The Shape of Things (anthology)


The Shape of Things is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Damon Knight. It was first published in paperback by Popular Library in 1965.
The book collects eleven short stories and novelettes by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor. The stories were previously published from 1944-1952 in various science fiction and other magazines.

Contents

  • "Introduction"
  • "Don't Look Now"
  • "The Box"
  • "The New Reality"
  • "The Eternal Now"
  • "The Sky Was Full of Ships"
  • "The Shape of Things"
  • "The Only Thing We Learn"
  • "The Hibited Man"
  • "Dormant"
  • "The Ambassadors"
  • "A Child Is Crying"

Reception

Jeffery A. Beaudry, reviewing the anthology in The Washington Post, characterized its general content as "stories from the late '40s and early '50s... pulpy and populated by mad scientists, good-guy scientists and helpless young 'girls,' but... great fun."