The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties
| First published | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | David Egge |
| Pages | [8]+311 |
| Price | $1.95 |
| ISBN | 0441206573 |
- "First Ace printing: June 1979" stated on the copyright page.
- "Cover art by David Egge" stated on the copyright page.
- Cover is emblazoned as "An Analog Book", Series Editor, Ben Bova
- The "Prefatory Note" appears on an unnumbered page. Page assigned based on a count from the first page of the book.
- This edition appeared several months before the trade paperback edition from Baronet. The Baronet editions of this series were usually published before the Ace mass-market edition.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction: The Fifties | Barry N. Malzberg | Essay |
| 15 | Darwinian Pool Room | Isaac Asimov | Short Story |
| 25 | The Analogues | Damon Knight | Short Story |
| 51 | Love | Richard Wilson | Short Story |
| 67 | Sam Hall | Poul Anderson | Novelette |
| 119 | Disappearing Act | Alfred Bester | Short Story |
| 151 | The Altar at Midnight | C. M. Kornbluth | Short Story |
| 165 | New Blood | James E. Gunn | Novelette |
| 207 | The End of Summer | Algis Budrys | Novelette |
| 249 | Try and Change the Past | Fritz Leiber | Short Story |
| 263 | Hex | Laurence M. Janifer | Novelette |
| 305 | Afterword: Serendipity | Bill Pronzini | Essay |
| [7] | Prefatory Note (The End of Summer) | Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini | Essay |