Author

James Blish

born 23 May 1921 129 known books newest first

Blish trained as a biologist at Rutgers and Columbia University, and spent 1942–1944 as a medical technician in the U.S. Army. After the war he became the science editor for the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company. His first published story appeared in 1940, and his writing career progressed until he gave up his job to become a professional writer. He married literary agent Virginia Kidd in 1947. He worked for the Tobacco Institute from 1962-1968. In 1968, he emigrated to England. Between 1967 and his death in 1975, he became the first author to write short story collections based on the TV series Star Trek. In total, he wrote 11 volumes of short stories adapted from episodes of the series, as well as an original novel, Spock Must Die! in 1970. He died midway through writing Star Trek 12; his second wife, J. A. Lawrence, completed the book, and later completed the adaptations in the volume Mudd's Angels.

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129 books
The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories]

The Fantasy Hall of Fame [30 stories]

2002 Robert Silverberg, H. L. Gold, L. Sprague De Camp, C. L. Moore, Jorge Luis Borges, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Robert A. Heinlein, James Blish, Jack Vance, Margaret St. Clair, Theodore Sturgeon, Avram Davidson, Poul Anderson, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Peter S. Beagle, J. G. Ballard, R. A. Lafferty, Philip K. Dick, Clifford D. Simak, Tanith Lee, Harlan Ellison, Gene Wolfe, Roger Zelazny, Lucius Shepard, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Ted Chiang
Again, Dangerous Visions

Again, Dangerous Visions

1972 Harlan Ellison, John Heidenry, Ross Rocklynne, Ursula K. Le Guin, Andrew J. Offutt, Gene Wolfe, Ray Nelson, Ray Bradbury, Chad Oliver, Edward Bryant, Kate Wilhelm, James B. Hemesath, Joanna Russ, Kurt Vonnegut, T. L. Sherred, K. M. O'Donnell, H. H. Hollis, Bernard Wolfe, David Gerrold, Piers Anthony, Lee Hoffman, Gahan Wilson, Joan Bernott, Gregory Benford, Evelyn Lief, James Sallis, Josephine Saxton, Ken McCullough, David Kerr, Burt K. Filer, Richard Hill, Leonard Tushnet, Ben Bova, Edward Gorman, James Blish, A. Parra, Thomas M. Disch, Richard A. Lupoff, John Harrison, Robin Scott, Andrew Weiner, Terry Carr, James Tiptree, Jr., Dean Koontz, Piers Anthony, Ben Bova, and Edward Bryant
Star Trek Adventures - Spock Must Die!

Star Trek Adventures - Spock Must Die!

1970
Three for tomorrow

Three for tomorrow

1969 Robert Silverberg, Roger Zelazny, and James Blish
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Larry Niven, Charles E. Fritch, Bill Pronzini, George R. R. Martin, Jerome Bixby, Ambrose Bierce, Edward D. Hoch, Alexei Panshin, Martin Gardner, Steven Utley, Gregory Benford, Richard Wilson, Robert Sheckley, Roger Zelazny, Damon Knight, Reginald Bretnor, Frederik Pohl, Laurence M. Janifer, James Blish, Joanna Russ, Ray Russell, Edward Wellen, Donald E. Westlake, Ben Bova, Barry N. Malzberg, Fred Saberhagen, Fritz Leiber, Karen Anderson, Bob Shaw, William F. Nolan, Henry Slesar, Dannie Plachta, Edward Rager, Hayford Peirce, Jeffrey S. Hudson, Walter S. Tevis, James Edward Sutherland, Joe L. Hensley, Duane Ackerson, Stephen Goldin, Robert Emmett Toomey Jr., Alfred Bester, Anthony Boucher, Nelson Slade Bond, F. M. Busby, Maggie Nadler, Grant Carrington, Keith Laumer, E. Michael Blake, James E. Gunn, Paul Dellinger, Lee Killough, Thomas F. Monteleone, Robert T. Kurosaka, James E. Thompson, Robert L. Fish, Bruce McAllister, Paul Bond, Mildred Downey Broxon, Alan Edward Nourse, David Bischoff, Ralph Milne Farley, Daniel A. Darlington, Walt Liebscher, K. W. MacAnn, and Bruce McAllister
A case of conscience

