The Best from Amazing Stories

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The Best from Amazing Stories
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Cover of first edition
Editor Ted White
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Manor Books
Publication date
1973
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages192
OCLC 4178733

The Best from Amazing Stories is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Ted White. It was first published in paperback by Manor Books in 1973, as a companion to The Best from Fantastic , issued in the same year. The first British edition was published in hardcover by Robert Hale in 1976 under the alternative title The Best from Amazing. [1]

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Summary

White, editor of Amazing Stories magazine at the time the anthology was published, here collects eight science fiction short stories and novelettes that originally appeared in the magazine in the period prior to his editorship. [1]

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