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Cover of Science Fiction Puzzle Tales

Science Fiction Puzzle Tales

Martin Gardner

First published 1981
Series SF Puzzles
Publisher Clarkson N. Potter
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Jan Sawka
Pages xii+148
Price $10.95
ISBN 051754380X

  • Cover art credited on back flap of dustjacket.
  • Publication date from Locus #246 (July 1981).
  • Some puzzles are illustrated with charts or graphs, presumably by Gardner.

Year Reviewer Publication
1982 John DiPrete Science Fiction Review, Spring 1982
1983 Dave Langford Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 3

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Lost on Capra Martin Gardner Short Story
5 The Doctors' Dilemma Martin Gardner Short Story
6 Space Pool Martin Gardner Short Story
8 Machismo on Byronia Martin Gardner Short Story
9 The Defective Doyles Martin Gardner Short Story
10 The Third Dr. Moreau Martin Gardner Short Story
11 The Voyage of the Bagel Martin Gardner Short Story
12 The Great Ring of Neptune Martin Gardner Short Story
13 The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake Martin Gardner Short Story
15 The Postage Stamps of Philo Tate Martin Gardner Short Story
17 Captain Tittlebaum's Test Martin Gardner Short Story
20 Exploring Carter's Crater Martin Gardner Short Story
22 Pink, Blue, and Green Martin Gardner Short Story
23 The Three Robots of Professor Tinker Martin Gardner Short Story
24 How Bagson Bagged a Board Game Martin Gardner Short Story
26 The Shop on Bedford Street Martin Gardner Short Story
28 Tanya Tackles Topology Martin Gardner Short Story
30 The Explosion of Blabbage's Oracle Martin Gardner Short Story
32 Dracula Makes a Martini Martin Gardner Short Story
33 The Erasing of Philbert the Fudger Martin Gardner Short Story
36 Oulipo Wordplay Martin Gardner Short Story
37 How Crock and Witson Cracked a Code Martin Gardner Short Story
38 Titan's Titanic Symbol Martin Gardner Short Story
40 Professor Cracker's Antitelephone Martin Gardner Short Story
41 Vacation on the Moon Martin Gardner Short Story
43 Weird Numbers from Titan Martin Gardner Short Story
45 Lucifer at Las Vegas Martin Gardner Short Story
46 Off We're Going to Shuttle Martin Gardner Short Story
48 The Backward Banana Martin Gardner Short Story
50 The Queer Story of Gardner's Magazine Martin Gardner Short Story
53 Blabbage's Decision Paradox Martin Gardner Short Story
55 No Vacancy at Aleph-Null Inn Martin Gardner Short Story
57 Tube Through the Earth Martin Gardner Short Story
58 Robots of Oz Martin Gardner Short Story
61 The Dance of the Jolly Green Digits Martin Gardner Short Story
63 The Bagel Heads Home Martin Gardner Short Story
67 First Answers (Science Fiction Puzzle Tales) Martin Gardner Essay
103 Second Answers (Science Fiction Puzzle Tales) Martin Gardner Essay
129 Third Answers (Science Fiction Puzzle Tales) Martin Gardner Essay
147 Bibliography (Science Fiction Puzzle Tales) Martin Gardner Essay
vii Foreword (Science Fiction Puzzles) Isaac Asimov Essay
xi Preface (Science Fiction Puzzles) Martin Gardner Essay
xii How to Use This Book Martin Gardner Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Science Fiction Puzzle Tales Cover 1981 Clarkson N. Potter Trade Paperback Collection Jan Sawka xii+148
Science Fiction Puzzle Tales 1983 Penguin Books Trade Paperback Collection xii+148