FAR OUT: 13 SCIENCE FICTION STORIES ..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. Octavo, boards. First edition. Knight's first collection of short fiction. Collects thirteen stories, most originally published in the 1950s, including the classic "To Serve Man," a story made into an effective Twilight Zone episode. Includes two post-nuclear holocaust stories, "Not with a Bang" and "The Last Word." "Typical 1950s SF from one of its masters -- short humane stories with a twist in the tail." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 131. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-233. Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895-1984, pp. 234-5. Text paper tanned, some age darkening to boards, a very good copy in very good dust jacket with shallow loss to spine ends and corners and some foxing to rear panel. (#126648) (Inventory #: 126648)