Publication: Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories

Publication: Best SF Two: Science Fiction StoriesPublication Record # 4150
Editor: Edmund Crispin
Date: 1956-09-00
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Price:
15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 295+[1]
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Best SF Two by Peter Curl
Notes:
- "First published in mcmlvi" on copyright page.
- Published September 1956 per Cole Checklist of SF Anthologies.
- The last story ends on page 294. The 2-page Acknowledgements are on page 295 and an un-numbered following page. OCLC has a page count of 295; Reginald1 has 296; Tuck has 294.
- The Contents are on page 15, following the Introduction.
- Price "15s net" on front flap of dust jacket.
- Peter Curl's signature, "Curl", on jacket front.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 663745199
- Reginald-1: 03607

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Anthology Title: Best SF Two • [Best SF (Crispin) • 2] • anthology by Edmund Crispin

Contents (view Concise Listing)

9 • Introduction (Best SF Two) • essay by Edmund Crispin
17 • The Altar at Midnight • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
24 • Hobson's Choice • (1952) • short story by Alfred Bester
39 • Outside • (1955) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
49 • Angel's Egg • (1951) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
87 • Placet Is a Crazy Place • (1946) • short story by Fredric Brown
102 • Little Lost Robot • [Susan Calvin] • (1947) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
129 • The Copper Dahlia • (1949) • short story by Gerald Kersh
140 • When You're Smiling • (1955) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
168 • Zero Hour • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
179 • Worrywart • (1953) • short story by Clifford D. Simak [as by Clifford Simak]
195 • Una • (1954) • novelette by John Wyndham (variant of The Perfect Creature 1937)
220 • Blowups Happen • [Future History] • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein [as by Robert Heinlein]
271 • Impostor • (1953) • short story by Philip K. Dick
287 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke

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