Adventures in time and space : an anthology of modern science-fiction stories

Adventures in Time and Space is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas and originally published in 1946. A second edition was also published in 1946 that eliminated the last five stories. A Modern Library edition was issued in 1957. When it was re-released in 1975 by Ballantine Books, Analog book reviewer Lester del Rey referred to it as a book he often gave to people in order to turn them onto the genre. It is now once again out of print. The large (997 page) anthology collected numerous stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction, which had originally appeared in pulp magazines (mostly Astounding Science Fiction) and are now regarded as classics of science fiction. According to Frederik Pohl, it was "A colossal achievement...the book that started the science-fiction publishing industry!" In 1954, Anthony Boucher described it as "the one anthology unarguably essential to every reader." In Astounding readers' surveys in both 1952 and 1956, it was rated the best science fiction book ever published. Introduction, by Raymond J. Healy and J. Francis McComas Requiem (1940), by Robert A. Heinlein Forgetfulness (1937), by John W. Campbell, Jr. (as Don A. Stuart) Nerves (1942), by Lester del Rey The Sands of Time (1937), by P. Schuyler Miller The Proud Robot (1943), by Henry Kuttner (as Lewis Padgett) Seeds of the Dusk (1938), by Raymond Z. Gallun Black Destroyer (1939), by A. E. van Vogt Symbiotica (1943), by Eric Frank Russell Heavy Planet (1939), by Milton A. Rothman (as Lee Gregor) Time Locker (1943), by Henry Kuttner (as Lewis Padgett) The Link (1942), by Cleve Cartmill Mechanical Mice (1941), by Eric Frank Russell (as Maurice G. Hugi) V-2: Rocket Cargo Ship (1945), by Willy Ley Adam and No Eve (1941), by Alfred Bester Nightfall (1941), by Isaac Asimov A Matter of Size (1934), by Harry Bates As Never Was (1944), by P. Schuyler Miller Q. U. R. (1943), by Anthony Boucher Who Goes There? (1938), by John W. Campbell, Jr. (as Don A. Stuart) The Roads Must Roll (1940), by Robert A. Heinlein Asylum (1942), by A. E. van Vogt Quietus (1940), by Ross Rocklynne The Twonky (1942), by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (as Lewis Padgett) Time-Travel Happens! (1939), by A. M. Phillips Robot's Return (1938), by Robert Moore Williams The Blue Giraffe (1939), by L. Sprague de Camp Flight into Darkness (1943), by J. Francis McComas (as Webb Marlowe) The Weapons Shop (1942), by A. E. van Vogt Farewell to the Master (1940), by Harry Bates Within the Pyramid (1937), by R. DeWitt Miller He Who Shrank (1936), by Henry Hasse By his Bootstraps (1941), by Robert A. Heinlein (as Anson MacDonald) The Star Mouse (1942), by Fredric Brown Correspondence Course (1945), by Raymond F. Jones Brain (1932), by S. Fowler Wright Title......Page 1 Copyright......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 3 Dedication......Page 4 INTRODUCTION......Page 5 Requiem......Page 9 FORGETFULNESS......Page 22 NERVES......Page 39 THE SANDS OF TIME......Page 85 THE PROUD ROBOT......Page 104 BLACK DESTROYER......Page 129 SYMBIOTICA......Page 150 SEEDS OF THE DUSK......Page 181 HEAVY PLANET......Page 199 TIME LOCKER......Page 205 THE LINK......Page 222 MECHANICAL MICE......Page 231 V-2-ROCKET CARGO SHIP......Page 247 ADAM AND NO EVE......Page 261 NIGHTFALL......Page 271 A MATTER OF SIZE......Page 295 AS NEVER WAS......Page 328 Q. U. R.......Page 338 WHO GOES THERE?......Page 352 The Roads Must Roll......Page 389 Asylum......Page 415 Quietus......Page 453 THE TWONKY......Page 462 TIME-TRAVEL HAPPENS!......Page 478 ROBOT'S RETURN......Page 485 THE BLUE GIRAFFE......Page 493 FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS......Page 510 THE WEAPONS SHOP......Page 525 FAREWELL TO THE MASTER......Page 551 WITHIN THE PYRAMID......Page 576 HE WHO SHRANK......Page 582 By His Bootstraps......Page 620 THE STAR MOUSE......Page 656 Correspondence Course......Page 669 BRAIN......Page 683