A case of conscience

Year unknown James Blish, Walter E. Meyers, and Ellen Farley Sull
A Case of Conscience

A Case of Conscience

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A clash of cymbals

A clash of cymbals

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After Such Knowledge

After Such Knowledge

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A life for the stars

A life for the stars

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A life for the stars

A life for the stars

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Analog 3

Analog 3

Year unknown James Blish, James H. Schmitz, Mack Reynolds, and John W. Campbell
And all the stars a stage

And all the stars a stage

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Anywhen

Anywhen

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Anywhen

Anywhen

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A torrent of faces

A torrent of faces

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A torrent of faces

A torrent of faces

Year unknown James Blish and Norman L. Knight
BEST OF JAMES BLISH

BEST OF JAMES BLISH

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Best science fiction stories of James Blish

Best science fiction stories of James Blish

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Black Easter

Black Easter

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Black Easter ; The day after judgment

Black Easter ; The day after judgment

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Cities in Flight

Cities in Flight

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CITIES IN FLIGHT VOL. 2 (Cities in Flight)

CITIES IN FLIGHT VOL. 2 (Cities in Flight)

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Cities in Flight, Vol. I

Cities in Flight, Vol. I

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Der Provisorische Frieden

Der Provisorische Frieden

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der-psi-mann

der-psi-mann

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Devils Day

Devils Day

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Die Original-Abenteuer von Raumsc...

Die Original-Abenteuer von Raumschiff Enterprise. 13. Jenseits der Sterne

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Doctor Mirabilis

Doctor Mirabilis

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Dusk of Idols

Dusk of Idols

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Earthman, come home

Earthman, come home

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Earthman, come home

Earthman, come home

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ESPer

ESPer

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Flights of Eagles

Flights of Eagles

Year unknown James Blish, James Mann, and John Berkey
Galactic cluster

Galactic cluster

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Get Out of My Sky

Get Out of My Sky

Year unknown James Blish, Poul Anderson, and Thomas N. Scortia
Get Out of My Sky; and, There Sha...

Get Out of My Sky; and, There Shall Be No Darkness

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Giants in the earth

Giants in the earth

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Histoires de Robots

Histoires de Robots

Year unknown Gérard Klein, Demètre Ioakimidis, Jacques Goimard, Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, Robert Sheckley, Eric Frank Russell, Isaac Asimov, Lester del Rey, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Robert F. Young, Clifford D. Simak, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Frederik Pohl, Walter M. Miller Jr., and Peter Phillips
IF Worlds of Science Fiction, May 1955

IF Worlds of Science Fiction, May 1955

Year unknown Poul Anderson, James Blish, George H. Smith, Irving Cox, and James L. Quinn
In this world, or another

In this world, or another

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Isaac Asimov Presents the Great S...

Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 15 (1953)

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Fritz Leiber, Walter M. Miller Jr., Damon Knight, Theodore Sturgeon, William Tenn, Ward Moore, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Philip K. Dick, James Blish, Alfred Bester, Theodore Cogswell, William Morrison, Fredric Brown, and Jerome Bixby
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 18 (1956)

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Alan Edward Nourse, Mark Clifton, Algis Budrys, Damon Knight, Murray Leinster, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Poul Anderson, James Blish, Margaret St. Clair, Mack Reynolds, Reginald Bretnor, Michael Shaara, and Theodore Sturgeon
Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)

Isaac Asimov Presents The Great SF Stories 3 (1941)

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Eric Frank Russell, Theodore Sturgeon, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Fredric Brown, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Anthony Boucher, Lester del Rey, and Maurice G. Hugi
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail)

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail)

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Edmond Hamilton, Brian W. Aldiss, Mark Clifton, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Ron Goulart, James Tiptree, Jr., Kate Wilhelm, Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, John W. Campbell, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, William Tenn, James Blish, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Chandler Davis, Patricia Nurse, Ray Russell, William Sambrot, Judith Merril, Sharon Webb, Fredric Brown, Jack Lewis, Gordon R. Dickson, Mildred Clingerman, A. E. van Vogt, Dean R. Lambe, Howard Fast, Daniel Keyes, George R. R. Martin, Barry N. Malzberg, Christopher Anvil, Anthony R. Lewis, H. Beam Piper, and Murray Leinster
Jack of eagles

