Quadratic (collection)

Quadratic (collection)

infobox Book |
name = Quadratic
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Olaf Stapledon and Murray Leinster
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cover_artist = Walter
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction novels
publisher = Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
release_date = 1953
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 580 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 36939070
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"Quadratic" is a collection of four science fiction novels by Olaf Stapledon and Murray Leinster. It was edited by William L. Crawford and published in 1953 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 300 copies. The book is an omnibus of Stapledon's "Worlds of Wonder" and Leinster's "Murder Madness".

Contents

* "Death into Life", by Olaf Stapledon
* "", by Olaf Stapledon
* "Old Man in a New World", by Olaf Stapledon
* "Murder Madness", by Murray Leinster

References

*cite book | last=Chalker | first=Jack L. | authorlink=Jack L. Chalker | coauthors=Mark Owings | title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 | location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore | publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd.| pages=272 | date=1998
*cite web
last = Contento
first = William G.
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title = Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
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url = http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t30.htm#A662
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accessdate = 2008-05-03
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=120 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1


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