author : Brian W. Aldiss

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Arthur C. Clarke. Before Eden. 1961

• George Griffith. Honeymoon in Space

• Poul Anderson. The Big Rain. 1954

• Evert Clark. Scientist says icecaps on Venus would make life possible. 1968

• S. Makepeace Lott. Escape to Venus

• John de Courcy, Doroth de Courcy. Alchemy. 1950

• Robert Ball. The Story of the Heavens

• John Munro. A Trip to Venus

• C. S. Lewis. Perelandra. 1940

• Edgar Rice Burroughs. Pirates of Venus. 1932

• John Davy. Venus Mystery for Scientists. 1967

• Frank R. Paul. The Man from Venus. 1939

• Olaf Stapledon. Last and First Men. 1930

• Svante Arrhenius. The Destinies of the Stars

• Henry Gade. A City on Venus. 1941

• anon. Dream of Distance. 1967

• Willy Ley. Unveiling the Mystery Planet. 1955

• Bernard Lovell. Some Mysteries of Venus Resolved. 1967

• Poul Anderson. Sister Planet. 1959

• Carl Sagan. Intelligent Life in the Universe. 1966

• V. A. Firsoff. Exploring the Planets. 1964

Contents (possible spoilers)

• John W. Campbell Jr. Forgetfulness. 1937

• Raymond Z. Gallun. Seeds of the Dusk. 1938

• Harry Bates. Farewell to the Master. 1940

• P. Schuyler Miller. Trouble on Tantalus. 1941

• Ross Rocklynne. Time Wants a Skeleton. 1941

• Isaac Asimov. Nightfall. 1941

• Robert A. Heinlein. By His Bootstraps. 1941

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore. Vintage Season. 1946

• Alfred Bester. The Push of a Finger. 1942

• Henry Kuttner. Clash by Night. 1943

• A. E. van Vogt. The Storm. 1943

• Clifford D. Simak. City. 1944

• Murray Leinster. First Contact. 1945

• A. Bertram Chandler. Giant Killer. 1945

• Fredric Brown. Placet is a Crazy Place. 1946

Contents (possible spoilers)

• Ward Moore. Lot. 1953

• John Steinbeck. The Short-Short Story of Mankind. 1958

• Clifford D. Simak. Skirmish. 1950. = Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!

• Brian W. Aldiss. Poor Little Warrior!. 1958

• James H. Schmitz. Grandpa. 1955

Cord tries to warn the Plenetary Regent that Grandpa, a large vegetable raft, is not longer safe, but no-one listens. So when it hijacks the crew and turns carnivorous, it's up to him to figure out why.

• A. Bertram Chandler. The Half Pair. 1957

• Walter M. Miller Jr. Command Performance. 1952. = Anybody Else Like Me?

• A. E. van Vogt. Fulfilment. 1952

• Katherine MacLean. The Snowball Effect. 1952

• Algis Budrys. The End of Summer. 1954

• John Brunner. The Windows of Heaven. 1956

• J. G. Ballard. Track 12. 1958

• Gordon R. Dickson. The Monkey Wrench. 1951

• A. Bertram Chandler. The Cage. 1957

• Howard Fast. The First Men. 1960

• Alan E. Nourse. Counterfeit. 1952

• Tom Godwin. The Greater Thing. 1954

• Damon Knight. The Country of the Kind. 1956

• Howard Schoenfeld. Build Up Logically. 1950

• Arthur Porges. The Rescuer. 1962

• William Tenn. The Liberation of Earth. 1953

• Harry Harrison. An Alien Agony. 1962

• H. B. Fyfe. Protected Species. 1951

• Frederik Pohl. The Tunnel Under the World. 1954

• Robert Sheckley. The Store of the Worlds. 1959

• Arthur C. Clarke. The Forgotten Enemy. 1949

• Robert Abernathy. Pyramid. 1954

• Theodore R. Cogswell. The Wall Around the World. 1953

• Walter M. Miller Jr. I Made You. 1954

• C. M. Kornbluth. MS Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie. 1957

• James Blish. Common Time. 1953

• Isaac Asimov. Nightfall. 1941

• William Tenn. Eastward Ho!. 1958

• Eric Frank Russell. Sole Solution. 1956

• Arthur C. Clarke. Before Eden. 1961

• Isaac Asimov. Jokester. 1956