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The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950

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The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950
Dust-jacket from the first edition
EditorsEverett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherFredrick Fell
Publication date
1950
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages347
Preceded byThe Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 
Followed byThe Best Science Fiction Stories: 1951 

The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. An abridged edition was published in the UK by Grayson in 1951 under the title The Best Science Fiction Stories. The stories had originally appeared in 1949 in the magazines Astounding, The Saturday Evening Post, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fantastic Adventures, Maclean’s, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Blue Book and Startling Stories. The anthology was later combined with the 1949 volume and reissued as Science Fiction Omnibus.[1]

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Reception

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P. Schuyler Miller received the anthology favorably, praising "the literary taste and broad knowledge of the field shown by its editors."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, July 1952, pp.160-61
  2. ^ "Book Reviews", Astounding Science Fiction. March 1951, p.146

Sources

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  • Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-01-24.