Literature / Tesseract 1

First published in 1976, this Boxed Set contains two novels and four Genre Anthology books, all in paperback form.

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Works in this Boxed Set:

Beyond Control (1972)

• "Childs Play", by William Tenn (1947)
• "Autofac", by Philip K. Dick (1955)
• "Adam And No Eve", by Alfred Bester (1941)
• "City Of Yesterday", by Terry Carr (1967)
• "The Iron Chancellor", by Robert Silverberg (1958)
• "The Box", by James Blish (1949)
• "The Dead Past", by Isaac Asimov (1956)

Chains of the Sea (1973)

• "And Us, Too, I Guess", by George Alec Effiger (1973)
• "Chains Of The Sea", by Gardner Dozois (1973)
• "The Shrine Of Sebastian", by Gordon Eklund (1973)

Deep Space (1973)

• "Blood's a Rover", by Chad Oliver (1952)
• "Noise", by Jack Vance (1952)
• "Life Hutch", by Harlan Ellison (1956)
• "Ticket To Anywhere", by Damon Knight (1952)
• "The Sixth Palace", by Robert Silverberg (1965)
• "Lulungomeena", by Gordon R. Dickson (1953)
• "The Dance Of The Changer And The Three", by Terry Carr (1968)
• "Far Centaurus", by A.E. van Vogt (1944)

• The Earth Is Near, by Ludek Pesek (1970)
• The Galactic Rejects, by Andrew J Offutt (1973)

The Science Fiction Bestiary (1971)

• "The Hurkle Is A Happy Beast", by Theodore Sturgeon (1949)
• "Grandpa", by James H. Schmitz (1955)
• "The Blue Giraffe", by L. Sprague de Camp (1939)
• "The Preserving Machine", by Philip K. Dick (1953)
• "A Martian Odyssey", by Stanley G. Weinbaum (1934)
• "The Sheriff Of Canyon Gulch", by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson (1951)
• "Drop Dead", by Clifford Simak (1956)
• "The Gnurrs Come From The Voodvork Out", by R Bretnor (1950)
• "Collecting Team", by Robert Silverberg (1956)

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Tropes appearing in this work:

• all lowercase letters:
  • The original cover for Beyond Control has the title listed in lowercase, while the names and Tagline are properly cased.
  • The original cover of The Galactic Rejects has the title listed in all capital letters, but the author and illustrator credits are presented in all lowercase letters.
• Billed Above the Title: The Science Fiction Bestiary's German printing has editor Robert Silverberg's name in slightly smaller font above the title of the book.
• Boxed Set: Contains six paperbacks, two of which are complete novels and the other four are Genre Anthology books by Robert Silverberg.
• Genre Anthology: All of the books in this Boxed Set are in the Science Fiction genre.
• Novelette:
  • "Autofac", by Philip K. Dick (1955)
  • "The Blue Giraffe", by L. Sprague de Camp (1939)
  • "The Dead Past", by Isaac Asimov (1956)
  • "Drop Dead", by Clifford Simak (1956)
  • "Far Centaurus", by A.E. van Vogt (1944)
  • "Grandpa", by James H. Schmitz (1955)
  • "The Iron Chancellor", by Robert Silverberg (1958)
  • "Lulungomeena", by Gordon R. Dickson (1953)
  • "A Martian Odyssey", by Stanley G. Weinbaum (1934)
  • "The Sheriff Of Canyon Gulch", by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson (1951)
  • "Ticket To Anywhere", by Damon Knight (1952)
• Novella:
  • "And Us, Too, I Guess", by George Alec Effiger (1973)
  • "Blood's a Rover", by Chad Oliver (1947)
  • "Chains Of The Sea", by Gardner Dozois (1973)
  • "The Shrine Of Sebastian", by Gordon Eklund (1973)
• Tagline:
  • Beyond Control has "Seven Stories of Science Fiction".
  • Chains of The Sea has "Three original novellas of Science Fiction".
  • The Earth Is Near has "They had not counted on the unrelenting dust and the incredible loneliness of Mars".
  • The Galactic Rejects has "Interstellar war catches up with three unusual humans stranded on a backward planet."
  • The Science Fiction Bestiary has "Nine stories of science fiction".
  • Tesseract 1 has "The unbound possibilities of science fiction".
• One-Word Title:
  • "Autofac", by Philip K. Dick (1955)
  • "Grandpa", by James H. Schmitz (1955)
  • "Lulungomeena", by Gordon R. Dickson (1953)
  • "Literature/Noise", by Jack Vance (1952)
• Title 1: Although this Boxed Set was numerically labeled as the first in a series, no other books/sets named Tesseract followed.

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