Far Boundaries
Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
Author | edited by August Derleth |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction short stories |
Publisher | Pellegrini & Cudahy |
Publication date | 1951 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | x, 292 pp |
Far Boundaries is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by August Derleth. It was first published by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1951. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Variety, Dublin Literary Magazine, Knight’s Quarterly Magazine, Scribner's, Astounding Stories, The Arkham Sampler, Planet Stories, Super Science Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Startling Stories, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Blue Book and Galaxy.
Contents
- "From a Private Mad-House", by Humphrey Repton
- "Missing One’s Coach: An Anachronism", Anon.
- "Tale of a Chemist", Anon.
- "The Last American", by J. A. Mitchell
- "Infinity Zero", by Donald Wandrei
- "Frankenstein—Unlimited", by H. A. Highstone
- "Open, Sesame!", by Stephen Grendon
- "Tepondicon", by Carl Jacobi
- "The Fear Planet", by Robert Bloch
- "De Profundis", by Murray Leinster
- "Invasion", by Frank Belknap Long
- "'Dear Pen Pal'", by A. E. van Vogt
- "Time to Rest", by John Beynon Harris
- "An Ounce of Prevention", by Paul A. Carter
- "The Song of the Pewee", by Stephen Grendon
- "And Lo! The Bird", by Nelson S. Bond
- "The One Who Waits", by Ray Bradbury
- "Holiday", by Ray Bradbury
- "The Man Who Rode the Saucer", by Kenyon Holmes
- "Later Than You Think", by Fritz Leiber
Reception
P. Schuyler Miller received the anthology favorably, characterizing it as a "source-book in imaginative literature."[1] The Meriden Record praised Far Boundaries as "a well-rounded anthology capable of causing the mind to spin at the same time that it makes the spine crawl."[2]
References
- ↑ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, February 1952, p.159
- ↑ "Have You Read. .", Meriden Record, May 31, 1953, p.6
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-01-07.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 139. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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