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The Compleat Boucher contains all of the science fiction and fantasy written by Anthony Boucher. It contains such classic stories as "The Quest for Saint Aquin," "Snulbug," and "The Compleat Werewolf." Many of the stories collected here have never before appeared in a Boucher collection, and some haven't been reprinted since their original magazine publication. "Rappaccini's Other Daughter" appears here for the first time.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1952) - essay by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
• Huge Beast - (1950) - shortstory by Cleve Cartmill
• John the Revelator - (1951) - shortstory by Oliver La Farge
• Elephas Frumenti - (1950) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• The Gift of God - (1950) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• The Friendly Demon - (1726) - shortstory by Daniel Defoe
• Old Man Henderson - (1951) - shortstory by Kris Neville
• The Threepenny-Piece - (1913) - shortstory by James Stephens
• No-Sided Professor - (1947) - shortstory by Martin Gardner
• The Listening Child - (1950) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
• Dress of White Silk - (1951) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
• The Mathematical Voodoo - (1951) - shortstory by H. Nearing, Jr.
• Hub - (1951) - shortstory by Philip MacDonald
• Built Up Logically - (1949) - shortstory by Howard Schoenfeld
• The Rat That Could Speak - (1860) - shortstory by Charles Dickens
• Narapoia - (1948) - shortstory by Alan Nelson
• Postpaid to Paradise - (1940) - shortstory by Robert Arthur
• In the Days of Our Fathers - (1949) - shortstory by Winona McClintic
• Barney - (1951) - shortstory by Will Stanton
• The Collector - (1951) - novelette by Gerald Heard
• Fearsome Fable - (1951) - shortstory by Bruce Elliott

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
• Come On, Wagon! - (1951) - shortstory by Zenna Henderson
• Hobson's Choice - (1952) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
• The Black Ball - (1952) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• Ransom - (1952) - shortstory by H. B. Fyfe
• Letters to the Editor - (1950) - shortstory by Ron Goulart
• The Hole in the Moon - (1952) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
• The Desrick on Yandro - (1952) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• Jizzle - (1949) - shortstory by John Wyndham
• Ugly Sister - (1935) - shortstory by Jan Struther
• Stair Trick - (1952) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• The Cheery Soul - (1942) - shortstory by Elizabeth Bowen
• The Shout - (1929) - shortstory by Robert Graves
• Budding Explorer - (1952) - shortstory by Ralph Robin
• The Tooth - (1952) - shortstory by G. Gordon Dewey
• The Soothsayer - (1952) - shortstory by Kem Bennett
• The Third Level - (1950) - shortstory by Jack Finney
• The Earlier Service - (1935) - shortstory by Margaret Irwin
• The Hyperspherical Basketball - (1951) - shortstory by H. Nearing, Jr.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1954) - essay by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
• Attitudes - (1953) - shortstory by Philip José Farmer
• Maybe Just a Little One - (1953) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
• Solar Systems... - (1953) - poem by E. D. B.
• The Star Gypsies - (1953) - shortstory by William Lindsay Gresham
• The Naming of Names - (1953) - poem by Anthony Boucher
• The Untimely Toper - (1953) - shortstory by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• Some Facts About Robots (1953 version) - (1953) - poem by Leonard Wolf
• Vandy, Vandy - (1953) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• Experiment - (1953) - shortstory by Kay Rogers
• Lot - [David Jimmon] - (1953) - novelette by Ward Moore
• Manuscript Found in a Vacuum - (1952) - shortstory by P. M. Hubbard
• The Escapist - (1953) - poem by E. D. B.
• The Maladjusted Classroom - (1953) - shortstory by H. Nearing, Jr.
• Child by Chronos - (1953) - shortstory by Charles L. Harness
• The Antiquary - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic
• New Ritual - (1953) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
• The Two Voices - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic
• Devlin - (1953) - shortstory by William Bernard Ready
• Captive Audience - (1953) - shortstory by Ann Warren Griffith
• Snulbug - (1941) - shortstory by Anthony Boucher
• Shepherd's Boy - (1912) - shortstory by Richard Middleton
• The Unquiet Grave - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic
• Star Light, Star Bright - (1953) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
• His Master's Voice - (1953) - poem by Winona McClintic

