Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension

Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Groff Conklin, first published by Vanguard Press in hardcover in 1953. An abridged edition was issued by Grayson & Grayson in the UK, and an abridged paperback edition, with a different selection of stories from the original, was issued by Berkley Books; both abridgments carried unhyphenated titles.[1]

Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension
First edition cover
EditorGroff Conklin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherVanguard Press
Publication date
1953
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages336

Contents

"Castaway" originally carried the byline "George Whitley". "The Flight That Failed" was originally credited to Hull alone. "Endowment Policy" originally carried the "Lewis Padgett" byline. "Peter Cartur" and "Roger Flint Young" were pseudonyms of Peter Grainger.[2][3]

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller found Conklin to be "at his very best form" in compiling this volume, which he termed "the top anthology of 1953."[4]

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References

  1. ISFDB bibliography
  2. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
  3. ISFDB publication listing
  4. "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, April 1954, p.149
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