''5 Unearthly Visions'' is an
anthology
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of
science fiction
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short stories edited by
Groff Conklin
Edward Groff Conklin (September 6, 1904 – July 19, 1968) was an American science fiction anthologist. He edited 40 anthologies of science fiction, one of mystery stories (co-edited with physician Noah Fabricant), wrote books on home improvement ...
. It was first published in paperback by
Fawcett Gold Medal in 1965 and reprinted in December 1967. The book has also been issued in German.
The book collects five novellas and novelettes by various science fiction authors. The stories were previously published from 1952 to 1957 in various science fiction and other magazines.
Contents
*"Legwork" (
Eric Frank Russell
Eric Frank Russell (January 6, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was a British people, British writer best known for his science fiction novels and short stories. Much of his work was first published in the United States, in John W. Campbell's ''Asto ...
)
*"Conditionally Human" (
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Walter Michael Miller Jr. (January 23, 1923 – January 9, 1996) was an American science fiction writer. His fix-up novel, '' A Canticle for Leibowitz'' (1959), the only novel published in his lifetime, won the 1961 Hugo Award for Best Novel. ...
)
*"Stamped Caution" (
Raymond Z. Gallun
Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 – April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.
Early life
Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, the son of Adolph and Martha Zinke Gallun. He graduated from high schoo ...
)
*"Dio" (
Damon Knight
Damon Francis Knight (September 19, 1922 – April 15, 2002) was an American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He is the author of " To Serve Man", a 1950 short story adapted for ''The Twilight Zone''.Stanyard, ''Dimensions Behind ...
)
*"Shadow World" (
Clifford D. Simak)
Notes
1965 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
Groff Conklin anthologies
1960s science fiction works
Gold Medal Books books
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