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1955) - essay by Anthony Boucher
• Fondly Fahrenheit - (1954) - novelette by Alfred Bester
• I Never Ast No Favors - (1954) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• Some Facts About Robots (1954 version) - (1954) - poem by Leonard Wolf
• Heirs Apparent - (1954) - novelette by Robert Abernathy
• $1.98 - (1954) - shortstory by Arthur Porges
• The Immortal Game - (1954) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• All Summer in a Day - (1954) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• The Accountant - (1954) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• Epitaph Near Moonport - (1954) - poem by Sherwood Springer
• Brave New Word - (1954) - shortstory by J. Francis McComas
• My Boy Friend's Name Is Jello - (1954) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• The Test - (1954) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
• Careless Love - (1954) - shortstory by Bud Foote
• Report on the Sexual Behavior of the Extra-Sensory Perceptor - (1954) - poem by Anthony Boucher
• Bulletin - (1954) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
• Epitaph in Avalon - (1954) - poem by Sherwood Springer
• Sanctuary - (1954) - novelette by Daniel F. Galouye
• Misadventure - (1953) - shortstory by Lord Dunsany
• More Facts About Robots - (1954) - poem by Leonard Wolf
• The Little Black Train - (1954) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• Cowboy Lament - (1954) - poem by Norman R. Jaffray
• The Foundation of Science Fiction Success - (1954) - poem by Isaac Asimov

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1956) - essay by Anthony Boucher
• Imagine: A Proem - (1955) - poem by Fredric Brown
• You're Another - (1955) - novelette by Damon Knight
• Survival - (1955) - poem by Carlyn Coffin
• This Earth of Majesty - (1955) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Birds Can't Count - (1955) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• The Golem - (1955) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• 1980 Overtures - (1955) - poem by Winona McClintic
• Pottage - [The People] - (1955) - novelette by Zenna Henderson
• The Vanishing American - (1955) - shortstory by Charles Beaumont
• Created He Them - (1955) - shortstory by Alice Eleanor Jones
• Silent, Upon Two Peaks... - (1955) - poem by Anthony Boucher
• Too Far - (1955) - shortstory by Fredric Brown
• A Matter of Energy - (1955) - shortstory by James Blish
• Nellthu - (1955) - shortstory by Anthony Boucher
• Dreamworld - (1955) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts - (1955) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
• The Glass of the Future - (1955) - poem by Anthony Boucher
• The Short Ones - (1955) - novelette by Raymond E. Banks
• The Last Prophet - (1955) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• Botany Bay - (1955) - shortstory by P. M. Hubbard
• A Canticle for Leibowitz - (1955) - novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• Lament by a Maker - (1955) - poem by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Doctrine of Original Design - (1955) - poem by Winona McClintic
• Pattern for Survival - (1955) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
• The Singing Bell - (1955) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• The Last Word - (1955) - shortstory by Chad Oliver and Charles Beaumont

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1957) - essay by Anthony Boucher
• The Cosmic Expense Account - (1956) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• Blaze of Glory - (1955) - poem by Randall Garrett
• Mr. Sakrison's Halt - (1956) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• The Woods Grow Darker - (1955) - poem by Leah Bodine Drake
• The Asa Rule - (1956) - shortstory by Jay Williams
• King's Evil - (1956) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Interview - (1955) - poem by Bird Ferguson
• The Census Takers - (1956) - shortstory by Frederik Pohl
• Flying Chaucer - (1956) - poem by Anthony Brode
• The Man Who Came Early - (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Anti-Climax - (1956) - poem by Winona McClintic
• Final Clearance - (1956) - shortstory by Rachel Maddux
• The Silk and the Song - (1956) - novelette by Charles L. Fontenay
• The Shoddy Lands - (1956) - shortstory by C. S. Lewis
• I Want My Name in the Title - (1956) - poem by Winona McClintic
• The Last Present - (1956) - shortstory by Will Stanton
• No Man Pursueth - (1956) - novelette by Ward Moore
• I Don't Mind - (1956) - shortstory by Ron Smith
• The Barbarian - (1956) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• Bright Destruction - (1956) - poem by Winona McClintic
• And Now the News ... - (1956) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• Icarus Montgolfier Wright - (1956) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• Free Flight - (1956) - poem by P. M. Hubbard

