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World of wonder : an introduction to imaginative literature /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pratt, Fletcher, 1897-1956 (Editor), Mirrielees, Edith Ronald, 1878-1962 (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Twayne Publishers, ©1951.
Subjects:
Science fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Edith Mirrielees
  • Introduction / Fletcher Pratt
  • He walked around the horses / H. Beam Piper
  • Roads of destiny / O. Henry
  • The red queen's race / Isaac Asimov
  • Child's play / William Tenn
  • The finest story in the world / Rudyard Kipling
  • Etaoin Shrdlu / Fredric Brown
  • Mistake inside / James Blish
  • Private--keep out / Philip MacDonald
  • They / Robert Heinlein
  • Metamorphosis / Franz Kafka
  • Back there in the grass / Gouverneur Morris
  • The mark of the beast / Rudyard Kipling
  • Museum piece / Esther Carlson
  • The blue giraffe / L. Sprague de Camp
  • That only a mother / Judith Merril
  • Operation RSVP / H. Beam Piper
  • Conquerors' isle / Nelson Bond
  • Giant killer / A. Bertram Chandler
  • The million-year picnic / Ray Bradbury.