Best of
Anthologies

1972

Again, Dangerous Visions


Harlan EllisonEdward Bryant - 1972
    It was edited by Harlan Ellison, illustrated by Ed Emshwiller. Like its predecessor, Again, Dangerous Visions and the 46 stories within it received many awards. The Word for World Is Forest, by Ursula K. Le Guin, won a Hugo for Best Novella. When It Changed by Joanna Russ won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story. For a 2nd time, Ellison received a special Hugo for editing the anthology. Again, Dangerous Visions was to be followed by a 3rd anthology, The Last Dangerous Visions. At this point, Ellison has said that it will probably never see the light of day.Introduction: An Assault of New Dreamers by Harlan Ellison The Counterpoint of View by John Heidenry Ching Witch! by Ross Rocklynne The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin For Value Received by Andrew J. Offutt Mathoms from the Time Closet: 1/Robot's Story, 2/Against the Lafayette Escadrille, 3/Loco Parentis by Gene Wolfe Time Travel for Pedestrians by Ray Nelson Christ, Old Student in a New School (poem) by Ray Bradbury King of the Hill by Chad Oliver The 10:00 Report Is Brought to You by... by Edward Bryant The Funeral by Kate Wilhelm Harry the Hare by James B. Hemesath When It Changed by Joanna Russ The Big Space Fuck by Kurt Vonnegut Bounty by T.L. Sherred Still-Life by K.M. O'Donnell (Barry N. Malzberg) Stoned Counsel by H.H. Hollis Monitored Dreams & Strategic Cremations: 1/The Bisquit Position, 2/The Girl with Rapid Eye Movements by Bernard Wolfe With a Finger in My I by David Gerrold In the Barn by Piers Anthony Soundless Evening by Lee Hoffman [█] by Gahan Wilson The Test-Tube Creature, Afterward by Joan Bernott And the Sea Like Mirrors by Gregory Benford Bed Sheets Are White by Evelyn Lief Tissue: At the Fitting Shop & 53rd American Dream by James Sallis Elouise and the Doctors of the Planet Pergamon by Josephine Saxton Chuck Berry, Won't You Please Come Home by Ken McCullough Epiphany for Aliens by David Kerr Eye of the Beholder by Burt K. Filer Moth Race by Richard Hill In re Glover by Leonard Tushnet Zero Gee by Ben Bova A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village by Dean R. Koontz Getting Along by James Blish & Judith Ann Lawrence Totenbüch by Parra y FiguéredoThings Lost by Thomas M. Disch With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama by Richard A. Lupoff Lamia Mutable by M. John Harrison Last Train to Kankakee by Robin Scott Empire of the Sun by Andrew Weiner Ozymandias by Terry Carr The Milk of Paradise by James Tiptree, Jr.

Rod Serling's Night Gallery 2


Rod Serling - 1972
    Tinged with a taste of terror!"Collector's Items:" A lot of people want to get Augie Kolodney, the fattest, toughest racketeer in America; but no one wants to get and keep him the way Dr. Glendon, connoisseur of precious "one-of-a-kinds," does..."The Messiah on Mott Street:" As his grandfather lies dying, a little boy searches the ghetto for a miracle maker and finds a black mailman who is the true Messiah - or the Angel of Death..."The Different Ones:" Poor Victor, born helpless and deformed, tormented by children and adults alike... until he finds peace on a horror-filled planet."Lindemann's Catch:" The hardest fishing captain out of Boston ran his ship and his men with an iron hand; right up until the day he netted a monster..."Suggestion:" Harvey Hemple always wanted to be the life of the party - until he became the death of it...Tune in to more great tales of terror on Rod Serling's Night Gallery!

The New Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1950


Helen Gardner - 1972
    Chosen by the distinguished scholar and critic, Dame Helen Gardner, the book makes available in one volume the full range and variety of English non-dramatic verse. Dame Helen Gardner reflected the critical consensus of the day in broadening her choices beyond those of Quiller-Couch's lyrical tastes, and the anthology balances poems that deal with public events and historic occasions with poems of private life, and religious, moral or political verse with satire and light verse. All the major poets are fully represented, and there are also superb works by lesser known poets, and many surprises among the favourites.

Shudders


Ross R. OlneyH.G. Wells - 1972
    BurrageUsed Car by H. R. WakefieldThe Inexperienced Ghost by H.G. WellsThe Whistling Room by William Hope HodgsonThe Last Drive by Carl JacobiThe Monkey's Paw by W.W. JacobsSecond Night Out by Frank Belknap LongThe Hills Beyond Furcy by Robert G. AndersonFloral Tribute by Robert Bloch

A Book of Ogres and Trolls


Ruth Manning-Sanders - 1972
    It is one in a long series of such anthologies by the author.Table of ContentsForeword1. The Good Ogre (Russia)2. Tritil, Litil, and the Birds (Ireland)3. The Ogre's Breath (Sicily)4. The Gold Knob (Iceland)5. The Children on the Pillar (Russia)6. Sigurd the King's Son (Iceland)7. The Girl in the Basket (Italy)8. Cow Bu-cola (Iceland)9. The Green Bird (Sicily)10. Jon and the Troll Wife (Iceland)11. The Little Tailor and the Three Dogs (Germany)12. The Troll's Little Daughter (Denmark)13. Nils in the Forest (Denmark)

Miguel Hernandez and Blas de Otero: selected poems


Timothy Baland - 1972
    

New Black Voices: An Anthology of Contemporary Afro-American Literature


Abraham Chapman - 1972
    

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and Other Persian Poems


Omar Khayyám - 1972
    

Wildcat and the Acorns (and other stories)


Kenji Miyazawa - 1972
    

The Off, Off Broadway Book: The Plays, People, Theatre


Albert Poland - 1972
    

Classics of Modern Fiction: Ten Short Novels


Irving Howe - 1972
    

Christmas Books of Charles Dickens


Charles Dickens - 1972
    Contains "a Christmas Carol", "The Chimes", and "The Cricket on the Hearth".

Rehabilitations & Other Essays


C.S. Lewis - 1972