Best of
Science-Fiction

1948

Twice 22: The Golden Apples of the Sun / A Medicine for Melancholy


Ray Bradbury - 1948
    CONTENTSTHE GOLDEN APPLES OF THE SUNThe Fog HornThe PedestrianThe April WitchThe WildernessThe Fruit at the Bottom of the BowlInvisible BoyThe Flying MachineThe MurdererThe Golden Kite, The Silver WindI See You NeverEmbroideryThe Big Black And White GameA Sound Of ThunderThe Great Wide World Over TherePowerhouseEn La NocheSun And ShadowThe MeadowThe Garbage CollectorThe Great FireHail And FarewellThe Golden Apples Of The SunA MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLYIn The Season Of Calm WeatherThe DragonA Medicine For MelancholyThe End Of The BeginningThe Wonderful Ice Cream SuitFever DreamThe Marriage MenderThe Town Where No One Got OffA Scent of SarsaparillaIcarus Montgolfier WrightThe HeadpieceDark They Were, And Golden-EyedThe SmileThe First Night of LentThe Time Of Going AwayAll Summer In A DayThe GiftThe Great Collision of Monday LastThe Little MiceThe Shoreline At SunsetThe Strawberry WindowThe Day It Rained Forever

The Green Hills of Earth / Gentlemen be Seated


Robert A. Heinlein - 1948
    

The Third Level


Jack Finney - 1948
    Contents:The Third LevelSuch Interesting NeighborsI’m ScaredCousin Len’s Wonderful Adjective CellarOf Missing PersonsSomething in a CloudThere Is a Tide...Behind the NewsQuit Zoomin’ Those Hands Through the AirA Dash of SpringSecond ChanceContents of the Dead Man’s Pockets

A Treasury of Science Fiction


Groff Conklin - 1948
    Heard, Lewis Padgett, Robert Heinlein, Murray Leinster, A. E. Van Vogt, Arthur Clarke, and many others. Edited by the master of early science fiction anthologies, Groff Conklin.Contents:vii · Introduction · Groff Conklin · in · Part One: The Atom and After 3 · The Nightmare · Chan Davis · nv Astounding May ’46 19 · Tomorrow’s Children · Poul Anderson & F. N. Waldrop · nv Astounding Mar ’47 40 · The Last Objective · Paul Carter · nv Astounding Aug ’46 62 · Loophole · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Astounding Apr ’46 67 · The Figure · Edward Grendon · ss Astounding Jul ’47 · Part Two: The Wonders of Earth 75 · The Great Fog · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales, Vanguard, 1944 85 · The Chrysalis · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Astounding Apr ’36 97 · Living Fossil · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Feb ’39 110 · N Day · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Jan ’46 · Part Three: The Superscience of Man 129 · With Folded Hands... [Humanoids] · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Jul ’47 164 · No Woman Born · C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Dec ’44 201 · With Flaming Swords · Cleve Cartmill · nv Astounding Sep ’42 234 · Children of the “Betsy B” · Malcolm Jameson · ss Astounding Mar ’39 · Part Four: Dangerous Inventions 247 · Child’s Play · William Tenn · nv Astounding Mar ’47 268 · The Person from Porlock · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Aug ’47 286 · Juggernaut · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Aug ’44 294 · The Eternal Man [Herbert Zulerich] · D. D. Sharp · ss Science Wonder Stories Aug ’29 · Part Five: Adventures in Dimension 303 · Mimsy Were the Borogoves · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Feb ’43 329 · Time and Time Again · H. Beam Piper · ss Astounding Apr ’47 342 · Housing Shortage · Harry Walton · ss Astounding Jan ’47 358 · Flight of the Dawn Star · Robert Moore Williams · ss Astounding Mar ’38 369 · Vintage Season [by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore] · Lawrence O’Donnell · na Astounding Sep ’46 · Part Six: From Outer Space 407 · Of Jovian Build · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’38 418 · Wings Across the Cosmos · Polton Cross · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’38 429 · The Embassy · Martin Pearson · ss Astounding Mar ’42 435 · Dark Mission · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Jul ’40 · Part Seven: Far Traveling 451 · The Ethical Equations · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Jun ’45 464 · It’s Great to Be Back! · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 26 ’47 476 · Tools · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Jul ’42 496 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding May ’46

Planet Stories, Fall 1948


Paul L. Payne - 1948
    FoxMars Is Heaven! / Ray Bradbury; artwork by Herman VestalPreview of Peril / A. Bertram Chandler; artwork by Alden McWilliamsAgainst the Stone Beasts / James Blish; artwork by DonelBrooklyn Project / William Tenn; artwork by Herman VestalSynthetic Hero / Erik Fennel; artwork by Herman VestalValkyrie from the Void / Basil WellsCartoon: "Here we are the masters!" ; Cartoon: "Er---any trees on the moon?" / artwork by E. P.

Without Sorcery


Theodore Sturgeon - 1948
    

Doc Savage Omnibus #1


Kenneth Robeson - 1948
    Four exciting stories for Doc Savage and his amazing crew.Includes:The All-White ElfThe Running SkeletonsThe Angry CanaryThe Swooning Lady

Astounding Science Fiction August 1948


John W. Campbell Jr. - 1948