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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22
Doubleday, 1977. Hardcover with dustjacket, 1st edition. 22nd in the series of anthologies collecting work having appeared in the magazine. This volume covers the years 1973-1976. Introduction by book's editor Edward L. Ferman, and THESE "The Hertford Manuscript" [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] (1976) by Richard Cowper; "A Case of the Stubborns" (1976) by Robert Bloch; "Where We Are and Where We Came From" (1976, essay) by Algis Budrys; "My Boat" [Cthulhu Mythos] (1976) by Joanna Russ; "In the Bowl" [Eight Worlds] (1975) by John Varley; "This Offer Expires" (1976) by Liz Hufford; "The Fantastic Ten" (1977, essay) by Baird Searles; "The Women Men Don't See" (1973) by James Tiptree, Jr.; "The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign" [Southern Appalachia] (1975) by Manly Wade Wellman; "Dress Rehearsal" (1974) by Harvey Jacobs; "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" (1975) by Tom Reamy; "Out of Dickinson by Poe, or The Only Begotten Son of Emily and Edgar" (1976, poem) by Ray Bradbury; "Sanity Clause" (1975) by Edward Wellen; "Thinking About Thinking" [science essay, 1975) by Isaac Asimov; "Mute Inglorious Tam" (1974) by Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth; "Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All" (1973) by Reginald Bretnor. Some results from competitions 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8 (humor).
407 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1976
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About the author
Edward L. Ferman
635 books7 followersEdward Ferman (born 1937) was an American science fiction and fantasy fiction editor and magazine publisher.
Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
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Ferman is the son of Joseph W. Ferman, and took over as editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1964 when Avram Davidson, due to his residence in various Latin American locales with unreliable postal delivery, could no longer practically continue editing; on the masthead, Joseph Ferman was listed as editor and publisher for Edward Ferman's first two years. Edward Ferman would take on the role of publisher, as well, by 1970, as his father gradually retired. He remained as editor until 1991 when he hired his replacement, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. He remained as publisher of the magazine until he sold it to Gordon Van Gelder in 2000. While Ferman was the editor, many other magazines in the field began to fold or were shortlived, and his magazine, along with Analog, was one of the few which maintained a regular schedule and sustained critical appreciation for its contents.
From 1969-1970, he was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction's sister publication Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Together, the Fermans had also edited and published the short-lived nostalgia and humor magazine P.S. and a similarly brief run of a magazine about mysticism and other proto-New Age matters, Inner Space.
Ferman received the Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor three years in a row, from 1981 through 1983. F&SF had previously won several other Hugos under his editorship, which had been famously conducted, at least in the last decade of his tenure, from a table in the Ferman family's Connecticut house. He edited or co-edited several volumes of stories from F&SF and co-edited Final Stage with Barry N. Malzberg. It is probable that he also ghost-edited No Limits for or with Joseph Ferman, an anthology drawn from the pages of the first run of Venture.
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April 19, 2022
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⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hertford Manuscript RICHARD COWPER
⭐⭐⭐ A Case of the Stubborns ROBERT BLOCH
⭐⭐⭐ My Boat JOANNA RUSS
⭐⭐ In the Bowl JOHN VARLEY
⭐⭐⭐ This Offer Expires LIZ HUFFORD
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Women Men Don't See JAMES TIPTREE, JR.
⭐ The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign MANLY WADE WELLMAN
⭐⭐⭐ Dress Rehearsal HARVEY JACOBS
⭐⭐⭐ San Diego Lightfoot Sue TOM REAMY
⭐⭐⭐ [POEM] Out of Dickinson by Poe, or The Only Begotten Son of Emily and Edgar RAY BRADBURY
⭐⭐⭐ Sanity Clause EDWARD WELLEN
⭐⭐⭐ Mute Inglorious Tam C. M. KORNBLUTH / FREDERIK POHL
⭐⭐ Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All REGINALD BRETNOR
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Hertford Manuscript RICHARD COWPER
⭐⭐⭐ A Case of the Stubborns ROBERT BLOCH
⭐⭐⭐ My Boat JOANNA RUSS
⭐⭐ In the Bowl JOHN VARLEY
⭐⭐⭐ This Offer Expires LIZ HUFFORD
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Women Men Don't See JAMES TIPTREE, JR.
⭐ The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign MANLY WADE WELLMAN
⭐⭐⭐ Dress Rehearsal HARVEY JACOBS
⭐⭐⭐ San Diego Lightfoot Sue TOM REAMY
⭐⭐⭐ [POEM] Out of Dickinson by Poe, or The Only Begotten Son of Emily and Edgar RAY BRADBURY
⭐⭐⭐ Sanity Clause EDWARD WELLEN
⭐⭐⭐ Mute Inglorious Tam C. M. KORNBLUTH / FREDERIK POHL
⭐⭐ Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All REGINALD BRETNOR
January 30, 2014
I picked this up for the story "San Diego Lightfoot Sue" by Tome Reamy that won a Nebula award in 1976. It is a love story about a boy from Kansas in Los Angeles circa mid 70s. It is a mid 20th century story, albeit a very good one. It is well worth the read.
February 19, 2008
I just don't understand this book.
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