First of Pohl's immensely popular collections of stories never before in print. This is First printing, 1953. ~ ~~ ~ CONTENTS: Country Doctor [William Morrison]; Dominoes [C. M. Kornbluth]; Idealist [Lester Del Rey]; The Night He Cried [Fritz Leiber]; Contraption [Clifford D. Simak]; The Chronoclasm [John Wyndham]; The Deserter [William Tenn]; The Man With English [H. L. Gold]; So Proudly We Hail [Judith Merril]; A Scent of Sarsparilla [Ray Bradbury]; "Nobody Here But—-" [Isaac Asimov]; The Last Weapon [Robert Sheckley]; A Wild Surmise [Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore]; The Journey [Murray Leinster]; The Nine Billion Names of God [Arthur C. Clarke]

Contents Disappearing Act • short story by Alfred Bester It's a Good Life • short story by Jerome Bixby The Clinic • (1953) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Happiest Creature • [Quarantine] • short story by Jack Williamson The Odor of Thought • short story by Robert Sheckley F Y I • short story by James Blish Critical Factor • short story by Hal Clement The Remorseful • short story by C.M. Kornbluth A Pound of Cure • short story by Lester del Rey Friend of the Family • short story by Richard Wilson Hormones • short story by Fletcher Pratt Conquest • short story by Anthony Boucher The Purple Fields • short story by Robert Crane The Congruent People • short story by Algis Budrys Introduction (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2) • essay by Frederik Pohl

With this 2rd collection, STAR Science Fiction Stories demonstrates again the qualities that have made it the outstanding anthology series in its field. -Writing charged with the excitement of new ideas, informed with knowledge of the discoveries that may soon change our lives. -Freshness & originality that can be found only in a collection of all new stories, never before published here in either magazines or books. The latest stories of recognized masters, the startling fiction of brilliant newcomers—they all make their appearance in STAR Science Fiction Stories, the showcase of sf at its best. It's Such a Beautiful Day by Isaac Asimov The Strawberry Window by Ray Bradbury The Deep Range by Arthur C. Clarke Alien by Lester del Rey Foster, You're Dead by Philip K. Dick Whatever Happened to Corporal Cuckoo? by Gerald Kersh Dance of the Dead by Richard Matheson Any More at Home Like You? by Chad Oliver The Devil on Salvation Bluff by Jack Vance Guinevere for Everybody by Jack Williamson

A collection of original science fiction stories. Kuttner, Henry. "A Cross of Centuries" Kornbluth, C. M. "The Advent On Channel Twelve" Leiber, Fritz. "Space-Time for Springers" Wilson, Richard. "Man Working" del Rey, Lester. "Helping Hand" deFord, Miriam Allen. "The Long Echo" Cooper, Edmund. "Tomorrow's Gift" Knight, Damon. "Idiot Stick" Gunn, James E. "The Immortals"

Trouble with Treaties • novelette by Katherine MacLean and Tom Condit A Touch of Grapefruit • short story by Richard Matheson Company Store • short story by Robert Silverberg Adrift on the Policy Level • short story by Chan Davis [as by Chandler Davis] Sparkie's Fall • short story by Gavin Hyde Star Descending • short story by Algis Budrys Diplomatic Coop • short story by Daniel F. Galouye The Scene Shifter • short story by Arthur Sellings Hair-Raising Adventure • short story by Rosel George Brown

Danger! Child at Large novelette by C. L. Cottrell Twin's Wail novelette by Elizabeth Mann Borgese The Holy Grail short story by Tom Purdom Angerhelm short story by Cordwainer Smith The Dreamsman short story by Gordon R. Dickson To Catch an Alien short story by John J. McGuire Press Conference short story by Miriam Allen deFord Invasion from Inner Space novelette by Howard Koch