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J. Francis McComas


The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction

Best From F&SF: Book 1

Anthony Boucher
J. Francis McComas

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1952) - essay by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
  • Huge Beast - (1950) - shortstory by Cleve Cartmill
  • John the Revelator - (1951) - shortstory by Oliver La Farge
  • Elephas Frumenti - (1950) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
  • The Gift of God - (1950) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
  • The Friendly Demon - (1726) - shortstory by Daniel Defoe
  • Old Man Henderson - (1951) - shortstory by Kris Neville
  • The Threepenny-Piece - (1913) - shortstory by James Stephens
  • No-Sided Professor - (1947) - shortstory by Martin Gardner
  • The Listening Child - (1950) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
  • Dress of White Silk - (1951) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
  • The Mathematical Voodoo - (1951) - shortstory by H. Nearing, Jr.
  • Hub - (1951) - shortstory by Philip MacDonald
  • Built Up Logically - (1949) - shortstory by Howard Schoenfeld
  • The Rat That Could Speak - (1860) - shortstory by Charles Dickens
  • Narapoia - (1948) - shortstory by Alan Nelson
  • Postpaid to Paradise - (1940) - shortstory by Robert Arthur
  • In the Days of Our Fathers - (1949) - shortstory by Winona McClintic
  • Barney - (1951) - shortstory by Will Stanton
  • The Collector - (1951) - novelette by Gerald Heard
  • Fearsome Fable - (1951) - shortstory by Bruce Elliott

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series

Best From F&SF: Book 2

Anthony Boucher
J. Francis McComas

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - essay by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
  • Come On, Wagon! - (1951) - shortstory by Zenna Henderson
  • Hobson's Choice - (1952) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
  • The Black Ball - (1952) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
  • Ransom - (1952) - shortstory by H. B. Fyfe
  • Letters to the Editor - (1950) - shortstory by Ron Goulart
  • The Hole in the Moon - (1952) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
  • The Desrick on Yandro - (1952) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Jizzle - (1949) - shortstory by John Wyndham
  • Ugly Sister - (1935) - shortstory by Jan Struther
  • Stair Trick - (1952) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
  • The Cheery Soul - (1942) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bowen
  • The Shout - (1929) - shortstory by Robert Graves
  • Budding Explorer - (1952) - shortstory by Ralph Robin
  • The Tooth - (1952) - shortstory by G. Gordon Dewey
  • The Soothsayer - (1952) - shortstory by Kem Bennett
  • The Third Level - (1950) - shortstory by Jack Finney
  • The Earlier Service - (1935) - shortstory by Margaret Irwin
  • The Hyperspherical Basketball - (1951) - shortstory by H. Nearing, Jr.

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Third Series

Best From F&SF: Book 3

Anthony Boucher
J. Francis McComas

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction - (1954) - essay by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
  • Attitudes - (1953) - shortstory by Philip José Farmer
  • Maybe Just a Little One - (1953) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
  • Solar Systems... - (1953) - poem by E. D. B.
  • The Star Gypsies - (1953) - shortstory by William Lindsay Gresham
  • The Naming of Names - (1953) - poem by Anthony Boucher
  • The Untimely Toper - (1953) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
  • Some Facts About Robots (1953 version) - (1953) - poem by Leonard Wolf
  • Vandy, Vandy - (1953) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
  • Experiment - (1953) - shortstory by Kay Rogers
  • Lot - [David Jimmon] - (1953) - novelette by Ward Moore
  • Manuscript Found in a Vacuum - (1952) - shortstory by P. M. Hubbard
  • The Escapist - (1953) - poem by E. D. B.
  • The Maladjusted Classroom - (1953) - shortstory by H. Nearing, Jr.
  • Child by Chronos - (1953) - shortstory by Charles L. Harness
  • The Antiquary - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic
  • New Ritual - (1953) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
  • The Two Voices - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic
  • Devlin - (1953) - shortstory by William Bernard Ready
  • Captive Audience - (1953) - shortstory by Ann Warren Griffith
  • Snulbug - (1941) - shortstory by Anthony Boucher
  • Shepherd's Boy - (1912) - shortstory by Richard Middleton
  • The Unquiet Grave - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic
  • Star Light, Star Bright - (1953) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
  • His Master's Voice - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic

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