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* BestOfAnthology: Published in 1956, the eighteen best ScienceFiction stories of 1955 are anthologized by editor Creator/JudithMerril.
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First published in 1956 by editor Creator/JudithMerril, this GenreAnthology contains eighteen ScienceFiction stories, ranging in length from ShortStory to {{Novelette}}.
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!!Works in this anthology:
* "Introduction", by Creator/OrsonWelles
* "Preface", by Creator/JudithMerril
[[index]]
* "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss (1955)
* "Literature/TheGolem", by Creator/AvramDavidson (1955)
* "{{Literature/Junior}}", by Creator/RobertAbernathy (1956)
* "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn (1955)
* "Literature/TheHoofer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr (1955)
* "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1955)
* "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton (1955)
* "{{Literature/Pottage}}", by Creator/ZennaHenderson (1955)
* "Literature/NobodyBothersGus", by Creator/AlgisBudrys (1955)
* "Literature/TheLastDayOfSummer", by Creator/ECTubb (1955)
* "Literature/OneOrdinaryDayWithPeanuts", by Creator/ShirleyJackson (1955)
* "Literature/TheEthicators", by Creator/WillardMarsh (1955)
* "Literature/BirdsCantCount", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1955)
* "Literature/OfMissingPersons", by Creator/JackFinney (1955)
* "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1955)
* "Literature/TheCountryOfTheKind", by Creator/DamonKnight (1956)
* "Literature/ThePublicHating", by Creator/SteveAllen (1955)
* "Literature/HomeTheresNoReturning", by Creator/CLMoore and Creator/HenryKuttner (1955)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes appearing in this work:
* BookEnds: When "Literature/TheGolem" begins, Mrs Gumbiner is writing to a friend, and Mr Gumbiner asks what she'll write. During the story, an android appears, announces the death of its creator, threatens them, and gets deactivated by Mr Gumbiner's attack. Then they fix it up and get it to do chores for them. Mrs Gumbiner goes back to her letter, and Mr Gumbiner asks what she'll write.
* BrainUploading: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the robots were created by copying a human mind onto a magnetized permallium strip of metal.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton, both takes it name from and begins with a quotation from Creator/AlexanderPope.
* FakingTheDead: In "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn, the astronaut [=Reverdy McMillen=] was trapped in a ship that had run out of fuel in orbit around the Earth. He spent thirty days in orbit, dying just an hour before the rescue mission was able to dock with him. Or maybe he hadn't, and the thirty days of emergency were faked, because the {{Narrator}} believes he saw Rev in New York City.
* FramingDevice: "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn, is presented as if by a newspaper reporter, about a rescue attempt of an American astronaut early in the space race. By the reporter's reckoning, these events are why there are currently manned missions planned for Mars.
* FugitiveArc: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the robots were made as war machines, and now that the war is over they're to be decommissioned. Disliking the idea, the robots try escaping. The titular robot tries to hide on Earth, and hundreds of agents are dispatched to various planets to try tracking it down.
* {{Hologram}}: "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, has inflight movies taking place on teledepth screens, and uses them to broadcast news, and place [[VideoCall phone calls]] as well.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Only four of eighteen authors are included on the cover. In addition to editor Creator/JudithMerril and introduction by Creator/OrsonWelles, the cover lists Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, Creator/SteveAllen, Creator/IsaacAsimov, and Creator/ShirleyJackson as contributing to the {{Anthology}}.
* {{Irony}}: In "Literature/TheGolem", the old couple has just prevented a TurnedAgainstTheirMasters war, but don't seem to think it's worth writing about to their friends.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: In "Literature/TheGolem", the title refers both to the old legend about Rabbi Loeb (which is summarized in the story) and [[TheNamesake the stranger]] that has come to their porch.
* MeaningfulName: In "{{Literature/Junior}}", by Creator/RobertAbernathy, each of the named characters has a name referencing their role in the story. Pater is an archaic English word for father, Mater is a similarly archaic word for mother, and Junior is the name of their son.
* OneWordTitle:
** "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
** "{{Literature/Junior}}", by Creator/RobertAbernathy
** "{{Literature/Pottage}}", by Creator/ZennaHenderson
* OrwellianRetcon: In this {{Anthology}}, there is a note on the first page of "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton, admitting to revisions from the original publication.
* SecondPersonNarration: In "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, you are a specially-trained pilot, trying to fly through the Long Haul. If you can manage to get through the trip, you'll be ready to graduate as a starship captain. Your only company is a shipmate chosen for you. Some people end up [[SpaceMadness going crazy and killing each other]], can you avoid that fate?
