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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1955
Father • [Father Carmody] • novella by Philip José Farmer
Silent, Upon Two Peaks ... • poem by Anthony Boucher [as by Herman W. Mudgett ]
A Tale of the Thirteenth Floor • poem by Ogden Nash
Gemini • shortstory by G. B. Stern
The Wind's Will • shortstory by Thomas A. Meehan
Walking Aunt Daid • shortstory by Zenna Henderson
Psychotomy • shortstory by Kurd Lasswitz (trans. of Psychotomie 1885)
The All-Purpose Ghost Story • shortstory by Charles W. Morton
Refugee • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of This Earth of Majesty)
The Sealman • shortstory by John Masefield
Silent, Upon Two Peaks ... • poem by Anthony Boucher [as by Herman W. Mudgett ]
A Tale of the Thirteenth Floor • poem by Ogden Nash
Gemini • shortstory by G. B. Stern
The Wind's Will • shortstory by Thomas A. Meehan
Walking Aunt Daid • shortstory by Zenna Henderson
Psychotomy • shortstory by Kurd Lasswitz (trans. of Psychotomie 1885)
The All-Purpose Ghost Story • shortstory by Charles W. Morton
Refugee • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of This Earth of Majesty)
The Sealman • shortstory by John Masefield
132 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 1955
About the author
Anthony Boucher
650 books44 followersWilliam Anthony Parker White, better known by his pen name Anthony Boucher, was an American author, critic, and editor who wrote several classic mystery novels, short stories, science fiction, and radio dramas. Between 1942 and 1947, he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to "Anthony Boucher", White also employed the pseudonym "H. H. Holmes", which was the pseudonym of a late-19th-century American serial killer; Boucher would also write light verse and sign it " Herman W. Mudgett" (the murderer's real name).
In a 1981 poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time.
In a 1981 poll of 17 detective story writers and reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time.
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February 1, 2017
This issue had enough good stories that it should have rated 4 stars, but it took me so long to crawl my way through Philip Jose Farmer's "Father" that it dragged the whole issue down with it.
Philip Jose Farmer - Father - 2 stars
- This story about meeting a god-like creature on another planet was just too long and dragging. The characters were flat. Basically, a Star Trek episode a dozen years before Star Trek, but without the appealing characters.
Ogden Nash - A Tale of the Thirteenth Floor - 4 stars
- A very well written poem about a father going to a hotel to get revenge for his daughter, and being saved from the potential consequences.
G. B. Stern - Gemini - 4 stars
- Being transported by an unusual wine into another world and meeting the woman of your dreams, if you could only stay there.
Thomas A. Meehan - The Wind's Will - 3 stars
- Here's Barney 40 years earlier, but as a robot instead of a dinosaur and with a much bigger budget.
Zenna Henderson - Walking Aunt Daid - 4 stars
- Just barely 4 stars. A good story as usual from Zenna Henderson, but it might have been better in a longer format.
Kurd Lasswitz - Psychotomy - 3 stars
- A tongue-in-cheek story of extracting your various emotions and urges as little creatures or blobs of matter, and then seeing what happens when you're only given one of them without the natural curbs of the others.
Charles W. Morton - The All-Purpose Ghost Story - 3 stars
- Fill in the blanks to write your own story. OK, but nothing really there.
Arthur C. Clarke - ? - 4 stars
- Part of a contest to "name the story". British royalty making an attempt to experience a normal life. It's Clarke, so it's very well written.
John Masefield - The Sealman - 3 stars
- Seals who are men and men who are seals and the sometimes unfortunate results.
Philip Jose Farmer - Father - 2 stars
- This story about meeting a god-like creature on another planet was just too long and dragging. The characters were flat. Basically, a Star Trek episode a dozen years before Star Trek, but without the appealing characters.
Ogden Nash - A Tale of the Thirteenth Floor - 4 stars
- A very well written poem about a father going to a hotel to get revenge for his daughter, and being saved from the potential consequences.
G. B. Stern - Gemini - 4 stars
- Being transported by an unusual wine into another world and meeting the woman of your dreams, if you could only stay there.
Thomas A. Meehan - The Wind's Will - 3 stars
- Here's Barney 40 years earlier, but as a robot instead of a dinosaur and with a much bigger budget.
Zenna Henderson - Walking Aunt Daid - 4 stars
- Just barely 4 stars. A good story as usual from Zenna Henderson, but it might have been better in a longer format.
Kurd Lasswitz - Psychotomy - 3 stars
- A tongue-in-cheek story of extracting your various emotions and urges as little creatures or blobs of matter, and then seeing what happens when you're only given one of them without the natural curbs of the others.
Charles W. Morton - The All-Purpose Ghost Story - 3 stars
- Fill in the blanks to write your own story. OK, but nothing really there.
Arthur C. Clarke - ? - 4 stars
- Part of a contest to "name the story". British royalty making an attempt to experience a normal life. It's Clarke, so it's very well written.
John Masefield - The Sealman - 3 stars
- Seals who are men and men who are seals and the sometimes unfortunate results.
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