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The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics

[1st ed.]

The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics is an anthology of science fiction stories, edited by Harold E. Kuebler, published in hardcover by Hanover House in 1954 with dust jacket art by Richard Powers. A Science Fiction Book Club edition followed later that year, but the volume has not otherwise been reprinted. J. Francis McComas, writing in The New York Times, panned the anthology as "the most routine of scissors-and-paste jobs, done without any editorial skill whatsoever." P. Schuyler Miller similarly declared "I don't, for the life of me, know who this anthology is for", faulting its editor's selection of "overly familiar," sometimes "archaic" stories.

The Conversation of Eiros & Charmion (1839) story by E.A. Poe
The Star (1897) story by H.G. Wells
When Worlds Collide (1933) excerpt by Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer
The Maracot Deep (1929) novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
Round the Moon excerpt by Jules Verne
The Last Terrestrials (1930) excerpt by Olaf Stapledon
The Machine Stops (1909) novelette by E.M. Forster
R.U.R. (1921) shortfiction by Karel Capek
Brave New World) (1932) excerpt by Aldous Huxley
Invasion from Mars (1938) shortfiction by Howard Koch
Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898) story by Garrett P. Serviss
The Martians (1930) excerpt by Olaf Stapledon
The Time Machine (1895) novel by H.G. Wells
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922) novelette by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Rat (1929) story by S. Fowler Wright
Damned Thing (1893) story by Ambrose Bierce
Mr Strenberry's Tale (1930) story by J.B. Priestley

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694

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Table of Contents

Introduction. vii
Worlds in Collision.
The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion by Edgar Allan Poe. 3
The Star by H. G. Wells. 8
Excerpt from When Worlds Collide by Edwin Balmer and Philip Wylie. 18
The Great Adventure.
The Maracot Deep by Arthur Conan Doyle. 63
Round The Moon by Jules Verne. 142
The Last Terrestrials from Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. 257
The World of the Future.
The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster. 277
R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) by Karel Capek. 304
Excerpts from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. 368
Worlds in Conflict.
The Invasion from Mars: A radio adaptation by Howard Koch of H. G. Wells' "War of the Worlds". 417
Edison's Conquest of Man (Abridged) by Garrett P. Serviss. 439
The Martians from Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon. 547
Adventures in Time.
The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. 575
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald. 638
The Rat by S. Fowler Wright. 660
Beyond Time and Space.
The Damned Thing by Ambrose Pierce. 679
Mr. Strenberry's Tale by J. B. Priestly. 686

Edition Notes

Published in
Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright Date
1954

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ1.K897 Tr, PN6120.95.S33 T74 1954

The Physical Object

Format
Hardback
Pagination
694 p.
Number of pages
694

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6174331M
Internet Archive
treasuryofscienc00kueb
LCCN
55005273
OCLC/WorldCat
2581070
Library Thing
1425629
Goodreads
6542636

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