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A Science Fiction Argosy
A Science Fiction Argosy
Author: Damon Knight (Editor)
From the introduction by Damon Knight: — "My idea in compiling this book was simply to put together the biggest and most comprehensive collection of good science fiction that I could possible find. It includes two complete novels, two novellas, and more than twenty shorter pieces by old and new masters." — Contents — BOOK 1 —
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  • The red queen's race / Isaac Asimov
  • The cure / Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore
  • Consider her ways / John Wyndham
  • An ornament to his profession / Charles L. Harness
  • The third level / Jack Finney
  • One ordinary day, with peanuts / Shirley Jackson
  • Bernie the Faust / William Tenn
  • Light of other days / Bob Shaw
  • The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith
  • Becalmed in hell / Larry Niven
  • Apology to Inky / Robert M. Green, Jr
  • The demolished man / Alfred Bester


BOOK 2

  • Day million / Frederik Pohl
  • Manna / Peter Phillips
  • Can you feel anything when I do this? / Robert Sheckley
  • Somerset dreams / Kate Wilhelm
  • He walked around the horses / H. Beam Piper
  • Sea wrack / Edward Jesby
  • Man in his time / Brian W. Aldiss
  • Four brands of impossible / Norman Kagan
  • Built up logically / Howard Schoenfeld
  • Judgement day / L. Sprague de Camp
  • Journeys end / Poul Anderson
  • More than human / Theodore Sturgeon
ISBN-13: 9780671211264
ISBN-10: 0671211269
Publication Date: 3/15/1972
Pages: 828
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
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* 3 ⢠Introduction (SF Argosy) ⢠(1972) ⢠essay by Damon Knight
* 11 ⢠Green Thoughts ⢠(1931) ⢠shortstory by John Collier
* 27 ⢠The Red Queen's Race ⢠(1949) ⢠novelette by Isaac Asimov
* 50 ⢠The Cure ⢠(1946) ⢠shortstory by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
* 61 ⢠Consider Her Ways ⢠(1956) ⢠novella by John Wyndham
* 116 ⢠An Ornament to His Profession ⢠[Conrad Patrick] ⢠(1966) ⢠novelette by Charles L. Harness
* 156 ⢠The Third Level ⢠(1950) ⢠shortstory by Jack Finney
* 160 ⢠One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts ⢠(1955) ⢠shortstory by Shirley Jackson
* 170 ⢠Bernie the Faust ⢠(1963) ⢠novelette by William Tenn
* 191 ⢠Light of Other Days ⢠[Slow Glass] ⢠(1966) ⢠shortstory by Bob Shaw
* 199 ⢠The Game of Rat and Dragon ⢠[The Instrumentality of Mankind] ⢠(1955) ⢠shortstory by Cordwainer Smith
* 213 ⢠Becalmed in Hell ⢠[Known Space] ⢠(1965) ⢠shortstory by Larry Niven
* 225 ⢠Apology to Inky ⢠(1966) ⢠novelette by Robert M. Green, Jr.
* 257 ⢠The Demolished Man ⢠(1952) ⢠novel by Alfred Bester
* 437 ⢠Day Million ⢠(1966) ⢠shortstory by Frederik Pohl
* 443 ⢠Manna ⢠(1949) ⢠novelette by Peter Phillips (1920-)
* 467 ⢠Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? ⢠(1969) ⢠shortstory by Robert Sheckley
* 477 ⢠Somerset Dreams ⢠(1969) ⢠novelette by Kate Wilhelm
* 513 ⢠He Walked Around the Horses ⢠[Paratime Police] ⢠(1948) ⢠novelette by H. Beam Piper
* 534 ⢠Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee ⢠[Simon Grue] ⢠(1958) ⢠shortstory by Fritz Leiber
* 549 ⢠Sea Wrack ⢠(1964) ⢠novelette by Edward Jesby
* 565 ⢠Man in His Time ⢠(1965) ⢠shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
* 590 ⢠Four Brands of Impossible ⢠(1964) ⢠novelette by Norman Kagan
* 617 ⢠Built Up Logically ⢠(1949) ⢠shortstory by Howard Schoenfeld
* 627 ⢠Judgment Day ⢠(1955) ⢠shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp
* 644 ⢠Journeys End ⢠(1957) ⢠shortstory by Poul Anderson
* 653 ⢠More Than Human ⢠(1953) ⢠novel by Theodore Sturgeon


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