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First published in 1963 by editors Isaac Asimov and Groff Conklin, this Genre Anthology contains fifty Science Fiction short stories (plus two poems) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors. |
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Humanoid Aliens |
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Humanoid Aliens: In "The Ambassadors", by Anthony Boucher, the aliens found on Mars had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance. |
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People Zoo |
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People Zoo: "Teething Ring", a Short Story by James Causey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of an unusual fraternity initiation. |
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Pen Name: "An Egg A Month From All Over" is credited to Idris Seabright, a name Margaret St Clair used for any stories she published in The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction. "The Mist" is credited to Peter Cartur, a name used by Peter Grainger. "The Rag Thing" is credited to David Grinnell, a pseudonym for Donald A Wollheim. |
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Wacky Fratboy Hijinx |
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Wacky Fratboy Hijinx: "Teething Ring", a Short Story by James Causey, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being an alien anthropologist. |
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Born in the Wrong Century |
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Born in the Wrong Century: Charley, the narrator of "The Third Level", wants to get to 1894 Illinois like Sam, his psychiatrist. |
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Blatant Lies |
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Blatant Lies: In "Barney", the multiple spelling errors in the last entry of the journal are explained as being caused by a wrist sprain. |
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Chronoscope |
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Chronoscope: In "Who's Cribbing?", a writer accused of plagiarism claims that what's really going on is that he wrote the original work, and the long-dead author he's accused of plagiarising stole it using a chronoscope. |
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Nameless Narrative |
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Nameless Narrative: "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names. |
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Dramatically Missing the Point |
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Dramatically Missing the Point: In "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch, the robot narrator describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots. |
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Epigraph |
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Epigraph: "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", a Poem by Poul Anderson, opens with a quote from "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland" as described in The Saga of Erik the Red. |
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Shout-Out |
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Shout-Out: "The Weapon", by Fredric Brown, mentions Chicken Little by name. |
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Worst Aid |
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Worst Aid: In "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch, the Man was sick and the Robot tried to help by administering first aid, figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs. |
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Suspiciously Specific Denial |
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Suspiciously Specific Denial: The ending of "Barney." |
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Atlantis |
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Atlantis: "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", a Poem by Poul Anderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, Tir-nan-Og, Tartessus, and Punt. |
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