Jack of eagles

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James Blish Sf Gateway Omnibus

James Blish Sf Gateway Omnibus

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James Blish Sf Omnibus

James Blish Sf Omnibus

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Jupiter

Jupiter

Year unknown Carol Pohl, Frederik Pohl, James Blish, Isaac Asimov, Clifford D. Simak, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Milton A. Rothman, Raymond Z. Gallun, Poul Anderson, Lester del Rey, and Arthur C. Clarke
Kokhav gan ha-ʻeden

Kokhav gan ha-ʻeden

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La derniere creature / sept histoires d'intrigue intergalactique inspirees par la celebre serie télé

La derniere creature / sept histoires d'intrigue intergalactique inspirees par la celebre serie télé

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Maḥar hu ha-etmol

Maḥar hu ha-etmol

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Midsummer century

Midsummer century

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Mission to the heart stars

Mission to the heart stars

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Mission to the Heart Stars

Mission to the Heart Stars

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More issues at hand

More issues at hand

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Nebula Award Stories

Nebula Award Stories

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Novelets of Science Fiction (Belm...

Novelets of Science Fiction (Belmont SF, L92-567)

Year unknown Arthur C. Clarke, James Blish, Clifford D. Simak, and Lester del Rey
One Hundred

One Hundred

Year unknown Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton, C. L. Moore, Alfred Bester, Frederik Pohl, Edgar Pangborn, Barbara Constant, Emil Petaja, Alan Edward Nourse, Therese Windser, Clark Ashton Smith, William F. Nolan, T. D. Hamm, Sonya Dorman, Robert E. Howard, Evelyn E. Smith, Robert F. Young, H. Beam Piper, Walter M. Miller Jr., Keith Laumer, Lilith Lorraine, R. A. Lafferty, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Fritz Leiber, Milton Lesser, Helen M. Urban, Jerome Bixby, Kurt Vonnegut, Charles L. Fontenay, Lester del Rey, Ann Warren Griffith, Frank W. Coggins, Harry Harrison, L. Taylor Hansen, Louis Trimble, Gordon R. Dickson, Helen Huber, Henry Kuttner, Miriam Allen deFord, Dorothy Quick, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson, Edgar Wallace, Algis Budrys, Robert Sheckley, Mari Wolf, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Frank M. Robinson, Richard Matheson, Anne Walker , James Blish, August Derleth, Rhoda Broughton, Frank Herbert, Tom Godwin, Edmond Hamilton, John D. MacDonald, Katherine MacLean, Judith Merril, Clifford D. Simak, Carl Jacobi, E. C. Tubb, Manly Wade Wellman, William Tenn, Lynn Venable, Florence Verbell Brown, Jack Williamson, Ben Bova, Philip José Farmer, Ron Goulart, Dean Ing, Laurence M. Janifer, Robert Silverberg, Hal Clement, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem, L. Ron Hubbard, Mary Carlson, Annie Proulx, Ted White, and Terry Carr
One-Shot

One-Shot

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Science Fiction Hall of Fame--Volume Two B

Science Fiction Hall of Fame--Volume Two B

Year unknown Ben Bova, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Algis Budrys, Theodore Cogswell, E. M. Forster, Frederik Pohl, James H. Schmitz, T. L. Sherred, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, Jack Vance, James H. Schmitz, and T. L. Sherred
Science Fiction of the forties

Science Fiction of the forties

Year unknown Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Raymond Z. Gallun, Isaac Asimov, Nelson S. Bond, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Lester del Rey, Murray Leinster, Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, Cleve Cartmill, Clifford D. Simak, Frederic Brown, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Theodore Sturgeon, Chandler Davis, Robert A. Heinlein, James Blish, Damon Knight, Henry Kuttner, Judith Merril, William Tenn, and A. E. van Vogt
So close to home

So close to home

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Spock must die!

