Star Science Fiction Stories No.2

Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 is the second book in the anthology series, Star Science Fiction Stories, edited by Frederik Pohl. It was first published in 1953 by Ballantine Books.

Contents

• Disappearing Act by Alfred Bester
• The Clinic by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Congruent People by Algis Budrys
• Critical Factor by Hal Clement
• It's a Good Life by Jerome Bixby
• A Pound of Cure by Lester del Rey
• The Purple Fields by Robert Crane
• F Y I by James Blish
• Conquest by Anthony Boucher
• Hormones by Fletcher Pratt
• The Odor of Thought by Robert Sheckley
• The Happiest Creature by Jack Williamson
• The Remorseful by C.M. Kornbluth
• Friend of the Family by Richard Wilson

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller reviewed the anthology favorably, reported than many of the stories were "as good as you'll find anywhere."^[1]

References

External links

• Star Science Fiction Stories No.2 publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Anthopology 101: The Pohl Stars by Bud Webster, at Galactic Central