Best of
Science-Fiction

1946

Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space


Raymond J. HealyWilly Ley - 1946
    HeinleinForgetfulness (1937) by John W. Campbell, Jr.Nerves (1942) by Lester del ReyThe Sands of Time (1937) by P. Schuyler MillerThe Proud Robot (1943) by Henry KuttnerSeeds of the Dusk (1938) by Raymond Z. GallunBlack Destroyer (1939) by A. E. van VogtSymbiotica (1943) by Eric Frank RussellHeavy Planet (1939) by Milton A. RothmanTime Locker (1943) by Henry KuttnerThe Link (1942) by Cleve CartmillMechanical Mice (1941) by Eric Frank RussellV-2: Rocket Cargo Ship (1945) essay by Willy LeyAdam & No Eve (1941) by Alfred BesterNightfall (1941) by Isaac AsimovA Matter of Size (1934) by Harry BatesAs Never Was (1944) by P. Schuyler MillerQ.U.R. (1943) by Anthony BoucherWho Goes There? (1938) by John W. Campbell, Jr.The Roads Must Roll (1940) by Robert A. HeinleinAsylum (1942) A. E. van VogtQuietus (1940) by Ross RocklynneThe Twonky (1942) by Henry Kuttner & C. L. MooreTime-Travel Happens! (1939) essay by A. M. PhillipsRobot's Return (1938) by Robert Moore WilliamsThe Blue Giraffe (1939) by L. Sprague de CampFlight into Darkness (1943) by J. Francis McComasThe Weapons Shop (1942) by A. E. van VogtFarewell to the Master (1940) by Harry BatesWithin the Pyramid (1937) by R. DeWitt MillerHe Who Shrank (1936) by Henry HasseBy His Bootstraps (1941) by Robert A. HeinleinThe Star Mouse (1942) by Fredric BrownCorrespondence Course (1945) by Raymond F. JonesBrain (1932) by S. Fowler Wright

Evidence


Isaac Asimov - 1946
    It was first published in the September 1946 issue of Astounding Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections I, Robot (1950), The Complete Robot (1982), and Robot Visions (1990).Many people choose to see Asimov's treatment of technophobia as an allegory to the antisemitism with which he was bitterly familiar; he wrote Evidence during Army service shortly after World War II.

The Creatures That Time Forgot


Ray Bradbury - 1946
    but it was more than half an hour distant--perhaps the limit of life itself! From the author of Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man. Originally published in the Fall 1946 issue of Planet Stories. It was later reprinted under the title Frost and Fire.

Rescue Party (When the World Ends, #1)


Arthur C. Clarke - 1946
    With time rapidly ticking down, the crew desperately searches a now-desolate planet for any possible human survivors.This is a dramatisation of the very first short story written by one of the world's most prominent Science Fiction authors.Originally published in Astounding (May, 1946).

Vintage Season


Henry Kuttner - 1946
    L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]First publication: Astounding Science Fiction, September 1946

The Smiling People


Ray Bradbury - 1946
    A short story.

Lorelei of the Red Mist


Leigh Brackett - 1946
    His dying mind is transferred into the body of a warrior who is being used by a sorceress to destroy her enemies.Lorelei Of The Red Mist (1946)by Leigh Brackett & Ray BradburyHe died—and then awakened in a new body. He found himself on a world of bizarre loveliness, a powerful, rich man. He took pleasure in his turn of good luck . . . until he discovered that his new body was hated by all on this strange planet, that his soul was owned by Rann, devil-goddess of Falga, who was using him for her own gain.The Million Year Picnic (1946)by Ray BradburyThey were supposed to be starting on a picnic, a wonderful day of fun. But there was a gun in the boat, and too much food and equipment. And just behind the veil of vacation—instead of the soft face of laughter——there was something hard and bony and terrifying.__________________In 1944, Leigh Brackett (1915-1978) had published a hard boiled detective novel, No Good From A Corpse, very much in the tone and tradition of Raymond Chandler. In 1946, Warner Brothers was producing Chandler’s The Big Sleep directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. William Faulkner was writing the screenplay but having trouble with the adaptation. Hawks told his secretary to call “this Brackett guy” to help out.At the time that Warner Brothers contacted her, Brackett was in the middle of writing Lorelei of the Red Mist. She and her husband Edmond Hamilton were living in Los Angeles near their good friend Ray Bradbury. When Brackett was called to Hollywood, Bradbury (1920-2012) stepped in and finished “Lorelei”.At around the same time that Brackett was writing “Lorelei”, Ray Bradbury was writing The Million Year Picnic. “Picnic” was one of the earliest of the two dozen or so stories that Bradbury wove into The Martian Chronicles.Lorelei of the Red Mist and The Million Year Picnic were both published in the Summer, 1946 issue of Planet Stories.

Adventures in Time and Space


Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas - 1946