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Tomorrow's children

18 tales of fantasy and science fiction.

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Margaret St. ClairMurray LeinsterGertrude FriedbergRobert SheckleyRay BradburyStephen Vincent BenétDamon KnightC. L. MoorePhilip K. DickRobert A. HeinleinFritz LeiberIsaac AsimovJerome BixbyZenna HendersonMark CliftonWilliam M. LeeClifford D. SimakJames H. SchmitzHenry Kuttner6 editions

Fantastic anthology of eighteen fantasy and science-fiction short stories, novelettes and novellas that feature adolescent protagonists or are at aimed at adolescent audiences, or both. Contains some true classics as well as as several fun but relatively unknown gems. No Life of Their Own - novella by Clifford D. Simak The Accountant - short story by Robert Sheckley Novice - novelette by James H. Schmitz Child of Void - short story by Margaret St. Clair When the Bough Breaks - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett] A Pail of Air - short story by Fritz Leiber Junior Achievement - short story by William M. Lee Cabin Boy - novelette by Damon Knight The Little Terror - short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins] Gilead - novelette by Zenna Henderson The Menace from Earth - novelette by Robert A. Heinlein The Wayward Cravat - short story by Gertrude Friedberg The Father-Thing - short story by Philip K. Dick Star, Bright - novelette by Mark Clifton All Summer in a Day - short story by Ray Bradbury It's a Good Life - short story by Jerome Bixby The Place of the Gods - short story by Stephen Vincent Benét The Ugly Little Boy - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)

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  • Murray Leinster

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