Sprague de Camp's New Anthology of Science Fiction
 first edition of Sprague de Camp's New Anthology of Science Fiction | |
| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Panther |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 158 pp |
Sprague de Camp's New Anthology of Science Fiction is a collection of science fiction stories by L. Sprague de Camp, edited by H. J. Campbell. It was first published in both hardcover and paperback in 1953 by Panther Books.[1][2]
The book contains six short works of fiction by the author, the first two of them stories in his Viagens Interplanetarias series not collected elsewhere.
Contents
- "Introduction" by H. J. Campbell
- "Calories"
- "The Colourful Character"
- "Juice"
- "Proposal"
- "The Saxon Pretender"
- "The Space Clause"
Reception
Anthony Boucher, writing in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, called the book "most misleadingly titled; it is not an anthology edited by de Camp, but a group of six de Camp stories selected by H. J. Campbell." While noting they were "[a]ll new to book form," he considered them "a drab assemblage of unfunny humor and (what is even less forgivable) unsexy sex."[3]
References
- ^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 92–93.
- ^ Sprague de Camp's New Anthology title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Boucher, Anthony. "Recommended Reading," in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v. 7, no. 6, Dec. 1954, pp. 92-93.
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