Beyond Infinity (short story collection)

Beyond Infinity is a collection of science fiction stories by author Robert Spencer Carr. It was first published in 1951 by Fantasy Press in an edition of 2,779 copies. Two of the stories originally appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, while the title story and "Mutation" saw first publication in the book.[1]

Beyond Infinity
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorRobert Spencer Carr
Cover artistHannes Bok
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction short stories
PublisherFantasy Press
Publication date
1951
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages236 pp
OCLC1143444

Contents edit

  • "Morning Star"
  • "Mutation"
  • "Those Men from Mars"
  • "Beyond Infinity"

Reception edit

The New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson found the title story "overprecious," but praised the others for the author's "humor, his absorption with human values, and his writing skill."[2] P. Schuyler Miller recommended the collection as a "wedding of good, tried science-fiction themes, worked out deftly, with real fictional know-how."[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
  2. ^ "Realm of the Spacemen", The New York Times, October 7, 1951
  3. ^ "The Reference Library", Astounding Science Fiction, November 1951, p.119
  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 238.
  • Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-03-17.
  • Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 93. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.