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Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines

Groff Conklin

First published 1955
Publisher Bantam Books
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Catalog ID 1352
Cover art Richard Powers (artist)
Pages 183
Price $0.25

Abridged edition reprinting 12 stories from the original anthology.


• "Vanguard edition published May, 1954" • "Bantam edition published August, 1955" • The artist is not credited, the artwork is clearly signed • The title and copyright pages say "Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines". The cover has "Science-Fiction Thinking Machines".

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Robbie Isaac Asimov Short Story
18 Virtuoso Herbert Goldstone Short Story
24 Boomerang Eric Frank Russell Short Story
38 The Jester William Tenn Short Story
54 Skirmish Clifford Simak Short Story
72 Men Are Different Alan Bloch Short Story
74 Letter to Ellen Chan Davis Short Story
85 The Golden Egg Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
102 Dead End Wallace Macfarlane Short Story
113 Sam Hall Poul Anderson Novelette
142 Dumb Waiter Walter M. Miller, Jr. Novelette
176 Problem for Emmy Robert Sherman Townes Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines Cover 1964 Bantam Books Paperback Anthology EP63 Richard Powers (artist) 201