Great Science Fiction About Doctors


Great Science Fiction About Doctors is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Groff Conklin and Noah D. Fabricant, M.D. It was first published in paperback by Collier Books in 1963, and was reprinted in 1965, 1966, and 1970. The two later collaborated on a second anthology, Great Detective Stories About Doctors.
The book collects eighteen novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with a general introduction and short introductions to each story by the editors. Several of the stories are by as well as about doctors. They were previously published from 1844-1959 in various magazines.

Contents

  • "Introduction"
  • "The Man Without an Appetite"
  • "Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting"
  • "The Brothers"
  • "The Great Keinplatz Experiment"
  • "Compound B"
  • "Rappaccini's Daughter"
  • "The Psychophonic Nurse"
  • "The Little Black Bag"
  • "Ribbon in the Sky"
  • ""
  • "Bedside Manner"
  • "The Shopdropper"
  • "Family Resemblance"
  • "Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar"
  • "Emergency Operation"
  • "A Matter of Ethics"
  • "Bolden's Pets"
  • "Expedition Mercy"