SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1956 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Judith Merril. It was the first in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe, Science-Fantasy, If, Good Housekeeping and Bluebook.

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	edited by Judith Merril
Cover artist	Ed Emshwiller
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction and fantasy
Publisher	Gnome Press
Publication date	1956
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	352 pp
OCLC	3926583
Followed by	SF '57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

Contents

• Introduction, by Orson Welles
• Preface, by Judith Merril
• "The Stutterer", by R. R. Merliss
• "The Golem", by Avram Davidson
• "Junior", by Robert Abernathy
• "The Cave of Night", by James E. Gunn
• "The Hoofer", by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• "Bulkhead", by Theodore Sturgeon
• "Sense from Thought Divide", by Mark Clifton
• "Pottage", by Zenna Henderson
• "Nobody Bothers Gus", by Algis Budrys
• "The Last Day of Summer", by E. C. Tubb
• "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts", by Shirley Jackson
• "The Ethicators", by Willard Marsh
• "Birds Can’t Count", by Mildred Clingerman
• "Of Missing Persons", by Jack Finney
• "Dreaming Is a Private Thing", by Isaac Asimov
• "The Country of the Kind", by Damon Knight
• "The Public Hating", by Steve Allen
• "Home There’s No Returning", by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
• "The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions", by Judith Merril

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 305.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-03-03.