Science Fiction of the '50s — Martin H. Greenberg

xi • Preface (Science Fiction of the 50's) • (1979) • essay by Frederik Pohl xv • Introduction (Science Fiction of the Fifties) • (1979) • essay by Joseph D. Olander and Martin H. Greenberg [as by Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg ] 1 • Spectator Sport • (1950) • shortstory by John D. MacDonald 9 • Feedback • (1951) • shortstory by Katherine MacLean 31 • Bettyann • [Bettyann • 1] • (1951) • novelette by Kris Neville 80 • Dark Interlude • (1951) • shortstory by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds 90 • What Have I Done? • (1952) • shortstory by Mark Clifton 111 • DP! • (1953) • shortstory by Jack Vance 134 • The Liberation of Earth • (1953) • shortstory by William Tenn 156 • A Bad Day for Sales • (1953) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber 164 • Saucer of Loneliness • (1953) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon (variant of A Saucer of Loneliness) 181 • Heirs Apparent • (1954) • novelette by Robert Abernathy 208 • 5,271,009 • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester 249 • Short in the Chest • (1954) • shortstory by Margaret St. Clair 260 • The Academy • (1954) • novelette by Robert Sheckley 287 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • shortstory by Algis Budrys 304 • Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus • (1956) • novelette by Frederik Pohl 331 • A Work of Art • (1956) • novelette by James Blish 351 • The Country of the Kind • (1956) • shortstory by Damon Knight 368 • The Education of Tigress McCardle • (1957) • shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of The Education of Tigress Macardle) 380 • The Cage • (1957) • shortstory by A. Bertram Chandler 394 • The Last of the Deliverers • (1958) • shortstory by Poul Anderson 410 • Adrift on the Policy Level • (1959) • shortstory by Chan Davis 432 • Afterword: Love O Careless Love • (1979) • essay by Barry N. Malzberg 436 • Selected Bibliography • (1979) • essay by uncredited