Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation

Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation is a theme anthology of science fiction stories edited by American anthologist Groff Conklin, published in hardcover by Vanguard Press in 1955. An abridged paperback edition was issued by Berkley Books in 1965.

"Introduction", Groff Conklin
"Chain of Command", Stephen Arr
"Battle of the Unborn", James Blish
"The Hungry Guinea Pig", Miles J. Breuer
"Keep Out", Fredric Brown
"The Small World of M-75", Ed M. Clinton, Jr.
"Limiting Factor", Theodore R. Cogswell
"The Lysenko Maze", Donald A. Wollheim
"The Patient", E. Mayne Hull
"Cold War", Henry Kuttner
"Skag with the Queer Head", Murray Leinster
"Veiled Island", Emmett McDowell
"Experimental Station", Kris Neville
"Family Resemblance", Alan E. Nourse
"And Thou Beside Me", Mack Reynolds
"This One’s on Me", Eric Frank Russell
"The Age of Prophecy", Margaret St. Clair
"Love of Heaven", Theodore Sturgeon
"The Impossible Voyage Home", Floyd L. Wallace
"The Conspirators", James White
"The Better Choice", S. Fowler Wright
"Bibliography of Mutation Stories"

"The Lysenko Maze" appeared under the "David Grinnell" pseudonym. "Experimental Station" was originally published as "The First".

Reception

J. Francis McComas, writing in The New York Times, found the volume to be less successful than Conklin's four previous theme anthologies, because the chosen theme was "too narrow," but praised Conklin's story notes as "entertaining and effective."

Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation

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Reception