The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949

Contents

INTRODUCTION Melvin Korshak

PREFACE Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty

MARS IS HEAVEN! Ray Bradbury

EX MACHINA Lewis Padgett

THE STRANGE CASE OF JOHN KINGMAN Murray Leinster

DOUGHNUT JOCKEY Erik Fennel

THANG Martin Gardner

PERIOD PIECE J. J. Coupling

KNOCK Fredric Brown

GENIUS Paul Anderson

AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT Ray Bradbury

NO CONNECTION Isaac Asimov

IN HIDING Wilmar H. Shiras

HAPPY ENDING Henry Kuttner

Edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty

Introduction by Melvin Korshak

RAY BRADBURY • ISAAC ASIMOV•MURRAY LEINSTER • ERIK FENNEL•FREDRIC

BROWN • HENRY KUTTNER•J. J. COUPLING • LEWIS PADGETT•POUL ANDERSON •

MARTIN GARDNER•WILMAR H. SHIRAS

Frederick Fell, Inc., Publisher

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