SF '57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF '57: 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 Short stories
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1957
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	320 pp
OCLC	1376686
Preceded by	SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy
Followed by	SF '58: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF '57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1957 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Judith Merril. It was published by Gnome Press in an edition of 3,000 copies and was the second in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Infinity Science Fiction, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Astounding, The London Observer, Future, Science Fiction Stories, Playboy, Harper's Magazine, Tiger, Fantastic Universe, Science-Fantasy, Galaxy Science Fiction and Esquire.

Contents

• "The Man Who Liked Lions", by John Bernard Daley
• "The Cosmic Expense Account", by C. M. Kornbluth
• "The Far Look", by Theodore L. Thomas
• "When Grandfather Flew to the Moon", by E. L. Malpass
• "The Doorstop", by Reginald Bretnor
• "Silent Brother", by Algis Budrys
• "Stranger Station", by Damon Knight
• "Each an Explorer", by Isaac Asimov
• "All About 'The Thing'", by Randall Garrett
• "Put Them All Together, They Spell Monster", by Ray Russell
• "Digging the Weans", by Robert Nathan
• "Take a Deep Breath", by Roger Thorne
• "Grandma’s Lie Soap", by Robert Abernathy
• "Compounded Interest", by Mack Reynolds
• "Prima Belladonna", by J. G. Ballard
• "The Other Man", by Theodore Sturgeon
• "The Damnedest Thing", by Garson Kanin
• "Anything Box", by Zenna Henderson
• "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. pp. 305–306.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-03-03.