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The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Editors of Playboy

First published 1966
Publisher Playboy Press
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Jack Gregory & Seymour Mednick
Pages ix+403
Price $5.95

Author's true name from Contento1.

  • "First edition" and "Copyright (c) 1966 by HMH Publishing" on copyright page.
  • $5.95 price on front flap of jacket (as noted by Tuck.) Also on front flap of jacket, "Jacket illustration: Jack Gregory, sculpture / Seymour Mednick, photography".

Year Reviewer Publication
1967 Algis Budrys Galaxy Magazine, December 1967

No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 The Fly George Langelaan Novelette
40 Blood Brother Charles Beaumont Short Story
46 Love, Incorporated Robert Sheckley Short Story
61 A Foot in the Door Bruce Jay Friedman Short Story
75 The Vacation Ray Bradbury Short Story
84 The Never Ending Penny Bernard Wolfe Novelette
101 Bernie the Faust William Tenn Novelette
130 A Man for the Moon Leland Webb Short Story
140 The Noise Ken W. Purdy Short Story
155 The Killer in the TV Set Bruce Jay Friedman Short Story
166 I Remember Babylon Arthur C. Clarke Short Story
179 Word of Honor Robert Bloch Short Story
187 John Grant's Little Angel Walt Grove Short Story
206 The Fiend Frederik Pohl Short Story
215 Hard Bargain Alan E. Nourse Short Story
221 The Nail and the Oracle Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
244 After Henry Slesar Short Story
250 December 28th Theodore L. Thomas Short Story
254 Spy Story Robert Sheckley Short Story
268 Punch Frederik Pohl Short Story
274 The Crooked Man Charles Beaumont Short Story
286 Who Shall Dwell H. C. Neal Short Story
293 Double Take Jack Finney Short Story
314 Examination Day Henry Slesar Short Story
320 The Mission Hugh Nissenson Short Story
338 Waste Not, Want Not John Atherton Short Story
343 The Dot and Dash Bird Bernard Wolfe Short Story
359 The Sensible Man Avram Davidson Short Story
365 Souvenir J. G. Ballard Short Story
378 Puppet Show Fredric Brown Short Story
390 The Room Ray Russell Short Story
394 Dial "F" for Frankenstein Arthur C. Clarke Short Story
403 Index of Authors uncredited Essay
vii Preface (The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy) Editors of Playboy Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy Cover 1968 Playboy Press Paperback Anthology BA0115 Jack Gregory & Seymour Mednick ix+402