Judith Merril - The Year's Greatest Science Fiction & Fantasy 2

Inevitably, in compiling a book of this sort, one is left with a stack of stories that would have made it if —if they were shorter, if they were less like something already included, if rights had been available, etc.

A listing of these is included in the pages following this summation. But before passing on to them, I want to express my thanks here to the many persons whose co-operation and assistance make an undertaking of this sort possible: to the editors of more magazines than I have space to list, for supplying me with information and with copies of stories; to those two untiring mailers of cross-continental postcards, Anthony Boucher and Forrest J. Ackerman, for their many suggestions and reminders; to Damon Knight, Fritz Leiber, and Robert P. Mills, for their opinions on stories; and to all those incautious souls who may have found themselves on my premises when an opinion was wanted—and was gotten; to Mrs. Marjorie Smith, of Milford, and my daughter, Merril Zissman, for assistance with the sometimes overwhelming clerical work; to both my daughters, Merril and Ann, for their rather incredible patience; and to Knox Burger of Western Printing, for his incredible patience and fortitude.

Judith Merril

Milford, Penna.

January, 1957

ABBREVIATIONS

ASF Astounding Science Fiction

Auth. Authentic Science Fiction

FU Fantastic Universe

F&SF Fantasy and Science Fiction

GSF Galaxy Science Fiction

ISF Infinity Science Fiction

SFS Science Fiction Stories

PLB Playboy

S-Fan. Science Fantasy

“F&SF:6” “The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: Sixth Series,” (anthology) ed.: A. Boucher; Doubleday

Robert Abernathy “Hour Without Glory,” F&SF, 7/56;

----------, “The Year 2000,” F&SF, 1/56.

Brian W. Aldiss “Psyclops,” New Worlds, 7/56.

Steve Allen “The Secret,” Colliers, 9/28/56.

Poul Anderson “The Live Coward,” ASF, 6/56;

----------, “The Man Who Came Early” in “F&SF:6”

Isaac Asimov “The Dead Past,” ASF, 4/56.

Raymond Banks “The Instigators,” SFS, 1/56.

Jackson Barrow “The Little Giant,” S. F. Quarterly, 11/56.

Charles Beaumont “The Dark Music,” PLB, 12/56;

----------, “Traumerei,” ISF, 2/56.

James Blish “Time to Survive,” F&SF, 2/56;

----------, “The Writing of the Rat,” GSF, 7/56.

Robert Bloch “I Like Blondes,” PLB, 1/56.

Ray Bradbury “Next Stop, the Stars,” Maclean’s 10/27/56.

R. Bretnor “The Past and Its Dead People,” F&SF, 9/56.

John Brunner “By the Name of Man,” Nebula, #17.

Algis Budrys “The Mechanical Man,” FU, 6/56;

----------, “The Peasant Girl,” ASF, 6/56;

----------, “With A Dime on Top of It,” SFS, 5/56.

Frank Butler “To the Wilderness I Wander,” Hudson Review, Spring/56.

Paul A. Carter “Unbalanced Equation,” F&SF, 1/56.

Arthur C. Clarke “Venture to the Moon,” F&SF, 12/56.

Mark Clifton “Clerical Error,” “Best S.F. Stories and Novels,” ed.: Dikty (Fell).

Mildred Clingerman “First Lesson,” Colliers, 6/22/56.

Theodore R. Cogswell “Impact With the Devil,” F&SF, 11/56.

Chester Cohen “Round-Up Time,” ISF, 6/56.

Avram Davidson “King’s Evil,” in “F&SF:6.”

L. Sprague de Camp “Internal Combustion,” ISF, 2/56.

Miriam Allen de Ford “The Margenes,” If, 2/56.

Philip K. Dick “Pay for the Printer,” Satellite, 10/56.

Gordon R. Dickson “Flat Tiger,” GSF, 3/56.

Adrian Conan Doyle “The Lover of the Coral Glades,” PLB, 11/56.

