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Book Review of Yesterday's Tomorrows: Favorite Stories from Forty Years as a Science Fiction Editor

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The Nine Billion Names of God (1953) shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
The Moon Moth (1961) novelette by Jack Vance
The Man with English (1953) shortstory by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold ]
Into the Darkness [Darkness (Rocklynne)] (1940) novelette by Ross Rocklynne
The Halfling (1943) novelette by Leigh Brackett
Strange Playfellow (1940) shortstory by Isaac Asimov
Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch the Cat] (1958) shortstory by Fritz Leiber
Emergency Refueling (1940) shortstory by James Blish
The Coldest Place [Known Space] (1964) shortstory by Larry Niven
The Life Hater [Berserker] (1964) shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
The Embassy (1942) shortstory by Donald A. Wollheim [as by Martin Pearson ]
The Last Flight of Dr. Ain (1969) shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
Sweet Dreams, Melissa (1968) shortstory by Stephen Goldin
Street of Dreams, Feet of Clay (1967) novelette by Robert Sheckley
Among the Bad Baboons (1968) novelette by Mack Reynolds
Slow Tuesday Night (1965) shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
The Pain Peddlers (1963) shortstory by Robert Silverberg
At the Mouse Circus (1971) shortstory by Harlan Ellison
The Rull [Rull] (1948) novelette by A. E. van Vogt
The Ballad of Lost C'Mell [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1962) novelette by Cordwainer Smith
The Monster (1951) shortstory by Lester del Rey
Oh, to Be a Blobel! (1964) novelette by Philip K. Dick
Let There Be Light [Future History] (1940) shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
Without Doubt (1941) shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein and Elma Wentz (aka Beyond Doubt) [as by Lyle Monroe and Elma Wentz ]
A Gentle Dying (1961) shortstory by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth
The Great Slow Kings (1963) shortstory by Roger Zelazny
Old Testament (1964) shortstory by Jerome Bixby
Eco-Catastrophe! (1969) shortstory by Paul R. Ehrlich
Guinevere for Everybody (1955) shortstory by Jack Williamson
A Bad Day for Vermin (1964) shortstory by Keith Laumer
Excerpt from Dragon Lensman (1980) shortfiction by David A. Kyle
Excerpt from Dhalgren (1974) shortfiction by Samuel R. Delany
Excerpt from The Short-Timers (1979) shortfiction by Gustav Hasford
Interstellar Way-Station (1941) shortstory by Wilson Tucker [as by Wilson Bob Tucker ]
The Report on the Barnhouse Effect (1950) shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Afterword (Yesterday's Tomorrows) (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl
The Paperbacks: 1971-1978 (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl
The Galaxy and If Years: 1960-1969 (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl
The Anthologies (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl
The Pulps: 1939-1943 (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl
The Fanzines: 1933-1939 (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl
Introduction (Yesterday's Tomorrows) (1982) essay by Frederik Pohl