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1958) - essay by Anthony Boucher
• The Wines of Earth - (1957) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair
• In Memoriam: Fletcher Pratt - (1957) - poem by James Blish
• Adjustment - (1957) - novelette by Ward Moore
• The Cage - (1957) - shortstory by A. Bertram Chandler
• Mr. Stilwell's Stage - (1957) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• The Starting Line - (1956) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Robin Hood, F.R.S. - (1956) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Green Fingers - (1956) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• All That Glitters - (1956) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Watch This Space - (1956) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• A Question of Residence - (1956) - shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• Expedition - (1956) - shortstory by Fredric Brown
• Lyric for Atom-Splitters - (1957) - poem by Doris Pitkin Buck
• Rescue - (1957) - shortstory by G. C. Edmondson
• The Horror Story Shorter By One Letter Than the Shortest Horror Story Ever Written - (1957) - shortstory by Ron Smith
• Between the Thunder and the Sun - (1957) - novelette by Chad Oliver
• A Loint of Paw - (1957) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• The Wild Wood - (1957) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• Dodger Fan - (1957) - shortstory by Will Stanton
• Goddess in Granite - (1957) - novelette by Robert F. Young
• Yes, but... - (1957) - poem by Anthony Brode
• MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie - (1957) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• Journey's End - (1957) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• Full Circle - (1956) - poem by Dorothy Cowles Pinkney
• The Big Trek - (1957) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Best from F&SF 8) - (1959) - essay by Anthony Boucher
• Ministering Angels - (1955) - shortstory by C. S. Lewis
• Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot - (January 1958) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
• Backwardness - (1958) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• The Wait - (1958) - shortstory by Kit Reed
• Origin of the Species - (1958) - poem by Karen Anderson
• The Up-to-Date Sorcerer - (1958) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• Epithalamium - (1958) - poem by Doris Pitkin Buck
• A Deskful of Girls - (1958) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• Eripmav - (1958) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• The Watchers - (1958) - poem by Anthony Brode
• Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Better Bet - (1958) - poem by Anthony Brode
• The Omen - (1958) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
• Ye Phantasie Writer and His Catte - (1958) - poem by Winona McClintic
• Gil Braltar - (1958) - shortstory by Jules Verne
• In Memoriam: Henry Kuttner - (1958) - poem by Karen Anderson
• The Grantha Sighting - (1958) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Theory of Rocketry - (1958) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• C. M. Kornbluth: A Memorial Bibliography (Recommended Reading) - (1958) - essay by Anthony Boucher
• A New Lo! - (1958) - essay by Ron Goulart
• Gorilla Suit - (1958) - shortstory by John Shepley
• Captivity - (1958) - novella by Zenna Henderson
• The Men Who Murdered Mohammed - (1958) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
• Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot - (August 1958) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
• Valise Macabre - (1957) - poem by Winona McClintic

For his characters alone in this book, Anthony Boucher deserves awards. They are other-worldly (a ghost who gets killed--?); an air-breathing squid-like Martian who is a brilliant bartender of mixes for two humans who revolutionize the use of robotics and androids; some mummified creatures who have a cannibalistic way of coming alive when unexpected; a Lilliputian demon who can't manage the simplest of tasks when asked; and of course, the title player, a college professor-turned-werewolf for love. Not enough? How about a murder that costs the killer more than his life by summoning a creature from his own imagination? Just ask Gorgo, Dugg Quinby, Wolfe Wolf, Guzub, and Snulbug (but don't ask the latter for tomorrow's newspaper. He might bring it and a lot of surprises too.)

Contents:

• 7 - The Compleat Werewolf - [Fergus O'Breen] - (1942) - novella
• 63 - The Pink Caterpillar - [Fergus O'Breen] - (1945) - shortstory
• 74 - Q. U. R. - (1943) - shortstory
• 99 - Robinc - (1943) - shortstory
• 119 - Snulbug - (1941) - shortstory
• 136 - Mr. Lupescu - (1945) - shortstory
• 141 - They Bite - (1943) - shortstory
• 154 - Expedition - (1943) - shortstory
• 170 - We Print the Truth - (1943) - novella
• 240 - The Ghost of Me - (1942) - shortstory

Table of Contents:

• Before the Curtain... - essay by Anthony Boucher
• Re-Birth - (1955) - novel by John Wyndham
• The Shape of Things That Came - (1951) - shortstory by Richard Deming
• Pillar of Fire - (1948) - novelette by Ray Bradbury
• Waldo - (1942) - novella by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Father-Thing - (1954) - shortstory by Philip K. Dick
• The Children's Hour - (1944) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• Gomez - (1954) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• The [Widget], the [Wadget], and Boff - (1955) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• Sandra - (1957) - shortstory by George P. Elliott
• Beyond Space and Time - (1938) - novelette by Joel Townsley Rogers
• The Martian Crown Jewels - (1958) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
• The Weapon Shops of Isher - (1951) - novel by A. E. van Vogt

Table of Contents:

• Brain Wave - (1954) - novel by Poul Anderson
• Bullard Reflects - (1941) - shortstory by Malcolm Jameson
• The Lost Years (Excerpt) - (1951) - shortfiction by Oscar Lewis
• Dead Center - (1954) - novelette by Judith Merril
• Lost Art - (1943) - novelette by George O. Smith
• The Other Side of the Sky - (1957) - shortfiction by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Man Who Sold the Moon - (1950) - novella by Robert A. Heinlein
• Magic City - (1941) - novelette by Nelson S. Bond
• The Morning of the Day They Did It - (1950) - shortstory by E. B. White
• Piggy Bank - (1942) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• Letters from Laura - (1954) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• The Stars My Destination - (1956) - novel by Alfred Bester