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Outsiders: Children of Wonder

William Tenn

First published 1954
Publisher Permabooks
Format Paperback
Type Anthology
Catalog ID P291
Cover art Richard Powers (artist)
Pages 355
Price $0.35

  • Permabook edition published June, 1954
  • 1st printing ... May, 1954
  • Cover artist is not credited, no visible signature. Richard Powers is confirmed by Jane Frank in 'The Art of Richard Powers' (2001) ISBN 1-85585-890-8
  • $0.39 in Canada
  • "About the Editor" is on an unnumbered page.

Page Title Author(s) Type
9 Introduction (Children of Wonder) William Tenn Essay
17 Part 1: Wild Talents William Tenn Essay
19 The Rocking-Horse Winner D. H. Lawrence Short Story
33 The Words of Guru C. M. Kornbluth Short Story
40 Baby Is Three Theodore Sturgeon Novella
95 Part 2: The Child Possessed William Tenn Essay
97 The Small Assassin Ray Bradbury Short Story
112 The Story of a Panic E. M. Forster Novelette
132 The Piper's Son Lewis Padgett Novelette
159 Part 3: The Stuff of Dreams William Tenn Essay
161 Miriam Truman Capote Short Story
172 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me A. E. Coppard Short Story
182 Child's Play Alice-Mary Schnirring Short Story
190 The Open Window Saki Short Story
195 Part 4: Terror in the Nursery William Tenn Essay
197 The End of the Party Graham Greene Short Story
205 The Idol of the Flies Jane Rice Short Story
225 That Only a Mother Judith Merril Short Story
235 Part 5: Alien Brothers William Tenn Essay
237 Born of Man and Woman Richard Matheson Short Story
240 Keyhole Murray Leinster Short Story
255 Terminal Quest Poul Anderson Short Story
273 Part 6: Little Superman, What Now? William Tenn Essay
275 The Origin of the Species Katherine MacLean Short Story
282 In Hiding Wilmar H. Shiras Novelette
315 Part 7: In Times to Come William Tenn Essay
317 The Hatchery (Excerpt from Brave New World) Aldous Huxley Short Fiction
335 Errand Boy William Tenn Short Story
351 Nightmare for Future Reference Stephen Vincent Benét Poem
356 About the Editor (Children of Wonder) uncredited Essay