (1955) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
174 • Made in U.S.A. • (1953) • novelette by J. T. McIntosh
210 • The Waveries • (1945) • short story by Fredric Brown

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