James Blish
Forty some years ago, my uncle gave me an anthology of science fiction, a thick hardcover book I have read red from start to finish. She inspired by a life long love of the genre. The stories in this book made me think outside the box. It filled me with admiration for the imagination it took to write, and sometimes it scares the hell out of me. This book has remained in my collection for years. In some when he disappeared, but not from my memory. Recently I wanted to return to read and through Alibris.com could buy a used copy.
The title is OMNIBUS of science fiction, edited by Groff Conklin, editor well known and prolific genre. It was published in 1952, the Golden Age of Science Fiction. This is a great volume, 562 pages, with 43 apartments divided into sections that correspond a common theme. Some stories are funny, others are thinking, and some are adventurous. I love you all.
Part I. Wonders of the Earth and Man
Katherine MacLean "and rejoice," originally published in Astounding Science Fiction in February 1950. When her husband takes an archeology travel a biologist may experience a rejuvenating itself. Believing that the immortal if you can avoid accidental death, he became afraid to live. Her husband realize he had to convince her that going to die in order to revive, and he said it was a slow-growing tumor that is inoperable.
Other stories in this section are:
"Cube John Thomas" John Leimert
"Hyperpilosity" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The thing in the forest "by Fletcher Pratt & Ruby BF
"Bees of Borneo" by Will H. Gray
"The thing Rag" by David Grinnell
"El Conquistador" by Mark Clifton
Part II. Dangerous Inventions and contrary
The intriguing story short, "A subway named Mobius" by AJ Deutsch was published fiction in Astounding Science in December 1950. Boston Metro Authority built an addition to the network meter and a disappearance of three hundred passengers. The closed system has become so interconnected and complex that became Moebius strip, the cycle continues with one hand made famous by MC Escher.
Other stories in this section are:
"Never underestimate …" Theodore Sturgeon
"The Doorbell "by David H. Keller
"Volver" by Ross Rocklynn
"The Box" by James Blish
"Law Zeritsky "by Ann Griffith
"Fourth Dynasty" by RR Winterbotham
Part III. From Outer Space
In "The Color Out of Space" by HP Lovecraft Inspector discovers an abandoned house with an old well in the center. The land is devoid of life and asked for name – the damn health. An old hermit tells him the story. In the 1880s, the farm was productive until the color was a meteorite crashed near indescribable wells. After hearing the terrible conditions suffered by the farmer and his family, completes the ground saying he will not return and do not recommend drinking water.
Other stories in this section are:
"The headhunters Ralph Williams
"The doll Star" by Anthony Boucher
"Catch That Martian "by Damon Knight
"ShipShape Home" by Richard Matheson
"Homo Sol" by Isaac Asimov
Party IV. Travel far
"Kaleidoscope" by Ray Bradbury is a heartbreaking story of astronauts adrift in space after being destroyed ship. They are in contact with each other, but without hope of rescue. A man complains that he has accomplished something worthwhile, but that his life ends, he becomes a star visible shooting a child on earth.
Other stories in this section are:
"Alexander the Bait" by William Tenn
"No nothing happens on the Moon "by Paul Ernst
"Trigger Tide" by Wyman Guin
"Plague" by Murray Leinster
"Winner lose All "by Jack Vance
Specimen "by Eric Frank Russell
"Environment" by Chester S. Geier
Party V. Adventures in the size
"Spectator Sport" by John D. MacDonald was first published in the exciting Wonder Stories in February 1950. A man moves into the future and discovers that nothing has really changed. Shortly after leaving someone invented virtual reality and the entire population is permanently connected to it.
Other stories in this section are:
"Threshold up" by Alan E. Nourse
"Recruiting Station" AE van Vogt
"A rock and a spear" by Raymond F. Jones
"What You Need" by Lewis Padgett
"The Choice" W. Hilton-Young
Part VI. Worlds of Tomorrow
"History Lesson," by Arthur C. Clarke was published by first time in 1949. In the future, the end of ice age looms. A tribe of nomadic people move into Ecuador, but he got stuck between two glaciers move. They hide of a century, a few relics cairn 21a. Five thousand years later, Venus reptiles Journey to the earth and recover the relics. They try to learn about the life in the third world – through analysis of a roll of film cartoons
Other stories in this section are:
"The war the Moon "by Andre Maurois
"Pleasant Dreams" by Ralph Robin
"Manners of the" Age of HB Fyfe
"The Weapon" by Fredric Brown
"The scarlet fever" by Jack London
"Heritage" by Robert Abernathy
"Instinct" by Lester del Rey
"Counter Charm" by Peter Phillips
Omnibus of science fiction
Groff Conklin
Publisher: Crown Publishers 1952
Pages: 562
ASIN: B000NZ56FQ
Gail Pruszkowski reviews for “Romantic Times BOOKreviews” magazine and her work has been published in the “Cup of Comfort” Anthologies.
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