Spock must die!

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Star Trek

Star Trek

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Star Trek 1

Star Trek 1

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Star Trek 10

Star Trek 10

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Star Trek 11

Star Trek 11

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Star Trek 12

Star Trek 12

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Star Trek 2

Star Trek 2

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STAR TREK 3

STAR TREK 3

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Star Trek 4

Star Trek 4

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Star Trek 5

Star Trek 5

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Star Trek 6

Star Trek 6

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Star Trek 7

Star Trek 7

Year unknown James Blish and Gene Roddenberry
Star Trek 8

Star Trek 8

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Star Trek 9

Star Trek 9

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Star Trek - A Chilling Journey Th...

Star Trek - A Chilling Journey Through Worlds Beyond Imagination

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Star Trek Collectors Set

Star Trek Collectors Set

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Star Trek Novel

Star Trek Novel

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Star Trek - The Classic Episodes

Star Trek - The Classic Episodes

Year unknown James Blish and Norman Spinrad
Star Trek - The Classic Episodes Vol. 1

Star Trek - The Classic Episodes Vol. 1

Year unknown James Blish and J. A. Lawrence
Star Trek - The Classic Episodes ...

Star Trek - The Classic Episodes Vol. 2

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Star Trek - The Classic Episodes Vol. 3

Star Trek - The Classic Episodes Vol. 3

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Tales of Science Fiction

Tales of Science Fiction

Year unknown James Blish, William Tenn, Fritz Leiber, Stephen Arr, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Robert Sheckley, Wyman Guin, Fredric Brown, and Katherine MacLean
The Best from Fantasy and Science...

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction

Year unknown Brian W. Aldiss, Edgar Pangborn, and James Blish
The Day After Judgement

The Day After Judgement

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The duplicated man

The duplicated man

Year unknown James Blish and Robert A. W. Lowndes
The frozen year

The frozen year

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The Future in Question

The Future in Question

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Edmond Hamilton, Brian W. Aldiss, Mark Clifton, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, Robert Silverberg, Ron Goulart, James Tiptree, Jr., Kate Wilhelm, Theodore Sturgeon, Alfred Bester, John W. Campbell, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, William Tenn, and James Blish
The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series

The Golden Years of Science Fiction -- Second Series

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Maurice G. Hugi, Eric Frank Russell, Theodore Sturgeon, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Robert Arthur, Ross Rocklynne, A. E. van Vogt, Fredric Brown, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Anthony Boucher, Lester del Rey, Hal Clement, George Oliver Smith, and Donald A. Wollheim
The great science fiction series

The great science fiction series

Year unknown Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander, Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, J. G. Ballard, James Blish, J. A. Lawrence, Reginald Bretnor, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague De Camp, Fletcher Pratt, Zenna Henderson, Keith Laumer, Fritz Leiber, Anne McCaffrey, Larry Niven, Fred Saberhagen, Bob Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Wilmar H. Shiras, Clifford D. Simak, John J. Pierce, and Cordwainer Smith
The issue at hand

The issue at hand

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The Night Shapes

The Night Shapes

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The quincunx of time

The quincunx of time

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The Science Fictional Solar System

The Science Fictional Solar System

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, Theodore L. Thomas, Alan Edward Nourse, Robert Sheckley, Terry Carr, Poul Anderson, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Fritz Leiber, Alexei Panshin, Larry Niven, Robert F. Young, and Duncan Lunan
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame -- Volume Two

Year unknown Ben Bova, Robert Silverberg, Judith Merril, Cordwainer Smith, Ray Bradbury, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Richard Matheson, Fritz Leiber, Anthony Boucher, James Blish, Arthur C. Clarke, Jerome Bixby, Tom Godwin, Alfred Bester, Damon Knight, Daniel Keyes, and Roger Zelazny
The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

The Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories

Year unknown Robert Silverberg, Randall Garrett, Frederic Brown, Philip K. Dick, Samuel R. Delany, John Gregory Betancourt, Ben Bova, Lester del Rey, Reginald Bretnor, and James Blish
The Science Fiction Roll of Honor

