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First published 1953
Publisher Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Format Hardcover
Type Omnibus
Cover art Walter
Pages 282+298
Price $3.50

This omnibus contains 1 novel and a collection(Worlds of Wonder) containing 2 novels and 1 novella.


• Unbound signatures from the FPCI printings of Stapledon's collection Worlds of Wonder and Leinster's novel Murder Madness were combined to form this omnibus. • The 1979 edition of Currey states that 500 copies were so bound. The 2002 edition of Currey revises this number to 300 which matches other sources (Eshbach, Chalker/Owings). • Each work has a separate title page and half-title page from the original sheets. No new title page was added for the omnibus and the title is from the jacket and spine. • Jack L. Chalker credited the cover artist as Laura Ruth Crozetti in "On SF Publishing: Son of Daddy!" from Fantasy Newsletter No. 62, September 1983. However, he later indicated that it was "Walter" in Chalker/Owings which matches the credit on the front jacket flap.

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 The Flames Olaf Stapledon Novella
91 Death Into Life Olaf Stapledon Novel
253 Old Man in New World Olaf Stapledon Novelette
1|289 Murder Madness Murray Leinster Novel