The Science Fiction Galaxy

The Science Fiction Galaxy is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Groff Conklin. It was first published in hardcover by Permabooks in 1950.^[1]

The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1909-1949 in various science fiction and other magazines.^[1]

Contents

• "Introduction" (Groff Conklin)
• "The Machine Stops" (E. M. Forster)
• "As Easy as A.B.C." (Rudyard Kipling)
• "The Derelict" (William Hope Hodgson)
• "The Fires Within" (Arthur C. Clarke)
• "A Child Is Crying" (John D. MacDonald)
• "Quis Custodiet .... ?" (Margaret St. Clair)
• "The Life-Work of Professor Muntz" (Murray Leinster)
• "The Appendix and the Spectacles" (Miles J. Breuer)
• "Death from the Stars" (A. Rowley Hilliard)
• "The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast" (Theodore Sturgeon)
• "King of the Gray Spaces" (Ray Bradbury)
• "The Living Galaxy" (Laurence Manning)

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