The Classic Book of Science Fiction

First published	1978
Publisher	Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers
Format	Hardcover
Type	Anthology
Pages	545

Title	Author(s)	Type
A Matter of Form	Horace L. Gold	Novella
Arena	Fredric Brown	Novelette
Contact, Incorporated	Robertson Osborne	Novelette
Culture	Jerry Shelton	Short Story
Dear Devil	Eric Frank Russell	Novelette
Defense Mechanism	Katherine MacLean	Short Story
Desertion	Clifford D. Simak	Short Story
E for Effort	T. L. Sherred	Novelette
Emergency Landing	Ralph Williams	Short Story
Forever and the Earth	Ray Bradbury	Short Story
In the Year 2889	Jules Verne	Short Story
Introduction (Big Book of Science Fiction)	Groff Conklin	Essay
Isolationist	Mack Reynolds	Short Story
Manna	Peter Phillips	Novelette
Margin for Error	Lewis Padgett	Novelette
Mewhu's Jet	Theodore Sturgeon	Novelette
Mr. Murphy of New York	Thomas McMorrow	Short Story
Nobody Saw the Ship	Murray Leinster	Short Story
Not with a Bang	Damon Knight	Short Story
One Leg Too Many	W. Alexander	Short Story
Peacebringer	Ward Moore	Novelette
Rat Race	Dorothy de Courcy & John de Courcy	Short Story
Sanity	Fritz Leiber	Short Story
The Diminishing Draft	Waldemar Kaempffert	Short Story
The Long Dawn	Noel Loomis	Novelette
The Man with the Strange Head	Miles J. Breuer, M.D.	Short Story
The Miniature	Peter Reed	Short Story
The Only Thing We Learn	C. M. Kornbluth	Short Story
The Outer Limit	Graham Doar	Short Story
The Planetoid of Doom	Morrison Colladay	Short Story
The Roger Bacon Formula	Fletcher Pratt	Short Story
The Ship That Turned Aside	Green Peyton	Novelette
The Wings of Night	Lester del Rey	Short Story

Title		Year	Publisher	Format	Type	Catalog ID	Cover Artist	Pages
The Classic Book of Science Fiction		1982	Bonanza Books	Hardcover	Anthology		Ray Yeldham	545

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