SF '58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF '58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	edited by Judith Merril
Cover artist	W.I. Van der Poel
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction and fantasy
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1958
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	255 pp
OCLC	7245779
Preceded by	SF '57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy
Followed by	SF '59: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF '58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1958 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories and articles edited by Judith Merril. It was published by Gnome Press in an edition of 4,000 copies of which 1,263 were never bound. It was the third in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill. Most of the stories and articles originally appeared in the magazines Science-Fantasy, Playboy, Infinity Science Fiction, Atlantic Monthly, Fantasy and Science Fiction, If, Venture, Mademoiselle, Boys' Life and The New York Times.

Contents

• Introduction, by Judith Merril
• "Let’s Be Frank", by Brian W. Aldiss
• "The Fly", by George Langelaan
• "Let's Get Together", by Isaac Asimov
• "The Wonder Horse", by George Byram
• "You Know Willie", by Theodore R. Cogswell
• "Near Miss", by Henry Kuttner
• "Game Preserve", by Rog Phillips
• "Now Let Us Sleep", by Avram Davidson
• "Wilderness", by Zenna Henderson
• "Flying High", by Eugène Ionesco
• "The Edge of the Sea", by Algis Budrys
• "How Near Is the Moon?", by Judith Merril
• "Transition—from Fantasy to Science", by Arthur C. Clarke
• "Sputnik: One Reason Why We Lost", by G. Harry Stine
• "Going Up!", by Dennis Driscoll
• "Where Do We Go from Here?", by Willy Ley
• "Science Fiction Still Leads Science Fact", by Anthony Boucher
• "The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions", by Judith Merril

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 307.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-03-04.