Best of
Science-Fiction

1949

1984


Michael Dean - 1949
    He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can be punished by death - and Big Brother is always watching.Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned. This is as true today as when it was written, more than fifty years ago.

Invasion From Mars Interplanetary Stories


Orson Welles - 1949
    Also stories by Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein and others. Beautiful front cover art by Malcolm Smith + map of Mars on the back.

The Thirty-First of February


Nelson S. Bond - 1949
    INSCRIBED/LIMITED. The Thirty-first of February. New York: Gnome Press, [1949]. First edition, limited to 112 numbered copies. Inscribed by Bond on limitation page. Octavo. 272 pages.

The Humanoids and With Folded Hands


Jack Williamson - 1949
    But are they perfect servants or perfect masters? Gradually the humanoids spread throughout the galaxy, threatening to stifle all human endeavor. Only a hidden group of rebels can stem the humanoid tide, if it's not already too late.First published in Astounding Science Fiction during the magazine's heyday, The Humanoids, science fiction grand master Jack Williamson's finest novel, has endured for fifty years as a classic on the theme of natural versus artificial life. With Folded Hands continues the story.

The Arkham Sampler, Summer 1949


Ray BradburyRobert Bloch - 1949
    The One Who Waits Jules Verne, Michel Verne. In the Year 2889 Vincent Starrett. HieroglyphicsLewis Holberg. Journey to the World Underground José-Maria de Heredia. L'OubliDavid H. Keller. The Door Vincent Starrett. Two HorsemenBaudelaire. The GiantessBaudelaire. LetheEverett Bleiler. The Derleth Science-Fiction Collection Everett Bleiler. The Other Side of the Moon by August Derleth Robert Bloch. Ode to a Skylark Robert Bloch. Skylark of Valeron by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. Edward Wagenknecht. More Caldecott Edward Wagenknecht. Fires Burn Blue by Sir Andrew Caldecott John Haley. Poetry of Immortality Everett Bleiler. "American Dreams" and UtopiasEverett Bleiler. American Dreams, A Study of American Utopias by Vernon Parrington Robert Bloch. Salem Again Robert Bloch. The Evening Wolves by Marie McCall August Derleth. A Mixed Bag August Derleth. Invasion from Mars by Orson Welles August Derleth. Life on Other Worlds by H. Spencer Jones August Derleth. A Martian Odyssey and Others by Stanley G. Weinbaum August Derleth. The End of the World by Geoffrey Dennis August Derleth. The Histrionic Mr. Poe by Bryllion Fagin August Derleth. Descent Into Hell by Charles Williams Editorial Commentary