My Best Science Fiction Story


My Best Science Fiction Story is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. It was first published in hardcover by Merlin Press in November 1949, and reprinted in August 1950. An abridged paperback edition including twelve of its twenty-five stories was published by Pocket Books in July 1954 and reprinted in November 1955.
The book collects twenty-five self-selected short stories and novelettes by as many science fiction authors, together with a general introduction by the editors and brief introductory essays prefacing each story by its author explaining the selection, each titled "Why I Selected '.' The selections are generally presented in alphabetical order by author. The stories were previously published from 1930-1949 in various science fiction and other magazines.

Contents

Note: stories also appearing in the abridged paperback edition annotated PB.
  • "Introduction"
  • "Robot AL 76 Goes Astray" PB
  • "Grief of Bagdad"
  • "The Teacher from Mars" PB
  • "Almost Human" PB
  • "Zero Hour"
  • "Nothing Sirius"
  • "Blindness" PB
  • "Visiting Yokel"
  • "The Hibited Man"
  • "The Thing in the Pond"
  • "Wanderer of Time"
  • "The Inn Outside the World" PB
  • "The Professor Was a Thief"
  • "Don't Look Now" PB
  • "The Green Hills of Earth"
  • "The Lost Race" PB
  • "The House of Rising Winds"
  • "The Carriers"
  • "Dr. Grimshaw's Sanitarium" PB
  • "The Uncharted Isle"
  • "Thunder and Roses"
  • "The Ultimate Catalyst" PB
  • "Project Spaceship" PB
  • "Space Station No. 1" PB
  • "Star Bright" PB

Reception

The anthology was reviewed in Startling Stories v. 21, no. 1, March, 1950.