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Masterpieces of Science Fiction
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Masterpieces of Science Fiction is an anthology of science fiction short stories, edited by Sam Moskowitz. It was first published in hardcover by World Publishing Co. in 1966, and reprinted by Hyperion Press in 1974. The book collects eighteen tales by various authors, together with a historical and critical introduction by the editor and two non-fictional pieces relating to "Hans Pfaall" by its author, Edgar Allan Poe.
- 1 - Introduction (Masterpieces of Science Fiction) - essay by Sam Moskowitz
- 27 - Voyage to the Moon - [Les états et empires de la Lune et du Soleil] - short story by Cyrano de Bergerac
- 44 - The Mortal Immortal - (1833) - short story by Mary Shelley
- 60 - Hans Phaall--A Tale - (1835) - novella by Edgar Allan Poe
- 110 - Note on "Hans Phaall" - (1840) - essay by Edgar Allan Poe
- 118 - Richard Adams Locke - (1850) - essay by Edgar Allan Poe
- 128 - The Wondersmith - (1859) - novelette by Fitz-James O'Brien
- 168 - The Eternal Adam - (1957) - novelette by Jules Verne and Michel Verne (trans. of L'éternel Adam 1910) [as by Jules Verne]
- 207 - The Brick Moon - [Brick Moon] - (1872) - novella by Edward Everett Hale
- 276 - Lost in a Comet's Tail; or, Frank Reade, Jr.'s Strange Adventure with His New Air-Ship - juvenile - [Frank Reade, Jr.] - novelette by Luis Senarens [as by Luis P. Senarens]
- 313 - The Country of the Blind - (1904) - novelette by H. G. Wells
- 354 - The Place of Pain - (1914) - short story by M. P. Shiel
- 367 - The Los Amigos Fiasco - (1892) - short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
- 377 - The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw - (1937) - novelette by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- 400 - The People of the Pit - (1918) - short story by A. Merritt
- 420 - System - short story by Josef Capek and Karel Capek (trans. of Systém 1908)
- 428 - Extra Sensory Perfection - (1955) - short story by Hugo Gernsback
- 435 - The Colour Out of Space - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1927) - novelette by H. P. Lovecraft
- 469 - Humanity on Venus - (1930) - short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
- 489 - Jungle Journey - (1958) - short story by Philip Wylie
- 520 - The Lotus Eaters - [Ham Hammond] - (1935) - novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum
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