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The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Garyn G. Roberts

First published 2000
Publisher Prentice-Hall
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Frank R. Paul
Pages xviii+1166
Price $47.00
ISBN 0130212806

  • On copyright page: "(c) 2001 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.", printing line "10 9 8 ... 3 2 1", LCCN and ISBN10. Barcode on back cover has the ISBN10 and the ISBN13 "9780130212801".
  • Prentice Hall is a subsidiary of Pearson. Per the Pearson website for this book, "Published by Pearson (July 18th 2000) - Copyright © 2001".
  • This book was published for the education marketplace, and was reprinted as late as "Dec 1, 2019" per Amazon.com. The Pearson site now notes "Permanently unavailable", so it is no longer in print.
  • No price on PV1. The ISFDB stub for this 1st printing had a price of $47.00. The price for final printings on the Pearson site is $154.66.
  • Between pages 558 and 559, there is a four page glossy insert that reproduces four classic and archetypical pulp covers by Margaret Brundage, Edd Cartier, Frank R. Paul and Howard V. Brown.
  • Contents of this anthology is broken down into several parts.
  • Section One: Two Archetypal Stories (p 5-28).
  • Section Two A: Fantasy: Dark Fantasy (p 29-206).
  • Section Two B: Fantasy: High Fantasy (p 207-340).
  • Section Three: Science Fiction (p 341-1123).
  • Section Four: An Historical Perspective (p 1125-1134).
  • Section Five: Lists and Bibliographies (p 1135-1174).
  • Each story is preceded by two to four paragraphs that are biographies of the authors of the story and why it is included in this volume. Page numbers on the contents page represent when the notes start and not necessarily when the story starts in the anthology.
  • All stories are printed in chronological order in each section.
  • Many stories on the contents page are preceded either or both a television or movie projector icon to show if that story has been adapted into the visual medium.
  • Editor Roberts mistakenly attributes the first printing of Jack Finney's story "The Third Level" to the October 1952 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
  • Editor Roberts edits Clark Ashton Smith's previously published short stories "The City of the Singing Flame" and "Beyond the Singing Flame" into one story. Each story's publishing history is listed separately on this site.
  • "Index" (on P 1161, although the TOC incorrectly notes 1160) and "Credits" (on P 1163, although the TOC incorrectly notes 1162) are also included.

