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Possible Worlds of Science Fiction

Groff Conklin

First published 1951
Publisher Vanguard Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Pages xi+372
Price $2.95


• The several paperback followups appear to all be abridgments of the hardcover anthology. The 1968 Medallion edition in particular notes:
• "This edition of Possible Worlds of Science Fiction contains 10 of the 22 stories that appeared in the hardbound edition."

  • Published April 1951 per Cole Checklist of SF Anthologies.
  • Catalog of Copyright Number A00000054816 puts the publication date at 1951-04-26.
    Conklin's widow renewed the copyright on 1979-01-05 per Catalog of Copyright Renewal RE0000013849.

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction Cover 1952 Grayson & Grayson Hardcover Anthology E. B. Mudge-Marriott 254
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction Cover 1955 Berkley Books Paperback Anthology G-3 189
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction 1956 Berkley Books Paperback Anthology 189
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction Cover 1960 Berkley Medallion Paperback Anthology G471 Richard Powers (artist) 188
Possible Worlds of Science Fiction 1962 Berkley Medallion Paperback Anthology 188
Selections From Possible Worlds of Science Fiction Cover 1968 Berkley Medallion Paperback Anthology X1633 188