In the glow of the wonderful BOUCHERCON in Raleigh, I thought I’d honor Anthony Boucher with one of the memorial anthologies dedicated to Boucher’s excellence as an editor. Special Wonder collects high quality fantasy and science fiction stories. Just check out the Table of Contents below to appreciate the top-notch writers who are contributors to this anthology. John O’Neill of Black Gate also reviewed this volume recently. You can read his take on this excellent volume here. When I get a chance, I’ll review the companion anthology, Crimes and Misfortunes: The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Mysteries. Both of these memorial volumes are highly recommended.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction by J. Francis McComas
“Journeys End” by Poul Anderson (1957)
“The Brazen Locked Room” by Isaac Asimov (1956)
“The Fire Balloons” by Ray Bradbury (1951)
“The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out” by Reginald Bretnor (1950)
“Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot” by Reginald Bretnor (1956)
“Puppet Show” by Fredric Brown (1962)
“Puzzle for Spacemen” by John Brunner (1955)
“Aunt Agatha” by Doris Pitkin Buck (1952)
“The Wild Wood” by Mildred Clingerman (1957)
“King’s Evil” by Avram Davidson (1956)
“Cruelty” by Jon DeCles (1970)
“The Apotheosis of Ki” by Miriam Allen deFord (1956)
“The Shape of Things That Came” by Richard Deming (1951)
“The Three” by Gordon R. Dickson (1953)
“Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes” by Harlan Ellison (1967)
“Prometheus” by Philip José Farmer (1961)
Ransom” by H. B. Fyfe (1952)
“The Muddle of the Woad” by Randall Garrett (1965)
“You’re Another” by Damon Knight (1955)
“Old Man Henderson” by Kris Neville (1951)
“He Kilt It with a Stick” by William F. Nolan (1968)
“The Canvas Bag” by Alan E. Nourse (1955)
“Pilgrimage” by Chad Oliver (1958)
“Gun for Hire” by Mack Reynolds (1960)
“Brightness Falls from the Air” by Margaret St. Clair (1951)
“Built Up Logically” by Howard Schoenfeld (1949)
“Warm Man” by Robert Silverberg (1957)
“Green Magic” by Jack Vance (1963)
“Deny the Slake” by Richard Wilson (1957)