Adventures in Time and Space
 Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Editors | Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | George Salter |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1946 |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 997 pp |
Adventures in Time and Space is an American anthology of
Analog book reviewer Lester del Rey
referred to it as a book he often gave to people in order to turn them onto the genre. It is now once again out of print.
The book and Astounding Science Fiction) and are now regarded as classics of science fiction. According to Frederik Pohl, it was "A colossal achievement...the book that started the science-fiction publishing industry!"[4] In 1954, Anthony Boucher described it as "the one anthology unarguably essential to every reader."[5] In Astounding readers' surveys in both 1952 and 1956, it was rated the best science fiction book ever published.[6]
Contents
- Robert A. Heinlein, "Requiem" (1940)
- Don A. Stuart (pen-name of John W. Campbell, Jr.), "Forgetfulness" (1937)
- Lester del Rey, "Nerves" (1942)
- P. Schuyler Miller, "The Sands of Time" (1937)
- Lewis Padgett (pen-name of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore), "The Proud Robot" (1943)
- A. E. van Vogt, "Black Destroyer" (1939)
- Eric Frank Russell, "Symbiotica" (1943)
- Raymond Z. Gallun, "Seeds of the Dusk" (1938)
- Lee Gregor (pen-name of Milton A. Rothman) (co-written with Frederik Pohl[7]), "Heavy Planet" (1939)
- Lewis Padgett (pen-name of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore), "Time Locker" (1943)
- Cleve Cartmill, "The Link" (1942)
- Maurice G. Hugi (possibly co-written by Eric Frank Russell[8]), "Mechanical Mice" (1941)
- Willy Ley, "V-2: Rocket Cargo Ship" (essay) (1945)
- Adam and No Eve" (1941)
- Nightfall" (1941)
- Harry Bates, "A Matter of Size" (1934)
- P. Schuyler Miller, "As Never Was" (1944)
- Anthony Boucher, "Q. U. R." (1943)
- Don A. Stuart (pen-name of John W. Campbell, Jr.), "Who Goes There?" (1938)
- Robert A. Heinlein, "The Roads Must Roll" (1940)
- A. E. van Vogt, "Asylum" (1942)
- Ross Rocklynne, "Quietus" (1940)
- Lewis Padgett (pen-name of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore), "The Twonky" (1942)
- Moberly-Jourdain incident) (1939)
- Robert Moore Williams, "Robot's Return" (1938)
- L. Sprague de Camp, "The Blue Giraffe" (1939)
- Webb Marlowe (pen name of J. Francis McComas), "Flight Into Darkness" (1943)
- A. E. van Vogt, "The Weapons Shop" (1942) (variant of "The Weapon Shop" [9])
- Harry Bates, "Farewell to the Master" (1940)
- R. DeWitt Miller, "Within the Pyramid" (1937)
- Henry Hasse, "He Who Shrank" (1936)
- Anson MacDonald (pen-name of Robert A. Heinlein), "By His Bootstraps" (1941)
- Fredric Brown, "The Star Mouse" (1942)
- Raymond F. Jones, "Correspondence Course" (1945)
- S. Fowler Wright, "Brain" (1932)
References
- Bleiler, Everett(1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 146.
- ^ ISFDB bibliography
- ^ Budrys, Algis (October 1965). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 142–150.
- Analog, July–August 2011
- ^ "Recommended Reading," F&SF, August 1954, p.78
- ^ P. Schuyler Miller, "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, October 1956, p. 151-53
- ^ "Anthopology 101: The Best of Time and Space".
- ^ "Publication: Astounding Science-Fiction, January 1941". isfdb.org.
- ^ note variant title of "The Weapon Shop"
External links
- Adventures in Time and Space title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database