Best SF
| First published | 1955 |
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| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Anthology |
| Pages | 368 |
| Price | 15/- |
Notes
- Published February 1955 per Cole Checklist of SF Anthologies.
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1958 | Faber and Faber | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 368 | ||
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1962 | Faber and Faber | Hardcover | Anthology | 368 | ||
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1962 | Faber and Faber | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 368 | ||
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1964 | Faber and Faber | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 368 | ||
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1964 | Faber and Faber | Hardcover | Anthology | |||
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1969 | Faber and Faber | Hardcover | Anthology | 368 | ||
| Best SF (revised edition) |
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1972 | Faber and Faber | Trade Paperback | Anthology | 215 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Introduction (Best SF) | Edmund Crispin | Essay |
| 17 | Dormant | A. E. van Vogt | Short Story |
| 35 | Pictures Don't Lie | Katherine MacLean | Short Story |
| 56 | Dumb Martian | John Wyndham | Novelette |
| 85 | Or Else | Henry Kuttner | Short Story |
| 95 | No Woman Born | C. L. Moore | Novella |
| 148 | The Fire Balloons | Ray Bradbury | Short Story |
| 168 | The New Wine | John Christopher | Short Story |
| 183 | Prott | Margaret St. Clair | Short Story |
| 199 | A Present from Joe | Eric Frank Russell | Short Story |
| 214 | The Cerebrative Psittacoid | H. Nearing, Jr. | Short Story |
| 233 | First Lady | J. T. McIntosh | Novelette |
| 262 | The Ruum | Arthur Porges | Short Story |
| 276 | The Xi Effect | Philip Latham | Short Story |
| 299 | A Case of Conscience | James Blish | Novella |
| 367 | Acknowledgements (Best SF) | Edmund Crispin | Essay |
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
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| 1955 | Ken F. Slater | Operation Fantast, #17 March 1955 |
| 1955 | Leslie Flood | New Worlds Science Fiction, April 1955 |
| 1955 | uncredited | Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, May 15, 1955 |