Things: Stories of Terror and Shock by Six Science-Fiction Greats

by Ivan Howard (Editor), Poul Anderson, James Blish

L92-582

Genres: Horror

157 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume collected a half-dozen stories that originally appeared in Columbia Publications' Science Fiction magazine in the early to mid-'50s. There's a nice short James Blish that looks forward to the turn of the century, a good amusing Lester del Rey, a Poul Anderson time travel tale that's not one his best, a Damon Knight that's not one of his best, and a very good one from Noel Loomis that reminded me a bit of Henry Slesar's best work. My favorite was the lead-off story, The Gift of the Gods by Raymond F. Jones, which featured cool scientists doing cool science and which would have been right at home in Campbell's Astounding. The tone is similar to This Island Earth, a terrific film based on a Jones Story. This edition has a nice, creepy (un-credited) cover to promote the "terror and shock" slug-line theme.

[Alien · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stories aus den 50er und Anfang 60ern. Eher unterdurchschnittlich und ohne Highlights. Allerdings hat man zu dieser Zeit noch mit der großen Kelle angerichtet, was ich eine ganz nette Abwechslung fand.

[Marko]

I have two different editions:
- Gespenst aus der Zukunft
- Das Geschenk der Goetter