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SHOT IN THE DARK

by Merril, Judith (editor) (Theodore Sturgeon; Leigh Brackett; Fredric Brown; Gerald Kersh; James MacCreigh; Robert A. Heinlein; H. G. Wells; Lewis Padgett; Anthony Boucher; Murray Leinstein; Jack London; Hugh Raymond; Margery Allingham; Isaac Asimov)

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New York: Bantam Books, 1950. Book. Illus. by Herman E. Bischoff;. Good Only. Soft cover. First Edition. 310 pp. Bantam Book 751. Edge and corner wear with some creasing on the spine and a crease down the centre of the front cover. This anthology contains: The Sky Was Full of Stars by Theodore Sturgeon; The Halfling - a novelette Leigh Brackett; Knock by Fredric Brown; Voice in the Dust by Gerald Kersh; A Hitch in Time by Frederik Pohl writing as James MacCreigh; Gentlemen, Be Seated by Robert A. Heinlein; Nightmare Number Three - a poem by Stephen Vincent Benet; The Star by H. G. Wells; The Dark Angel - a novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore writing as Lewis Padgett; Mr Lupescu by Anthony Boucher; The Day of the Deepies by Murray Leinster; The Shadow and the Flash by Jack London; Spokesman for Terra by John B. Michel writing as Hugh Raymond; He Was Asking After You by Margery Allingham; Strange Playfellow by Isaac Asimov; Brooklyn Project by William Tenn; Interview with a Lemming by James Thurber; Mars Is Heaven by Ray Bradbury; Who Is Charles Avison by Edison Marshall; The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe; The Bronze Parrot by R. Austin Freeman; Life on the Moon by Alexander Samalman; and Blunder by Philip Wylie..

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Bookseller
W. Fraser Sandercombe CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
230625
Title
SHOT IN THE DARK
Author
Merril, Judith (editor) (Theodore Sturgeon; Leigh Brackett; Fredric Brown; Gerald Kersh; James MacCreigh; Robert A. Heinlein; H. G. Wells; Lewis Padgett; Anthony Boucher; Murray Leinstein; Jack London; Hugh Raymond; Margery Allingham; Isaac Asimov)
Illustrator
Herman E. Bischoff;
Format/Binding
Paperback
Book Condition
Used - Good Only
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Bantam Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1950
Keywords
vintage paperback; science fiction hall of fame; hugo; nebula award; speculative fiction; fantasy; future history; sf; future shock; time travel; space opera; sci-fi; exploration; aliens; invasion; first contact; new wave; thriller;

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