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"The Children's Room"
© Fantastic Adventures, Sep 1947
The Toymaker, 1951
Amazing Stories, Oct 1967
--/ cool sf story

"Correspondence Course"
© Astounding, Apr 1945
--Retro Hugo Award, 1945
--/ cool sf story

"Discontinuity"
(Joe Williams)
© Astounding, Oct 1950

"Divided We Fall"
(exp. into "Syn")
© Amazing Stories, Dec 1950
Thrilling Science Fiction, Fall 1971
Syn, 1969
--/ fourth place sf novella
--/ idea award
--/ adventure award
--/ shock value


"Doomsday Color Presses"
© Future, Nov 1952

"The Gift of the Gods"
© Science Fiction Stories, Jan 1955

"Noise Level"
(Martin Nagle series)
© Astounding, Dec 1952
--/ cool sf story

"Rider in the Sky"
© Amazing Stories, Nov 1964
--/ third place sf novella
--/ idea award
--/ adventure award
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


"A Stone and a Spear"
© Galaxy, Dec 1950
--Groff Conklin's story selection
--/ cool time sf story

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"Sunday is 3,000 Years Away" (nv)
© Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1950
--/ cool time sf novella
--/ rare find

Not bad - romantic time travel in a well-realized world - but the story did not hook me, nothing special. Just a good filler; good for a pulp, providing a nice cover for the issue, plus a cool title. Now, somebody has to write a better story for this title, that's all.
review: 04-Jul-06 (read in 2005)

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"Syn" (nv)
(exp. from "Divided We Fall")
© Amazing Stories, Dec 1950
novel: Belmont, 1969
--/ cool sf novel
--/ adventure award
--/ shock value


"This Island Earth" (nv)
© 1952, Pocket Books
--/ cool sf novel
--/ adventure award

"The Touch of Your Hand"
© Worlds of If, Mar 1974
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ style award
--/ rare find


"The Unlearned"
© IF, Aug 1954
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ style award
--/ idea award
--/ rare find


"The Wrong Side of Paradise"
© Amazing Stories, Aug 1951
--/ third place space sf novella
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award
--/ adventure award
--/ style award
--/ awesome scale
--/ rare find

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