Science Fiction Carnival
Science Fiction Carnival is an anthology of humorous science fiction stories edited by American writers Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds. It was published by Shasta Publishers in 1953 in an edition of 3,500 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Super Science Stories, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Astounding, Worlds Beyond, Slant, Imagination, Space Science Fiction, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Blue Book.
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Editors | Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds |
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Cover artist | Adri Ames |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Shasta Publishers |
Publication date | 1953 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 315 |
OCLC | 1613005 |
Contents
- Introduction, by Fredric Brown
- Preface, by Mack Reynolds
- "The Wheel of Time", by Robert Arthur
- "SRL Ad", by Richard Matheson
- "A Logic Named Joe", by Murray Leinster
- "Simworthy’s Circus", by Larry Shaw
- "The Well-Oiled Machine", by H. B. Fyfe
- "Venus and the Seven Sexes", by William Tenn
- "The Swordsmen of Varnis", by Clive Jackson
- "Paradox Lost", by Fredric Brown
- "Muten", by Eric Frank Russell
- "The Martians and the Coys", by Mack Reynolds
- "The Ego Machine", by Henry Kuttner
- "The Cosmic Jackpot", by George O. Smith
- "The Abduction of Abner Greer", by Nelson S. Bond
Reception
P. Schuyler Miller gave the anthology a lukewarm review, saying "The only trouble with [the book] is that someone else got to all the best stories first."[1]
gollark: What? No, you can probably get "better computers" just by sending better designs to TSMC.
gollark: Although you'd have to deal more with problems of electrical engineering than actual computing.
gollark: MOSFETs in 1959.
gollark: Ah, transistors are 1947.
gollark: Technologies have a lot of prerequisites.
References
- "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, September 1954, p.153
Sources
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (2001)". Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (2001). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, Supplement 9, 2000–2001. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 594.
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