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Table fo Contents:

• Kaleidoscope: When Worlds Kaleid - (1997) - essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
• Foreword (Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts, Millennium Edition) - (1997) - essay by John Landis
• I (Alone) Stand in A World of Legless Humans - (1976) - shortstory by Dennis Palumbo
• Under the Lavender Skies - (1974) - shortstory by Adrian Hayworth
• The Cat & The Canaries - (1957) - shortstory by Helen M. Urban (variant of The Cat and the Canaries)
• Eye of the Beholder - (1976) - shortstory by Shirley Parenteau
• Litter of the Law - [Shock Short] - (1975) - shortstory by J. Douglas Burtt
• Traders in Treasures - (1934) - shortstory by C. P. Mason
• Pressure Cruise - (1974) - shortstory by Alexander Gorbovsky (trans. of ????????? 1972) [as by Andrei Gorbovskii ]
• Alien Catastrophe - [Shock Short] - (1974) - shortstory by Henry Melton
• The Tweenie - [Half-Breed - 1] - (1940) - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Half-Breed)
• Deathrace 200 - (1956) - shortstory by Ib Melchior (variant of The Racer) [as by Ib J. Melchior ]
• The Swordsmen of Varnis - (1950) - shortstory by Clive Jackson
• Starburst - (1976) - shortstory by Robert Lulyk
• The Cosmic Kidnappers - (1993) - shortfiction by Christian Vallini and Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Christian Vallini and S. F. Balboa ]
• Cosmic Parallel - (1941) - shortfiction by Arthur Louis Joquel, II
• The Sky's an Oyster; The Stars Are Pearls - (1975) - shortstory by David Bischoff (variant of The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls) [as by Dave Bischoff ]
• And Satan Came - (1940) - shortstory by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• Experiment - [Shock Short] - (1935) - shortstory by R. H. Barlow
• Golden Nemesis - (1941) - shortstory by David A. Kyle
• Secret of the Sun - (1939) - shortstory by Ray Cummings
• Pallas Rebellion - (1950) - shortstory by Donald A. Wollheim
• The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar - (1904) - shortstory by Francis Stevens [as by G. M. Barrows ]
• A Scientist Rises - (1932) - shortstory by Harry Bates and Desmond W. Hall [as by Harry Bates and Desmond Winter Hall ]
• Homecoming - [Shock Short] - (1955) - shortstory by J. Harvey Haggard
• The Impossible Invention - (1942) - shortstory by Robert Moore Williams
• The Smile - (1952) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• The Far Way - (1935) - shortstory by David R. Daniels
• Parasite Lost - (1974) - shortstory by Raymond James Jones
• Messenger to Infinity - (1942) - shortstory by J. Harvey Haggard
• Sic Transit Gloria Mundi - (1997) - shortstory by George Allen
• A Question of Priorities - (1975) - shortstory by Allan J. Wind
• The Banning - (1977) - shortstory by Carmel Lou Rhoten
• The Last Poet & the Wrongness of Space - (1934) - shortfiction by A. Merritt
• Let the Future Judge - [Shock Short] - (1974) - shortstory by L. Lester Anderson
• The Final Men - [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] - (1895) - shortfiction by H. G. Wells
• Navigational Error - (1997) - shortfiction by Steve Tymon
• Devonshire's Song - [Shock Short] - (1974) - shortstory by Matt Graham
• A Martian Oddity - (1950) - shortfiction by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Weaver Wright ]
• Love - (1952) - shortstory by Richard Wilson
• The Golden Pyramid - (1956) - shortstory by Sam Moskowitz
• The Biography Project - (1951) - shortstory by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold ]
• I'll Kill You Tomorrow - (1953) - shortstory by Helen Huber
• Police Action - [Shock Short] - (1975) - shortstory by S. C. Smith
• Where There's Hope - (1953) - shortstory by Jerome Bixby
• The Queen & I - (1973) - shortstory by Steven Utley
• Untimely Interruption - (1974) - shortstory by Matt Graham