Harlan Ellison “The Crackpots,” If, 6/56.

Charles L. Fontenay “The Silk and the Song,” in “F&SF:6.”

Daniel F. Galouye “The Pliable,” F&SF, 5/56.

Randall Garrett “Stroke of Genius,” ISF, 8/56;

----------, “Suite Mentale,” Future, #30.

Christopher Grimm “Body Guard,” GSF, 1/56.

James E. Gunn “Witches Must Burn,” ASF, 8/56.

Richard Harper “The Pugilist,” Nugget, 7/56.

Robert A. Hart “The Automatic Gentleman,” Dude, 8/56.

Frank Herbert “The Nothing,” FU, 1/56.

Shirley Jackson “A Little Magic,” Woman’s Home Comp., 1/56.

Raymond F. Jones "The Non-Statistical Man,” SFS, 5/56.

Calvin Kentfield "The Angel and the Sailor,” Harper’s Bazaar, 9/56.

Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore “Rite of Passage,” F&SF, 5/56.

Varley Lang “Thereby Hangs,” ASF, 5/56.

Murray Leinster “Exploration Team,” ASF, 3/56.

Madeleine L’engle “Poor Little Saturday,” FU, 10/56.

Richard Matheson “A Flourish of Strumpets,” PLB, 11/56.

Winona McClintic “A Heart of Furious Fancies,” Atlantic, 11/56.

James McConnell “Avoidance Situation,” If, 2/56.

J. T. McIntosh “Empath,” New Worlds, 8/56.

Ib Melchior “The Racer,” Escapade, 10/56.

Walter M. Miller, jr. “And the Light Is Risen,” F&SF, 8/56.

Ward Moore “No Man Pursueth,” in “F&SF:6.”

Alan E. Nourse “Second Sight,” FU, 4/56.

Chad Oliver “North Wind,” F&SF, 3/56;

----------, “Let Me Live in a House,” Auth., 6/56.

Arthur Porges “Masterpiece,” Escapade, 9/56.

Robert Presslie “Creep,” Auth., 1/56.

Frank Riley “The Executioner,” If, 4/56;

----------, “Project Hi-Psi,” If, 8/56.

Jack Ritchie “Sim,” Sir, 8/56.

Mary-Carter Roberts “When Jack Smith Fought Old Satan,” Colliers, 12/7/56.

Eric Frank Russell “Top Secret,” ASF, 8/56;

----------, “Legwork,” ASF, 4/56.

Margaret St. Clair “Horrer Howce,” GSF, 7/56.

Thomas N. Scortia “Sea Change,” in “Best S.F, Stories and Novels,” ed.: Dikty (Fell).

Michael Shaara “Conquest Over Time,” FU, 11/56.

Len Shaw “Syllabus,” S-Fan., #17.

Robert Sheckley “Disposal Service,” Bluebook, 1/56;

----------, “Mountain Without a Name,” in “Citizen in Space,” (Ballantine).

Robert Silverberg “Guest Rites,” ISF, 2/56.

Clifford Simak “Honorable Opponent,” GSF, 8/56.

Henry Slesar “Messenger,” FU, 10/56.

Henry Still “Sales Resistance,” If, 8/56.

Theodore Sturgeon “And Now the News . . .” in “F&SF:6”;

----------, “Fear Is a Business,” F&SF, 8/56.

William Tenn “Of All Possible Worlds,” GSF, 12/56;

----------, “Wednesday’s Child,” FU, 1/56.

James Thurber (everything in) “Further Fables for Our Time,” (Simon and Schuster).

E. C. Tubb “Into the Empty Dark,” Nebula, #17.

Helen Urban “The Finer Breed,” F&SF, 3/56.

Walter Wager “The Second Mrs. Gilbert,” Swank, 8/56.

F. L. Wallace “A Little Thing for the House,” ASF, 7/56.

Jay Williams “The Asa Rule,” in “F&SF:6.”

Robert Moore Williams “Sudden Lake,” Other Worlds, 4/56.