The Science Fiction Roll of Honor

Year unknown Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, James Blish, Robert Bloch, John W. Campbell, Arthur C. Clarke, Lester del Rey, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, Hugo Gernsback, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, Willy Ley, Frank R. Paul, E. E. Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, A. E. van Vogt, and E. Mayne Hull
The seedling stars

The seedling stars

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The seedling stars

The seedling stars

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The Seedling Stars and Galactic Cluster

The Seedling Stars and Galactic Cluster

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The star dwellers

The star dwellers

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The star dwellers

The star dwellers

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The Star Trek Reader

The Star Trek Reader

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The Star Trek Reader II

The Star Trek Reader II

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The Star Trek Reader III

The Star Trek Reader III

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The Star Trek Reader IV

The Star Trek Reader IV

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The tale that wags the god

The tale that wags the god

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The testament of Andros

The testament of Andros

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The vanished jet

The vanished jet

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The warriors of day

The warriors of day

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They shall have stars

They shall have stars

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They shall have stars

They shall have stars

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Thing in the Attic

Thing in the Attic

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Titan's daughter

Titan's daughter

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Vor

Vor

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VOR

VOR

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Welcome to Mars

Welcome to Mars

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Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John W. Campbell, Lester del Rey, Milton A. Rothman, Robert A. Heinlein, Hal Clement, A. J. Deutsch , James Blish, William Morrison, Jerome Bixby, Arthur C. Clarke, James E. Gunn, H. Beam Piper, Walter S. Tevis, and Larry Niven
Where Do We Go From Here? Book 1

Where Do We Go From Here? Book 1

Year unknown Isaac Asimov, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don A. Stuart, Lester del Rey, Robert A. Heinlein, Hal Clement, A. J. Deutsch , and James Blish
With all of love

With all of love

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Work of Art

Work of Art

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Worlds of If Super Pack #3

Worlds of If Super Pack #3

Year unknown H. B. Fyfe, Milton Lesser, Arthur Dekker Savage, August Derleth, Alan Edward Nourse, James Blish, Jr. James McKimmey, Keith Laumer, Mari Wolf, Boyd Ellanby, Alvin Heiner, Don Berry, Mack Reynolds, Kenneth O'Hara, Dave Dryfoos, Jim Harmon, Mark Clifton, R. A. Lafferty, R. R. Winterbotham, Richard Wilson, Alex Apostolides, Alfred Coppel, Frank M. Robinson, Ralph Sholto, Russell Burton, Robert Moore Williams, Charles Fontenay, Winston Marks, Jerome Bixby, Andersen Horne, L. Major Reynolds, and Jesse F. Bone
Worlds to Come

Worlds to Come

Year unknown Damon Knight, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Cyril M. Kornbluth, James Blish, Algis Budrys, H.B. Fyfe, and John D. MacDonald
Year 2018

Year 2018

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Yesterday's Tomorrows

Yesterday's Tomorrows

Year unknown Frederik Pohl, Ross Rocklynne, James Blish, Leigh Brackett, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Wilson Bob Tucker, Kurt Vonnegut, Paul R. Ehrlich, Arthur C. Clarke, Horace L. Gold, Fritz Leiber, Lester del Rey, A. E. van Vogt, Donald A. Wollheim, Jack Williamson, Robert Silverberg, Philip K. Dick, Cordwainer Smith, Cyril M. Kornbluth, R. A. Lafferty, Robert Sheckley, Larry Niven, Roger Zelazny, Fred Saberhagen, Jerome Bixby, Jack Vance, James Tiptree, Jr., Mack Reynolds, Harlan Ellison, David A. Kyle, Samuel R. Delany, and Gustav Hasford
Yet more Penguin science fiction

Yet more Penguin science fiction

Year unknown Brian W. Aldiss, Theodore Cogswell, H. B. Fyfe, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Porges, Walter M. Miller Jr., Damon Knight, Cyril M. Kornbluth, A. Bertram Chandler, William Tenn, John Brunner, James Blish, and A. E. van Vogt
החוק של צ׳ארלי

החוק של צ׳ארלי

Year unknown James Blish, Gene Roddenberry, and Mikhah Yanai

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