Science and Sorcery

Science and Sorcery

Infobox Book
name = Science and Sorcery
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image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author = edited by Garret Ford
illustrator = Arnold and Lorraine Walter
cover_artist = Laura Crozetti and Walter
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction and fantasy short stories
publisher = Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
release_date = 1953
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 327 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 4553346
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"Science and Sorcery" is an anthology of fantasy and science fiction stories edited by Garret Ford (a pseudonym for William L. Crawford). It was published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in 1953 in an edition of 500 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazine "Fantasy Book". Others appeared in the magazines "Thrilling Wonder Stories", "The Vortex" and "Weird Tales".

Contents

*"Scanners Live in Vain", by Cordwainer Smith
*"The Little Man on the Subway", by Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh
*"What Goes Up", by Alfred Coppel
*"Kleon of the Golden Sun", by Ed Earl Repp
*"How High on the Ladder?", by Leo Paige
*"Footprints", by Robert E. Gilbert
*"The Naming of Names", by Ray Bradbury
*"The Eyes", by Henry Hasse
*"The Scarlet Lunes", by Stanton A. Coblentz
*"Demobilization", by George R. Cowie
*"Voices from the Cliff", by John Martin Leahy
*"The Lost Chord", by Sam Moskowitz
*"The Watchers", by R. H. Deutsch
*"The Peaceful Martian", by J. T. Oliver
*"Escape to Yesterday", by Arthur J. Burks

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
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first = William G.
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title = Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
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accessdate = 2008-05-04
*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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