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Beachheads in Space

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1952

Pages
  
xii, 320 pp

Author
  
August Derleth

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Publisher
  
Pellegrini & Cudahy

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1952

Country
  
United States of America

Genres
  
Short story, Science Fiction

Similar
  
August Derleth books, Short Stories

Beachheads in Space is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by August Derleth. It was first published by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1952. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Astounding Stories, Fantastic Adventures, Science Fiction Adventures, Amazing Stories, Startling Stories, Weird Tales, Planet Stories and Blue Book.

Contents

Contents

  • Introduction, by August Derleth
  • "The Star", by David H. Keller, M.D.
  • "The Man from Outside", by Jack Williamson
  • "Beachhead", by Clifford D. Simak
  • "The Years Draw Nigh", by Lester del Rey
  • "Metamorphosite", by Eric Frank Russell
  • "The Ordeal of Professor Klein", by L. Sprague de Camp
  • "Repetition", by A. E. van Vogt
  • "Breeds There a Man...?", by Isaac Asimov
  • "Meteor", by John Beynon
  • "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", by John Wyndham
  • "Blinding Shadows", by Donald Wandrei
  • "The Metamorphosis of Earth", by Clark Ashton Smith
  • "The Ambassadors from Venus", by Kendell F. Crossen
  • "To People a New World", by Nelson S. Bond

    • Reception

    P. Schuyler Miller reported Beachheads to be "a well-done theme collection," saying it was "better than anyone would have thought could still be dredged out of the old files."

    References

    Beachheads in Space Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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