* ShoutOut:
** In the introduction, Creator/OrsonWelles mentions two creators by name:
*** ''Literature/PuppetMasters'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, is described as being a good ScienceFiction novel; incredibly rare.
*** Creator/TheBrothersGrimm are used as an example of the older fairy tales and fables that Mrs Welles is more comfortable with, and that genre is compared directly to modern science fiction, claiming that both suit the ShortStory format better than {{Novel}}-length and both are tales of [[{{Escapism}} fantastical adventures]].
** In the preface, Creator/JudithMerril continues from the trend by Mr Welles, and compares the stories of today's ScienceFantasy to {{Creator/Aesop}}.
** In "Literature/TheGolem":
*** The android mentions having read ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' by Creator/MaryShelley.
*** The android mentions having read ''{{Theatre/RUR}}'' by Creator/KarelCapek.
*** The android mentions having read Creator/IsaacAsimov in general.
*** The old couple summarize the Jewish legend of the {{Golem}}.
* SpaceMadness: In "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the space agency is testing out a new way to prevent the loneliness of space travel from driving people insane, and [[SecondPersonNarration you're separated from your shipmate]] to preserve your life.
* SpacePeople: In "Literature/TheHoofer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the title refers to people who stay planetbound, because they "hoof it", or "walk", everywhere. These people are contrasted by "tumblers" who tumble through space to get around. These are early days of space exploration, though, so fathers are not hired or rehired when their contracts expire. The protagonist has recently become a father and, like it or not, another Hoofer.
* {{Telepathy}}: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the robots have, inside their heads, tiny tools to send and receive electromagnetic signals, including brainwave patterns. Once the titular robot gets the powerful electric current it needs, each of the twenty robots take turns sending their stories to the minds of thirteen billion people on Earth, about a quarter of the population.
* TitleDrop: In "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn, the title is used early, to describe the darkness of space, even in Earth's orbit.
* VideoPhone: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, when the agent chasing down the titular robot arrives on Earth, he reports in via [[{{Hologram}} teledepth screen]].
* WorldWarIII: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the Third World War was long ago, and had seen atomic fission plants demolished.
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!!Works in this anthology:
* "Introduction", by Creator/OrsonWelles
* "Preface", by Creator/JudithMerril
[[index]]
* "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss (1955)
* "Literature/TheGolem", by Creator/AvramDavidson (1955)
* "{{Literature/Junior}}", by Creator/RobertAbernathy (1956)
* "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn (1955)
* "Literature/TheHoofer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr (1955)
* "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1955)
* "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton (1955)
* "{{Literature/Pottage}}", by Creator/ZennaHenderson (1955)
* "Literature/NobodyBothersGus", by Creator/AlgisBudrys (1955)
* "Literature/TheLastDayOfSummer", by Creator/ECTubb (1955)
* "Literature/OneOrdinaryDayWithPeanuts", by Creator/ShirleyJackson (1955)
* "Literature/TheEthicators", by Creator/WillardMarsh (1955)
* "Literature/BirdsCantCount", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1955)
* "Literature/OfMissingPersons", by Creator/JackFinney (1955)
* "Literature/DreamingIsAPrivateThing", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1955)
* "Literature/TheCountryOfTheKind", by Creator/DamonKnight (1956)
* "Literature/ThePublicHating", by Creator/SteveAllen (1955)
* "Literature/HomeTheresNoReturning", by Creator/CLMoore and Creator/HenryKuttner (1955)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes appearing in this work:
* BookEnds: When "Literature/TheGolem" begins, Mrs Gumbiner is writing to a friend, and Mr Gumbiner asks what she'll write. During the story, an android appears, announces the death of its creator, threatens them, and gets deactivated by Mr Gumbiner's attack. Then they fix it up and get it to do chores for them. Mrs Gumbiner goes back to her letter, and Mr Gumbiner asks what she'll write.
* BrainUploading: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the robots were created by copying a human mind onto a magnetized permallium strip of metal.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton, both takes it name from and begins with a quotation from Creator/AlexanderPope.
* FakingTheDead: In "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn, the astronaut [=Reverdy McMillen=] was trapped in a ship that had run out of fuel in orbit around the Earth. He spent thirty days in orbit, dying just an hour before the rescue mission was able to dock with him. Or maybe he hadn't, and the thirty days of emergency were faked, because the {{Narrator}} believes he saw Rev in New York City.
