The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series

by Robert P. Mills (Editor)

Ace Books, 1966. Mass market paperback. Collects 15 stories and poems first published in 1961 in the pages of F&SF magazine. Authors include Kurt Vonnegut, Cordwainer Smith, Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov and others.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fantasy, Anthologies

254 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1962

Reviews

[John Bruni · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was not a good anthology. I was disappointed in every story except for two, and I didn't even read one of them. (I've read "Harrison Bergeron" before, so I didn't need to go over it again.) However, the one remaining story is worth the entire book. "Go for Baroque" by Jody Scott is an amazing tale. At first it seems like a humorous take on a patient whimsically tricking his shrink into becoming the patient, but by the time it's over, it's actually awe inspiring to see how sinister it got. Imagine an episode of Hogan's Heroes. Then think about how an actual psyop works, and you'll get why this story had such an impact on me.

The rest of the stories? Eh, the didn't do it for me, not even Asimov's, and he usually delivers. Not even Gordon R. Dickson, and I like his short work a lot. Ah well.

[Tbfrank · Rating 2 out of 5]

This anthology contains 13 short stories and two poems from 1960-61. The most notable entries in this collection is Cordwainer Smith's "Alpha Ralpha Boulevard," "Softly While You're Sleeping" by Evelyn E. Smith, "Shotgun Cure" by Clifford Simak, and "The Machine that Won The War" by Isaac Asimov, probably in that order.

[Leslie Holm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stories from the best authors during the golden age of Science Fiction - Anderson, Asimov, Vonnegut, Simak . . . You can't go wrong here.

[Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are a selection of stories that have seen print in the long running Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction still running today. This collection was published in the early sixties. The content of the stories is quite broad ranging from traditional sci-fi to weird horror. Highlights for me were Avram Davidson's The Source of the Nile, eco-satire Somebody to Play With by Jay Williams proving that sci-fi was burning the ecological warning beacons half a century ago and The Machine That Won the War by Isaac Asimov - simple but genius.

[boocia]

a very good amount of spec fic that belnded fantasy and science fiction, as opposed to individually, SF short stories and fantasy short stories. Robert P. Mills definitely seemed to lean into the horror-surreal in building this collection.