• Extenuating Circumstances - (1977) - shortstory by Ann Orhelein
• Punishment Fit the Crime - (1953) - shortstory by Lyn Venable
• To Serf MAN - (1974) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Coil Kepac ]
• Theory or Fact? - (1975) - shortstory by Michael R. Farkash
• Kiki - (1947) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Laurajean Ermayne ]
• For the Good of Society - (1993) - shortstory by Terri E. Pinckard [as by Terri E. Merrit-Pinckard ]
• Twice Removed - [Shock Short] - (1974) - shortstory by R. Michael Rosen
• Replacement Part - (1974) - shortstory by Greg Akers
• The Satellite-Keeper's Daughter - (1956) - shortstory by Mark Reinsberg
• Nymph of Darkness - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - shortstory by C. L. Moore and Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Forrest J. Ackerman and Catherine L. Moore ]
• The Genesis of an Invisible Venusienne - (1989) - essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
• The "Nymph" o' Maniack - (1948) - essay by Forrest J. Ackerman
• Itself! - (1963) - shortstory by A. E. van Vogt
• Big, Wide, Wonderful World - [Shock Short] - (1958) - shortstory by Charles E. Fritch
• The Door - (1941) - shortstory by Oliver Saari
• Racial Memory - (1974) - shortstory by Ralph O. Hughes, Jr.
• Tunnel - (1977) - shortstory by Roger Aday
• Inferiority - (1954) - shortstory by James Causey
• Task of the Temponaut - (1973) - shortfiction by Norbert F. Novotny and Van Del Rio
• Beauty - (1942) - shortstory by Hannes Bok
• The Shortest SF Story Ever Told - (1973) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman (variant of Cosmic Report Card: Earth)
• Final Victory - (1976) - shortstory by Jill Taggart

The newly expanded version of this classic comes replete with even more stories from Forrest J Ackerman and his talented friends and collaborators. Joining such notables as Theodore Sturgeon and A. E. van Vogt are classic authors Catherine L. Moore, Donald A. Wollheim, and more.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J Ackerman & Friends PLUS) - (2002) - essay
• Earth's Lucky Day - [Shock Short] - (1936) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman and Francis Flagg
• Dwellers in the Dust - [Shock Short] - (1948) - shortstory
• Micro Man - (1946) - shortstory
• A Martian Oddity - (1950) - shortstory
• Confessions of a Science Fiction Addict - (1957) - essay
• The Big Sleep - (1950) - shortstory
• Metropolis Ueber Alles - (1963) - essay
• Burn Witch, Burn - (1958) - shortstory
• And Then the Cover Was Bare - (1969) - shortstory
• The Lure and Lore of The Blind Spot - (1951) - essay
• Task of the Temponaut - (1973) - shortfiction by Norbert F. Novotny and Van Del Rio
• Yvala - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette by C. L. Moore [as by C. L. Moore and Amaryllis Ackerman ]
• The Cosmic Kidnappers - (1993) - shortfiction by Christian Vallini and Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Christian Vallini and S. F. Balboa ]
• The Girl Who Wasn't There - (1963) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman and Tigrina and William F. Nolan and Charles E. Fritch
• The Lady Takes a Powder - (1953) - shortstory by Tigrina and Forrest J. Ackerman
• The Atomic Monument - (1969) - shortfiction by Theodore Sturgeon and Forrest J. Ackerman
• Nyusa, Nymph of Darkness - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - shortstory by C. L. Moore and Forrest J. Ackerman (variant of Nymph of Darkness) [as by Catherine L. Moore and Forrest J. Ackerman ]
• Time to Change - (1968) - shortfiction by Forrest J. Ackerman and Marcial Souto
• Great Gog's Grave - (1981) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman and Donald A. Wollheim
• The Naughty Venusienne - (2002) - shortstory by Morgan Ives (I) and Otis Kaye
