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The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950

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Country
  
United States

Publisher
  
Fredrick Fell

Media type
  
Print (Hardback)

Originally published
  
1950

Language
  
English

Publication date
  
1950

Pages
  
347 pp

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Authors
  
E. F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty

Preceded by
  
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949

Followed by
  
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1951

Genres
  
Short story, Science Fiction

Similar
  
E F Bleiler books, Science Fiction books

The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. An abridged edition was published in the UK by Grayson in 1951 under the title The Best Science Fiction Stories. The stories had originally appeared in 1949 in the magazines Astounding, The Saturday Evening Post, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fantastic Adventures, Maclean’s, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Blue Book and Startling Stories. The anthology was later combined with the 1949 volume and reissued as Science Fiction Omnibus.

Contents

Contents

  • A Sort of Introduction, by Vincent Starrett
  • Preface, by Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty
  • "Private Eye", by Henry Kuttner
  • "Doomsday Deferred", by Will F. Jenkins
  • "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast", by Theodore Sturgeon
  • "Eternity Lost", by Clifford Simak
  • "Easter Eggs", by Robert Spencer Carr
  • "Opening Doors", by Wilmar H. Shiras
  • "Five Years in the Marmalade", by Robert W. Krepps
  • "Dwellers in Silence", by Ray Bradbury
  • "Mouse", by Fredric Brown
  • "Refuge for Tonight", by Robert Moore Williams
  • "The Life-Work of Professor Muntz", by Murray Leinster
  • "Flaw", by John D. MacDonald
  • "The Man", by Ray Bradbury
  • About the Authors
  • Reception

    P. Schuyler Miller received the anthology favorably, praising "the literary taste and broad knowledge of the field shown by its editors."

    References

    The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 Wikipedia