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'''''Imagination Unlimited''''' is a [[1952 in literature|1952]] anthology of [[science fiction]] short stories edited by [[Everett F. Bleiler]] and [[T. E. Dikty]] and published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Straus & Young]]. An abridged edition was published in the UK by [[The Bodley Head]] in 1953 containing six of the stories from the US edition. The remaining stories were published in the UK by [[John Lane (publisher)|John Lane]] as ''Men of Space and Time''. Ten of the stories originally appeared in the magazine ''[[Astounding]]''; the others came from ''[[Thrilling Wonder Stories]]'', ''[[Imagination (magazine)|Imagination]]'' and ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]''.
'''''Imagination Unlimited''''' is a [[1952 in literature|1952]] anthology of [[science fiction]] short stories edited by [[Everett F. Bleiler]] and [[T. E. Dikty]] and published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|Farrar, Straus & Young]]. An abridged edition was published in the UK by [[The Bodley Head]] in 1953 containing six of the stories from the US edition. The remaining stories were published in the UK by [[John Lane (publisher)|John Lane]] as ''Men of Space and Time''. Ten of the stories originally appeared in the magazine ''[[Astounding]]''; the others came from ''[[Thrilling Wonder Stories]]'', ''[[Imagination (magazine)|Imagination]]'' and ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]''.<ref name=contento>[http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t11.htm#A243 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections</ref>


==Contents==
==Contents==
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* Introduction, by [[Everett F. Bleiler]] & [[T. E. Dikty]]
* Introduction, by [[Everett F. Bleiler]] & [[T. E. Dikty]]
* "What Dead Men Tell", by [[Theodore Sturgeon]]
* "What Dead Men Tell", by [[Theodore Sturgeon]]
* "Referent", by [[Ray Bradbury]]
* "Referent", by [[Ray Bradbury]] (''Thrilling Wonder Stories'')
* "Blind Man’s Buff", by [[Malcolm Jameson]]
* "Blind Man’s Buff", by [[Malcolm Jameson]]
* "Pressure", by [[Ross Rocklynne]]
* "Pressure", by [[Ross Rocklynne]]
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* "Employment", by [[L. Sprague de Camp]]
* "Employment", by [[L. Sprague de Camp]]
* "Dreams Are Sacred", by Peter Phillips
* "Dreams Are Sacred", by Peter Phillips
* "Hold Back Tomorrow", by [[Kris Neville]]
* "Hold Back Tomorrow", by [[Kris Neville]] (''Imagination'')
* "Berom", by John Berryman
* "Berom", by John Berryman
* "The Fire and the Sword", by [[Frank M. Robinson|Frank Robinson]]
* "The Fire and the Sword", by [[Frank M. Robinson|Frank Robinson]] (''Galaxy'')

Except as noted, the stories originally appeared in ''Astounding Science Fiction''. "Referent" was originally published under the byline "Brett Sterling". "Employment" was originally published under the byline "Lyman R. Lyon".<ref name=contento/>


==Reception==
==Reception==

Revision as of 16:57, 4 August 2011

Imagination Unlimited
Dust-jacket from the first edition
Authoredited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction Short stories
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Young
Publication date
1952
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages430 pp
ISBNNA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character

Imagination Unlimited is a 1952 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty and published by Farrar, Straus & Young. An abridged edition was published in the UK by The Bodley Head in 1953 containing six of the stories from the US edition. The remaining stories were published in the UK by John Lane as Men of Space and Time. Ten of the stories originally appeared in the magazine Astounding; the others came from Thrilling Wonder Stories, Imagination and Galaxy Science Fiction.[1]

Contents

Except as noted, the stories originally appeared in Astounding Science Fiction. "Referent" was originally published under the byline "Brett Sterling". "Employment" was originally published under the byline "Lyman R. Lyon".[1]

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller, noting that the anthology was "built around more or less scientific concepts," praised it as "a good job, well done," meeting the standards of the editors' previous projects.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/isfac/t11.htm#A243 Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
  2. ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, November 1952, p.158