| 1 | First published in 1963 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/GroffConklin, this GenreAnthology contains fifty ScienceFiction [[ShortStory short stories]] (plus two [[{{Poetry}} poems]]) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors. |
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| 3 | !!Works in this anthology: |
| 4 | [[index]] |
| 5 | * "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", by Creator/PoulAnderson (1958) |
| 6 | * "Literature/TheFunTheyHad", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1951) |
| 7 | * "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch (1954) |
| 8 | * "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher (1952) |
| 9 | * "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951) |
| 10 | * "Literature/RandomSample", by Creator/TPCaravan (1953) |
| 11 | * "{{Literature/Oscar}}", by Creator/CleveCartmill (1941) |
| 12 | * "The Mist", by Creator/PeterCartur (1952) |
| 13 | * "Literature/TeethingRing", by Creator/JamesCausey (1953) |
| 14 | * "[[Literature/WhosThere The Haunted Space Suit]]", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1958) |
| 15 | * "Literature/StairTrick", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1952) |
| 16 | * "Literature/UnwelcomeTenant", by Creator/RogerDee (1950) |
| 17 | * "Literature/TheMathematicians", by Creator/ArthurFeldman (1953) |
| 18 | * "Literature/TheThirdLevel", by Creator/JackFinney |
| 19 | * "[[Literature/BeautifulBeautifulBeautiful Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!]]", by Creator/StuartFriedman |
| 20 | * "Literature/TheFigure", by Creator/EdwardGrendon (1947) |
| 21 | * "Literature/TheRagThing", by Creator/DavidGrinnell (1951) |
| 22 | * "Literature/TheGoodProvider", by Creator/MarionGross (1952) |
| 23 | * "Literature/ColumbusWasADope", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947) |
| 24 | * "Literature/TexasWeek", by Creator/AlbertHernhuter (1954) |
| 25 | * "{{Literature/Hilda|Hickey}}", by Creator/HBHickey (1952) |
| 26 | * "Literature/TheChoice", by Creator/WHiltonYoung (1952) |
| 27 | * "Literature/NotWithABang", by Creator/DamonKnight (1950) |
| 28 | * "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", by Creator/CyrilMKornbluth (1952) |
| 29 | * "Literature/ABadDayForSales", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1953) |
| 30 | * "Literature/WhosCribbing", by Creator/JackLewis (1953) |
| 31 | * "Literature/SpectatorSport", by Creator/JohnDMacDonald (1950) |
| 32 | * "Literature/TheCricketBall", by Creator/AvroManhattan (1955) |
| 33 | * "Literature/DoubleTake", by Creator/WinstonKMarks (1953) |
| 34 | * "{{Literature/Prolog}}", by Creator/JohnPMcKnight (1951) |
| 35 | * "Literature/TheAvailableDataOnTheWorpReaction", by Creator/LionMiller (1953) |
| 36 | * "Literature/{{Narapoia}}", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948) |
| 37 | * "Literature/TigerByTheTail", by Creator/AlanENourse (1951) |
| 38 | * "Literature/CounterCharm", by Creator/PeterPhillips (1951) |
| 39 | * "The Fly", by Arthur Porges (1952) |
| 40 | * "Literature/TheBusinessAsUsual", by Creator/MackReynolds (1952) |
| 41 | * "Literature/TwoWeeksInAugust", by Creator/FrankMRobinson (1951) |
| 42 | * "{{Literature/See}}?", by Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr (1954) |
| 43 | * "Literature/AppointmentAtNoon", by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1954) |
| 44 | * "Literature/WeDontWantAnyTrouble", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1953) |
| 45 | * "Literature/BuiltDownLogically", by Creator/HowardSchoenfeld (1951) |
| 46 | * "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver", by Creator/IdrisSeabright (1952) |
| 47 | * "Literature/ThePerfectWoman", by Creator/RobertSheckley (1953) |
| 48 | * "Literature/TheHunters", by Creator/WaltSheldon (1952) |
| 49 | * "Literature/TheMartianAndTheMagician", by Creator/EvelynESmith (1952) |
| 50 | * "{{Literature/Barney}}", by Creator/WillStanton (1951) |
| 51 | * "{{Literature/Talent}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1953) |
| 52 | * "Literature/ProjectHush", by Creator/WilliamTenn (1954) |
| 53 | * "Literature/TheGreatJudge", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948) |
| 54 | * "Literature/EmergencyLanding", by Creator/RalphWilliams (1940) |
| 55 | * "Literature/ObviouslySuicide", by Creator/SFowlerWright (1951) |
| 56 | * "Literature/SixHaiku", by Creator/KarenAnderson (1962) |
| 57 | [[/index]] |
| 58 | ---- |
| 59 | !!Tropes appearing in this work: |
| 60 | * {{Atlantis}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, Tir-nan-Og, Tartessus, and Punt. |
| 61 | * BlatantLies: In "Barney", the multiple spelling errors in [[spoiler:the last entry of the journal]] are explained as being caused by a ''wrist sprain''. |
| 62 | * BornInTheWrongCentury: Charley, the narrator of "Literature/TheThirdLevel", wants to get to 1894 Illinois [[spoiler: like Sam, his psychiatrist]]. |
| 63 | * {{Chronoscope}}: In "Who's Cribbing?", a writer accused of plagiarism claims that what's really going on is that ''he'' wrote the original work, and the long-dead author he's accused of plagiarising stole it using a chronoscope. |
| 64 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative robot narrator]] describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots. |
| 65 | * {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland" as described in ''Literature/TheSagaOfErikTheRed''. |
| 66 | --> "Thence they sailed far to the southward along the land, and came to a ness; the land lay upon the right; there were long and sandy strands. They rowed to land, and found there upon the ness the keel of a ship, and called the place Keelness, and the strands they called Wonderstrands for it took long to sail by them." |
| 67 | * HumanoidAliens: In "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher, the aliens found on {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance. |
| 68 | * NamelessNarrative: "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names. |
| 69 | * PenName: |
| 70 | ** "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver" is credited to Creator/IdrisSeabright, a name Creator/MargaretStClair used for any stories she published in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''. |
| 71 | ** "The Mist" is credited to Creator/PeterCartur, a name used by Creator/PeterGrainger. |
| 72 | ** "Literature/TheRagThing" is credited to Creator/DavidGrinnell, a pseudonym for Creator/DonaldAWollheim. |
| 73 | * PeopleZoo: "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of [[WackyFratboyHijinx an unusual fraternity initiation]]. |
| 74 | * ShoutOut: "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown, mentions ''Literature/ChickenLittle'' by name. |
| 75 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The ending of "Barney." |
| 76 | -->Please do not disturb anything on the island [...] espechilly the old well. [[spoiler:Do not look for my body as I will caste myself into the see.]] |
| 77 | * WackyFratboyHijinx: "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being [[PeopleZoo an alien anthropologist]]. |
| 78 | * WorstAid: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative Man]] was sick and the [[NamelessNarrative Robot]] tried to help by administering first aid, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs.]] |
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