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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (paperback)

Originally published
  
1963

Publisher
  
Grosset & Dunlap

Editor
  
Groff Conklin

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Publication date
  
1963

Pages
  
256 pp.

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Country
  
United States of America

Author
  
edited by Groff Conklin

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Great Stories of Space Travel is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in paperback by Tempo Books in July 1963, and reprinted by the same publisher in December 1965, 1969, and April 1970.

The book collects eleven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with a general introduction and brief introductions to each story by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1942-1955 in various science fiction and other magazines.

Contents

  • "Introduction" (Groff Conklin)
  • The Solar System
  • "The Wings of Night" (Lester del Rey)
  • "The Holes Around Mars" (Jerome Bixby)
  • "Kaleidoscope" (Ray Bradbury)
  • "I'll Build Your Dream Castle" (Jack Vance)
  • Beyond the Solar System
  • "Far Centaurus" (A. E. van Vogt)
  • "Propagandist" (Murray Leinster)
  • "Cabin Boy" (Damon Knight)
  • "A Walk in the Dark" (Arthur C. Clarke)
  • "Blind Alley" (Isaac Asimov)
  • "The Helping Hand" (Poul Anderson)
  • "Allamagoosa" (Eric Frank Russell)

    • References

    Great Stories of Space Travel Wikipedia
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