SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Country United States Publication date 1956 Pages 352 pp Originally published 1956 Publisher Gnome Press		Language English Media type Print (Hardback) OCLC 3926583 Author Judith Merril Cover artist Ed Emshwiller

Followed by SF '57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy Genres Fantasy, Short story, Science Fiction Similar Judith Merril books, Science Fiction books

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1956 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Judith Merril. It was the first in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe, Science-Fantasy, If, Good Housekeeping and Bluebook.

Introduction, by Orson Welles

Preface, by Judith Merril

"The Stutterer", by R. R. Merliss

"The Golem", by Avram Davidson

"Junior", by Robert Abernathy

"The Cave of Night", by James E. Gunn

"The Hoofer", by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

"Bulkhead", by Theodore Sturgeon

"Sense from Thought Divide", by Mark Clifton

"Pottage", by Zenna Henderson

"Nobody Bothers Gus", by Algis Budrys

"The Last Day of Summer", by E. C. Tubb

"One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts", by Shirley Jackson

"The Ethicators", by Willard Marsh

"Birds Can’t Count", by Mildred Clingerman

"Of Missing Persons", by Jack Finney

"Dreaming Is a Private Thing", by Isaac Asimov

"The Country of the Kind", by Damon Knight

"The Public Hating", by Steve Allen

"Home There’s No Returning", by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore

"The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions", by Judith Merril

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