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Country
  
United States

Publication date
  
February 1953

Author
  
Frederik Pohl

Page count
  
202

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Language
  
English

Originally published
  
February 1953

Editor
  
Frederik Pohl

Publisher
  
Ballantine Books

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Cover artist
  
Richard M. Powers (first edition) John Berkey (reprint)

Series
  
Star Science Fiction Stories

Media type
  
Hardcover, Mass market paperback

Genres
  
Science Fiction, Anthology

Similar
  
Frederik Pohl books, Science Fiction books

Star Science Fiction Stories No.1 is the first book in the anthology series, Star Science Fiction Stories, edited by Frederik Pohl. It was first published in 1953 by Ballantine Books, without numeration, and was reprinted in 1972 as "No. 1". The book featured the first appearance of Arthur C. Clarke's short story, "The Nine Billion Names of God". These books have been very critically acclaimed by critics around the world.

Contents

  • "Country Doctor", William Morrison
  • "Dominoes", C. M. Kornbluth
  • "Idealist", Lester del Rey
  • "The Night He Cried", Fritz Leiber
  • "Contraption", Clifford D. Simak
  • "The Chronoclasm" (aka "Chronoclasm"), John Wyndham
  • "The Deserter", William Tenn
  • "The Man with English", H. L. Gold
  • "So Proudly We Hail", Judith Merril
  • "A Scent of Sarsaparilla", Ray Bradbury
  • "Nobody Here But—", Isaac Asimov
  • "The Last Weapon", Robert Sheckley
  • "A Wild Surmise", Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
  • "The Journey", Murray Leinster
  • "The Nine Billion Names of God", Arthur C. Clarke
  • References

    Star Science Fiction Stories No.1 Wikipedia