The Other Worlds

by Phil Strong, editor. Contributions by H.P. Lovecraft, Theodore Sturgeon, Manly Wade Wellman and others.

$1,000 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

New York: Wilfred Funk, 1941. First edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition in jacket. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes this as "the first important sf Anthology." Brian Stableford called it "the first anthology of fantastic fiction to feature a significant sample of stories from the sf magazines" and noted that Strong "deliberately excluded 'interplanetary fiction' from the showcase and included an editorial railing against the imbecility and intrinsic worthlessness of fiction of that sort." Jacket price clipped on front flap, with some edge wear and a few minor chips. Signed by former owner on the free endpaper and bottom edge. Contents: "The Considerate Hosts", Thorp McClusky (Weird Tales 1939) "The Man in the Black Hat", Michael Fessier (Esquire 1934) "Naked Lady", Mindret Lord (Weird Tales 1934) "The House of Ecstasy", Ralph Milne Farley (Weird Tales 1938) "Escape", Paul Ernst (Weird Tales 1938) "The Adaptive Ultimate", Stanley G. Weinbaum (Astounding 1935) "The Woman in Gray", Walker G. Everett (Weird Tales 1935) "The Pipes of Pan", Lester del Rey (Unknown 1940) "Aunt Cassie", Virginia Swain (first publication) "A God in a Garden", Theodore Sturgeon (Unknown 1939) "The Man Who Knew All the Answers", Donald Bern (Amazing 1940) "Adam Link's Vengeance", Eando Binder (Amazing 1940) "Truth Is a Plague", D. W. O'Brien (Amazing 1940) "The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator", Murray Leinster (Astounding 1935) "Alas, All Thinking!", Harry Bates (Astoun

• Publisher: Wilfred Funk
• Year: 1941
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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