• The Time Twister - (1947) - shortstory by Francis Flagg and Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Francis Flagg and Weaver Wright ]
• Dhactwhu! - Remember? - [Shock Short] - (1949) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman and Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Wilfred Owen Morley and Jacques DeForest Erman ]
• Tarzan and the Golden Loin - (1948) - shortstory
• Count Down to Doom - (1966) - shortfiction by Forrest J. Ackerman and Charles Nuetzel
• The Far-Out Philosopher of Science Fiction - (1949) - essay
• Laugh, Clone, Laugh - (1969) - shortstory by A. E. van Vogt and Forrest J. Ackerman
• When Frighthood Was in Flower - (1969) - essay
• The Record - (1939) - shortstory by Forrest J. Ackerman and Ray Bradbury
• The Man Who Was Thirsty - (1969) - shortfiction
• The House in the Twilight Zone - (1969) - essay
• The Radclyffe Effect - (1969) - shortstory
• Letter to an Angel - (1969) - shortstory

This collection of stories of the unknown by women writers spans over 70 years of accomplishment with classic tales and some brand-new ones written just for this volume.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: From Female Pioneers to Present-Day Writers - essay by Terri Merritt-Pinckard
• All Cats Are Gray - (1953) - short story by Andre Norton
• A Letter of the Twenty-Fourth Century - (1929) - short story by Leslie F. Stone
• The Feminine Metamorphosis - [Taine - 2] - (1929) - novella by David H. Keller, M.D.
• A Small Planet of Our Own - short story by Terri Merritt-Pinckard
• Kiki - (1947) - short story by Forrest J Ackerman
• Nyusa, Nymph of Darkness - [Northwest Smith] - (1935) - short story by C. L. Moore and Forrest J Ackerman
• The Miracle of the Lily - (1928) - novelette by Clare Winger Harris
• The Three Marked Pennies - (1934) - short story by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
• The Man from Space - (1930) - novelette by L. Taylor Hansen
• The Tunnel Ahead - (1961) - short story by Alice Glaser
• Time Enough at Last - (1953) - short story by Lyn Venable
• Yvala - [Northwest Smith] - (1936) - novelette by C. L. Moore
• Creatures of the Light - (1930) - novelette by Sophie Wenzel Ellis
• The Man Who Fought a Fly - (1932) - novelette by Leslie F. Stone
• Earthlight on the Moon - (1941) - poem by Lilith Lorraine
• A Peculiar People - (1951) - short story by Betsy Curtis
• The Last Gentleman - (1953) - short story by Rory Magill
• Servant Problem - (1954) - short story by T. D. Hamm
• The Statue - (1953) - short story by Mari Wolf
• Heartache - (1956) - short fiction by Helen M. Urban
• Miracle in Three Dimensions - (1939) - short story by C. L. Moore
• Eye to the Future - (1947) - short story by Ree Dragonette
• Flood - (1952) - short story by L. Major Reynolds
• Extra-Curricular - (1952) - short story by Garen Drussaï
• A Leak in the Fountain of Youth - (1936) - short story by Amelia Reynolds Long
• To Live and Die in the World of Sci-Fi - short fiction by Jana Wells
• Let There Be Silence - short story by June Koblick
• Final Victory - (1976) - short story by Jill Taggart
• Other Science Fiction & Fantasy Oriented Female Works (Novels)

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Forrest J. AckermanA Thing of Beauty - (1973) - short story by Norman Spinrad
• What We Learned from This Morning's Newspaper - (1972) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Seventy Years of Decpop - (1972) - novella by Philip José Farmer
• The Shape of Science Fiction to Come - (1972) - essay by Frederik Pohl
• Getting Together - (1972) - short story by Milton A. Rothman
• By the Time I Get to Phoenix - (1972) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
• Forever and Amen - (1972) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Ersatz Eternal - (1972) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
• The Merchants of Venus - (1972) - novella by Frederik Pohl