Science Fiction of the 50's
| Book | Spectator Sport |
| Editor | Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| Preface by | Frederik Pohl |
| Introduction by | Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| Publisher | The Hearst Corporation |
| Contributing Writer | John D. MacDonald, Katherine MacLean, Kris Neville, Fredric Brown, Mack Reynolds, Mark Clifton, Jack Vance, William Tenn, Fritz Leiber, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Abernathy, Alfred Bester, Margaret St. Clair, Robert Sheckley, Algis Budrys, Frederik Pohl, James Blish, Damon Knight, C. M. Kornbluth, A. Bertram Chandler, Poul Anderson, Chan Davis |
| Cover Art by | Gary Viskupic |
| Afterword by | Barry N. Malzberg |
| Printed by | Nelson Doubleday |
| Imprint | Avon Books |
| Copyright Holder | Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | New York, NY |
| Copyright | 1979 |
| Printed | 1980-01 |
| Pages / Font | 393 pages |
| Chapters | xi • Preface, by Frederik Pohl xv • Introduction, by Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg 1 • Spectator Sport, by John D. MacDonald 9 • Feedback, by Katherine MacLean 29 • Bettyann, by Kris Neville 71 • Dark Interlude, by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds 81 • What Have I Done?, by Mark Clifton 99 • DP!, by Jack Vance 121 • The Liberation of Earth, by William Tenn 141 • A Bad Day for Sales, by Fritz Leiber 149 • Saucer of Loneliness, by Theodore Sturgeon 163 • Heirs Apparent, by Robert Abernathy 187 • 5,271,009, by Alfred Bester 223 • Short in the Chest, by Margaret St. Clair 233 • The Academy, by Robert Sheckley 257 • Nobody Bothers Gus, by Algis Budrys 271 • Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus, by Frederik Pohl 295 • A Work of Art, by James Blish 313 • The Country of the Kind, by Damon Knight 327 • The Education of Tigress McCardle, by C. M. Kornbluth 339 • The Cage, by A. Bertram Chandler 353 • The Last of the Deliverers, by Poul Anderson 367 • Adrift on the Policy Level, by Chan Davis 387 • Afterword: Love O Careless Love, by Barry N. Malzberg 391 • Selected Bibliography |
| Notes | First hardcover edition. Book Club Edition printed by Nelson Doubleday for the Science Fiction Book Club. First printing has gutter code "K03" on page 392, indicating a printing in January 1980. Title page gives book title as Science Fiction of the Fifties. |
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