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction: Stories for the Millennium: Science Fiction and Fantasy as Comtemporary Mythology (The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy) uncredited Essay
7 Enduring Traditions of Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe Garyn G. Roberts Essay
8 The Mortal Immortal: A Tale Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Short Story
16 The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe Novelette
31 Stories of the Fantastique, Tales of the Quest: Dark Fantasy: Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, and Stephen King—and Traditions Before, Between, and Since Garyn G. Roberts Essay
33 Young Goodman Brown Nathaniel Hawthorne Short Story
41 The Old Nurse's Story Elizabeth Gaskell Novelette
54 No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman Charles Dickens Short Story
62 The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House Harriet Beecher Stowe Short Story
69 The Body Snatcher Robert Louis Stevenson Short Story
80 The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce Short Story
86 Dracula's Guest Bram Stoker Short Story
94 The Monkey's Paw W. W. Jacobs Short Story
101 The Colour Out of Space H. P. Lovecraft Novelette
120 The Three Marked Pennies Mary Elizabeth Counselman Short Story
125 Catnip Robert Bloch Short Story
134 The Lottery Shirley Jackson Short Story
140 To Serve Man Damon Knight Short Story
145 The Third Level Jack Finney Short Story
148 The Howling Man Charles Beaumont Short Story
158 Duel Richard Matheson Novelette
174 The Raft Stephen King Novelette
193 Nightcrawlers Robert R. McCammon Novelette
207 High Fantasy: Ancestors and Disciples of Robert E. Howard and J. R. R. Tolkien Garyn G. Roberts Essay
208 The Gray Wolf George MacDonald Short Story
212 The People of the Pit A. Merritt Short Story
224 Friend Island Francis Stevens Short Story
232 The City of Singing Flame Clark Ashton Smith Novelette
256 The Tower of the Elephant Robert E. Howard Novelette
272 Riddles in the Dark J. R. R. Tolkien Short Story
283 Smoke Ghost Fritz Leiber Short Story
294 The Strange Drug of Doctor Caber Lord Dunsany Short Story
297 The Anything Box Zenna Henderson Short Story
306 The Drowned Giant J. G. Ballard Short Story
313 Red As Blood Tanith Lee Short Story
320 The Malaysian Mer Jane Yolen Short Story
325 Troll Bridge Neil Gaiman Short Story
332 Thirteen Phantasms James P. Blaylock Short Story
343 Jules Verne, Herbert George Wells, Hugo Gernsback, and the Early Days of Modern Scientifiction Garyn G. Roberts Essay
346 The Diamond Lens Fitz-James O'Brien Novelette
361 The Clock That Went Backward Edward Page Mitchell Short Story
370 An Express of the Future Jules Verne Short Story
373 The Star H. G. Wells Short Story
380 The Ray of Displacement Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford Short Story
390 A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs Novel
495 The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika Curt Siodmak Short Story
501 The Fate of the Poseidonia Clare Winger Harris Short Story
515 The Conquest of Gola Leslie F. Stone Short Story
525 Shambleau C. L. Moore Novelette
544 Robot Nemesis E. E. 'Doc' Smith Short Story
556 A Martian Odyssey Stanley G. Weinbaum Novelette
574 Robbie Isaac Asimov Short Story
587 Jay Score Eric Frank Russell Short Story
599 The Weapons Shop A. E. van Vogt Novelette
626 Arena Fredric Brown Novelette
644 Thunder and Roses Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
660 That Only a Mother Judith Merril Short Story
667 Enchantress of Venus Leigh Brackett Novella
709 The Long Watch Robert A. Heinlein Short Story
718 There Will Come Soft Rains Ray Bradbury Short Story
723 Invasion Frank Belknap Long Short Story
728 The Harpers of Titan Edmond Hamilton Novelette
745 The Sentinel Arthur C. Clarke Short Story
751 Pictures Don't Lie Katherine MacLean Short Story
763 The Lovers Philip José Farmer Novella
816 Mousetrap Andre Norton Short Story
821 Fondly Fahrenheit Alfred Bester Novelette
835 Exiles of Tomorrow Marion Zimmer Bradley Short Story
839 Dust Rag Hal Clement Short Story
852 Or All the Seas with Oysters Avram Davidson Short Story
859 The Store of the Worlds Robert Sheckley Short Story
864 Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Short Story
868 Without a Thought Fred Saberhagen Short Story
875 The Fiend Frederik Pohl Short Story
880 We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Philip K. Dick Novelette
894 Driftglass Samuel R. Delany Short Story
907 The Jigsaw Man Larry Niven Short Story
915 The Last Flight of Dr. Ain James Tiptree, Jr. Short Story
922 Seed Stock Frank Herbert Short Story
930 Roommates Harry Harrison Novelette
946 When It Changed Joanna Russ Short Story
951 The Undercity Dean R. Koontz Short Story
960 Opening Fire Barry N. Malzberg Short Story
964 The Engine at Heartspring's Center Roger Zelazny Short Story
970 Ender's Game Orson Scott Card Novelette
996 Melancholy Elephants Spider Robinson Short Story
1006 Burning Chrome William Gibson Novelette
1019 Blood Music Greg Bear Novelette
1035 Bloodchild Octavia E. Butler Novelette
1048 The Plague Star George R. R. Martin Novella
1107 Remaking History Kim Stanley Robinson Short Story
1116 The Purchase of Earth Jack Williamson Short Story
1127 How Science Fiction Got Its Name Sam Moskowitz Essay
1137 Fantasy and Science Fiction Film and Television Garyn G. Roberts Essay
1140 Fantasy and Science Fiction Radio Series Garyn G. Roberts Essay
1141 Fantasy and Science Fiction Comic Strips and Comic Books Garyn G. Roberts Essay
1143 Fantasy and Science Fiction on the Internet Garyn G. Roberts Essay
1144 Fantasy and Science Fiction Themes, Motifs, and Settings Garyn G. Roberts Essay
1146 Cornerstone Studies and Anthologies of Fantasy and Science Fiction in Print Media Garyn G. Roberts Essay
1172 Cornerstone Studies and Anthologies of Fantasy and Science Fiction in Nonprint Media Garyn G. Roberts Essay
xi Foreword (The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy) Jack Williamson Essay
xv Preface: Parameters, or, Amazing Stories versus Weird Tales, Atounding Stories versus Unknown Worlds Garyn G. Roberts Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Cover 2003 Prentice-Hall Trade Paperback Anthology Frank R. Paul xviii+1166