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Indeholder "Anthony Boucher: Introduction", "Ray Bradbury: Here There Be Tygers", "Isaac Asimov: 'In a Good Cause-'", "Frank Fenton, Joseph Petracca: Tolliver's Travels", "Kris Neville: Bettyann", "R. Bretnor: Little Anton", "P. Schuyler Miller: Status Quondam", "Gerald Heard: B + M - Planet 4",
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New York, Pocket Books, Inc., [1951]
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LibraryThing member languagehat
One of the first paperback sf anthologies.
LibraryThing member antao
(Original Review, 1980-09-11)
I tend to think in too cynical channels, and some comments sort of swept me back to the days when I found a Pocketbook (that's the trademarked name, not the generic) called NEW TALES OF SPACE AND TIME on the racks in our local US Import bookshop, plunked down my 2
I have recalled a Bester short story which bears on the topic of underlying fantasies. Bester's protagonist is crazy, and his fantasies take the form of trite science-fiction plots. In each situation, he is beset by some stock dilemma which he eventually overcomes by virtue of "a strange mutant strain" which allows him to triumph over the figure in his fantasy who represents the shrink trying to cure him. A large number such as 5,207,691 or close to it also figures in this. Damned if I can remember the title, but if you're interested in underlying fantasies, this story sure tells what Bester thought they are. It's also hilarious.
SF = Speculative Fiction.
[2018 EDIT: This review was written at the time as I was running my own personal BBS server. Much of the language of this and other reviews written in 1980 reflect a very particular kind of language: what I call now in retrospect a “BBS language”.]
I tend to think in too cynical channels, and some comments sort of swept me back to the days when I found a Pocketbook (that's the trademarked name, not the generic) called NEW TALES OF SPACE AND TIME on the racks in our local US Import bookshop, plunked down my 2
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escudos, and got COMPLETELY blown away on SF. Talk about sense of wonder, talk about the Golden Age--! It seems to me that what blew me away at the age of 11 was precisely what you were talking about. Since then I've forgiven a lot of wretched writing (even E. E. “Doc” Smith) if the SF only tickled that continuity/immortality fantasy. I wonder if kids growing up under the Cold War/Civil Defense Alerts/Tips for When the Bomb Falls pall were particularly susceptible to this SF promise that THERE WOULD BE A FUTURE, even if the future wasn't necessarily pretty.I have recalled a Bester short story which bears on the topic of underlying fantasies. Bester's protagonist is crazy, and his fantasies take the form of trite science-fiction plots. In each situation, he is beset by some stock dilemma which he eventually overcomes by virtue of "a strange mutant strain" which allows him to triumph over the figure in his fantasy who represents the shrink trying to cure him. A large number such as 5,207,691 or close to it also figures in this. Damned if I can remember the title, but if you're interested in underlying fantasies, this story sure tells what Bester thought they are. It's also hilarious.
SF = Speculative Fiction.
[2018 EDIT: This review was written at the time as I was running my own personal BBS server. Much of the language of this and other reviews written in 1980 reflect a very particular kind of language: what I call now in retrospect a “BBS language”.]
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Original language
English
Original publication date
1951
Physical description
273 p.; 16.2 cm
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Omslag: Charles Frank
Omslaget viser et rumskib på vej på et solsystem, hvor planeterne er meget store, ligger tæt og hvor banerne er markeret
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Omslaget viser et rumskib på vej på et solsystem, hvor planeterne er meget store, ligger tæt og hvor banerne er markeret
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
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Pages
273
DDC/MDS
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