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The Second Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack

Mark Clifton

First published 2014
Series The Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack #2
Publisher Wildside Press
Format eBook
Type Collection
Cover art Joel Fernandes
Price $0.99
ISBN 9781479402946

Amazon Kindle page count 523 pages. The Table of Contents lists They'd Rather Be Right in this collection as consisting of Parts 1–3, stating at the beginning of Part 1 "Also published as The Forever Machine" and crediting Frank Riley as the co-author. However, Part 1 (titled "Part I: Crazy Joey") consists of two short stories written by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides (the latter not credited here): "Crazy Joey" and "Hide! Hide! Witch!". Parts 2-3 in the collection contain the version of They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton and Frank Riley that won the Hugo award (with Part 2 bearing the title "Bossy" here).
Copyright page:

  • The Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack #2: Mark Clifton is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press, LLC
  • Cover art © Joel Fernandes / Fotolia
  • "Star Bright" originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1952
  • "The Kenzie Report" originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, May 1953
  • "We're Civilized!" originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1953
  • "Sense from Thought Divide" originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, March 1955
  • "A Woman's Place" originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1955
  • "Do Unto Others" originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, June 1958
  • They'd Rather Be Right originally appeared in 1958.
  • "What Now, Little Man?" originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1959
  • Eight Keys to Eden originally appeared in 1960.