* FramingDevice: "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn, is presented as if by a newspaper reporter, about a rescue attempt of an American astronaut early in the space race. By the reporter's reckoning, these events are why there are currently manned missions planned for Mars.
* FugitiveArc: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the robots were made as war machines, and now that the war is over they're to be decommissioned. Disliking the idea, the robots try escaping. The titular robot tries to hide on Earth, and hundreds of agents are dispatched to various planets to try tracking it down.
* {{Hologram}}: "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, has inflight movies taking place on teledepth screens, and uses them to broadcast news, and place [[VideoCall phone calls]] as well.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Only four of eighteen authors are included on the cover. In addition to editor Creator/JudithMerril and introduction by Creator/OrsonWelles, the cover lists Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, Creator/SteveAllen, Creator/IsaacAsimov, and Creator/ShirleyJackson as contributing to the {{Anthology}}.
* {{Irony}}: In "Literature/TheGolem", the old couple has just prevented a TurnedAgainstTheirMasters war, but don't seem to think it's worth writing about to their friends.
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: In "Literature/TheGolem", the title refers both to the old legend about Rabbi Loeb (which is summarized in the story) and [[TheNamesake the stranger]] that has come to their porch.
* MeaningfulName: In "{{Literature/Junior}}", by Creator/RobertAbernathy, each of the named characters has a name referencing their role in the story. Pater is an archaic English word for father, Mater is a similarly archaic word for mother, and Junior is the name of their son.
* OneWordTitle:
** "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
** "{{Literature/Junior}}", by Creator/RobertAbernathy
** "{{Literature/Pottage}}", by Creator/ZennaHenderson
* OrwellianRetcon: In this {{Anthology}}, there is a note on the first page of "Literature/SenseFromThoughtDivide", by Creator/MarkClifton, admitting to revisions from the original publication.
* SecondPersonNarration: In "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, you are a specially-trained pilot, trying to fly through the Long Haul. If you can manage to get through the trip, you'll be ready to graduate as a starship captain. Your only company is a shipmate chosen for you. Some people end up [[SpaceMadness going crazy and killing each other]], can you avoid that fate?
* ShoutOut:
** In the introduction, Creator/OrsonWelles mentions two creators by name:
*** ''Literature/PuppetMasters'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein, is described as being a good ScienceFiction novel; incredibly rare.
*** Creator/TheBrothersGrimm are used as an example of the older fairy tales and fables that Mrs Welles is more comfortable with, and that genre is compared directly to modern science fiction, claiming that both suit the ShortStory format better than {{Novel}}-length and both are tales of [[{{Escapism}} fantastical adventures]].
** In the preface, Creator/JudithMerril continues from the trend by Mr Welles, and compares the stories of today's ScienceFantasy to {{Creator/Aesop}}.
** In "Literature/TheGolem":
*** The android mentions having read ''{{Literature/Frankenstein}}'' by Creator/MaryShelley.
*** The android mentions having read ''{{Theatre/RUR}}'' by Creator/KarelCapek.
*** The android mentions having read Creator/IsaacAsimov in general.
*** The old couple summarize the Jewish legend of the {{Golem}}.
* SpaceMadness: In "{{Literature/Bulkhead}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon, the space agency is testing out a new way to prevent the loneliness of space travel from driving people insane, and [[SecondPersonNarration you're separated from your shipmate]] to preserve your life.
* SpacePeople: In "Literature/TheHoofer", by Creator/WalterMMillerJr, the title refers to people who stay planetbound, because they "hoof it", or "walk", everywhere. These people are contrasted by "tumblers" who tumble through space to get around. These are early days of space exploration, though, so fathers are not hired or rehired when their contracts expire. The protagonist has recently become a father and, like it or not, another Hoofer.
* {{Telepathy}}: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the robots have, inside their heads, tiny tools to send and receive electromagnetic signals, including brainwave patterns. Once the titular robot gets the powerful electric current it needs, each of the twenty robots take turns sending their stories to the minds of thirteen billion people on Earth, about a quarter of the population.
* TitleDrop: In "Literature/TheCaveOfNight", by Creator/JamesEGunn, the title is used early, to describe the darkness of space, even in Earth's orbit.
* VideoPhone: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, when the agent chasing down the titular robot arrives on Earth, he reports in via [[{{Hologram}} teledepth screen]].
* WorldWarIII: In "Literature/TheStutterer", by Creator/RRMerliss, the Third World War was long ago, and had seen atomic fission plants demolished.
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