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The Big Book of Adventure Stories

Otto Penzler

First published 2011
Series Big Book Series
Publisher Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Rafael DeSoto
Pages xvii+874
Price $25.00
ISBN 9780307474506

•Only stories with spec-fiction, or borderline spec-fiction content are listed.
•The complete title of the book as only seen on the book's cover: 'The Big Book of Adventure Stories: The Most Daring, Dangerous, and Death-Defying Collection of Adventure Tales Ever Captured in One Mammoth Volume'.
•All stories have a one to two page introduction, with the story's title, then a biography of the story's author(s).
•The page number of each story is where the story starts after the story's introduction.
•A complete listing of all the stories and their authors can be found on Amazon.com.

Searching by ISBN: 9780307474506

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The Golden Snare: Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur Otto Penzler Essay
4 The Golden Snare Farnham Bishop & Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur Short Story
15 The Devil In Iron: Robert E. Howard Otto Penzler Essay
16 The Devil in Iron Robert E. Howard Novelette
34 The Mighty Manslayer: Harold Lamb Otto Penzler Essay
35 The Mighty Manslayer Harold Lamb Novella
73 The Seven Black Witches: Fritz Leiber Otto Penzler Essay
74 The Seven Black Priests Fritz Leiber Novelette
126 The Most Dangerous Game: Richard Connell Otto Penzler Essay
127 The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell Novelette
158 The Wings of Kali: Grant Stockbridge Otto Penzler Essay
159 The Wings of Kali Grant Stockbridge Short Story
174 Sredni Vashtar: Saki Otto Penzler Essay
175 Sredni Vashtar Saki Short Story
178 The Seed from the Sepulcher: Clark Ashton Smith Otto Penzler Essay
179 The Seed from the Sepulcher Clark Ashton Smith Short Story
186 Leiningen versus the Ants: Carl Stephenson Otto Penzler Essay
187 Leiningen Versus the Ants Carl Stephenson Novelette
200 The Sea Raiders: H. G. Wells Otto Penzler Essay
201 The Sea Raiders H. G. Wells Short Story
348 Nor Idolatry Blind the Eye: Gabriel Hunt Otto Penzler Essay
349 Nor Idolatry Blind the Eye Gabriel Hunt Novelette
380 Snake-Head: Theodore Roscoe Otto Penzler Essay
381 Snake-Head Theodore Roscoe Novelette
445 After King Kong Fell: Philip José Farmer Otto Penzler Essay
446 After King Kong Fell Philip José Farmer Short Story
497 The Girl in the Golden Atom: Ray Cummings Otto Penzler Essay
498 The Girl in the Golden Atom Ray Cummings Novella
528 To Serve Man: Damon Knight Otto Penzler Essay
529 To Serve Man Damon Knight Short Story
534 Armageddon—2419 A.D.: Phillip Francis Nowlan Otto Penzler Essay
537 Armageddon—2419 A. D. Philip Francis Nowlan Novella
625 The Copper Bowl: George Fielding Eliot Otto Penzler Essay
626 The Copper Bowl George Fielding Eliot Short Story
633 The Hand of the Mandarin Quong: Sax Rohmer Otto Penzler Essay
634 The Hand of the Mandarin Quong Sax Rohmer Short Story
659 The Slave Brand of Sleman Bin Ali: James Anson Buck Otto Penzler Essay
660 The Slave Brand of Sleman bin Ali James Anson Buck Novelette
704 Hunter Quatermain's Story: H. Rider Haggard Otto Penzler Essay
705 Hunter Quatermain's Story H. Rider Haggard Short Story
741 Tarzan the Terrible: Edgar Rice Burroughs Otto Penzler Essay
742 Tarzan the Terrible Edgar Rice Burroughs Novel
xi Introduction: Things Happen Douglas Preston Essay
xv Introduction (The Big Book of Adventure Stories) Otto Penzler Essay