Worlds of Tomorrow
Anthology edited by August Derleth
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Editor | August Derleth |
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Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Pellegrini & Cudahy |
Publication date | 1953 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 351 |
Worlds of Tomorrow is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by American writer August Derleth. It was first published by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1953. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines Worlds Beyond, Fantastic, Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Science Fiction, If, Fantastic Adventures, Future, Startling Stories, Astounding Stories, Weird Tales, The Fantasy Fan and Thrilling Wonder Stories. Abridged editions were published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 1955, Berkley Books in 1958 and Four Square Books in 1963.
Contents
- Introduction, by August Derleth
- "The Tinkler", by Poul Anderson
- "The Smile", by Ray Bradbury
- "The Fires Within", by Arthur C. Clarke
- "Superiority", by Arthur C. Clarke
- "McIlvaine's Star", by August Derleth
- "Brothers Beyond the Void", by Paul W. Fairman
- "Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!", by Stuart Friedman
- "The Dead Planet", by Edmond Hamilton
- "Like a Bird, Like a Fish", by H. B. Hickey
- "The Gentleman Is an Epwa", by Carl Jacobi
- "The Enchanted Forest", by Fritz Leiber
- "The Great Cold", by Frank Belknap Long
- "From Beyond", by H. P. Lovecraft
- "Line to Tomorrow", by Lewis Padgett
- "The Business, as Usual", by Mack Reynolds
- "The Gardener", by Margaret St. Clair
- "The Martian and the Moron", by Theodore Sturgeon
- "Null-P", by William Tenn
- "Strange Harvest", by Donald Wandrei
References
- Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-01-10.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. pp. 140–141. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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Works of August Derleth
- "In Re: Sherlock Holmes" – The Adventures of Solar Pons
- The Memoirs of Solar Pons
- Three Problems for Solar Pons
- The Return of Solar Pons
- The Reminiscences of Solar Pons
- Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey
- The Casebook of Solar Pons
- A Praed Street Dossier
- The Chronicles of Solar Pons
- The Solar Pons Omnibus
- The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
- Someone in the Dark
- Something Near
- Not Long for this World
- The Survivor and Others
- The Mask of Cthulhu
- Lonesome Places
- The Trail of Cthulhu
- Mr. George and Other Odd Persons
- Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People
- The Watchers Out of Time and Others (based on fragments by H. P. Lovecraft)
- Dwellers in Darkness
- In Lovecraft's Shadow
- The Lurker at the Threshold (based on fragments by H. P. Lovecraft)
- The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years
- Wisconsin Murders
- Sleep No More
- Who Knocks?
- The Night Side
- The Sleeping and the Dead
- Strange Ports of Call
- The Other Side of the Moon
- Beyond Time and Space
- Far Boundaries
- The Outer Reaches
- Beachheads in Space
- Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company
- Worlds of Tomorrow
- Portals of Tomorrow
- Time to Come
- Dark Mind, Dark Heart
- New Worlds for Old
- The Sleeping and the Dead
- The Time of Infinity
- The Unquiet Grave
- When Evil Wakes
- From Other Worlds
- Over the Edge
- Travellers by Night
- Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
- Dark Things
- New Horizons
- Commons