The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22

by Edward L. Ferman (editor)

An anthology of short stories and readers' contributions to contests published in "Fantasy & Science Fiction."
Bob Leman. A Lexicon from an Alien Language (an essay, not a short story)
Manly Wade Wellman. The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign
Harvey Jacobs. Dress Rehersal
Tom Reamy. San Diego Lightfoot Sue
Edward Wellen. Sanity Clause
Ray Bradbury. Out of Dickinson By Poe
Isaac Asimov. Thinking about Thinking. 1989
Reginald Bretnor. Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All
Frederik Pohl, C. M. Kornbluth. Mute Inglorious Tam
Richard Cowper. The Hertford Manuscript
James Tiptree Jr. The Women Men Don't See. 1973
Baird Searles. The Fantastic Ten
John Varley. In the Bowl. 1975
Ralph C. Glisson. The Muckers-About from Mid-Future "M" (Exegesis on Eventuality "E")
Robert Bloch. A Case of the Stubborns
Algis Budrys. Where We Are and Where We Came From
Liz Hufford. This Offer Expires
Joanna Russ. My Boat

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Edward 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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Reviews

[Ari Pérez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fiction ratings:

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 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

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Nenangs · Rating 1 out of 5]

I just don't understand this book.