The Best of Leigh Brackett

The Best of Leigh Brackett is a collection of science fiction short stories by American author Leigh Brackett, edited by Edmond Hamilton. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in July 1977 and in paperback by Ballantine Books in September of the same year as a volume in its Classic Library of Science Fiction. A second hardcover edition was issued by Garland Publishing in March 1983, and Del Rey/Ballantine reprinted the paperback edition in June 1986. The book has been translated into German.[1]

The Best of Leigh Brackett
Cover of first edition
AuthorLeigh Brackett
Cover artistJack Woolhiser
LanguageEnglish
SeriesBallantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pagesxii, 363
Preceded byThe Best of Edmond Hamilton 
Followed byThe Best of Robert Bloch 

Summary

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The book contains ten short works of fiction with an afterword and two addenda by the author, together with an introduction by editor Edmond Hamilton and a map of Brackett's fictional version of Mars with an associated piece by Margaret Howes. [1]

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Reception

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The book was reviewed by Algis Budrys in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec. 1977, Philippa Grove-Stephensen in Paperback Parlour, April 1978, and Brian Stableford in Vector 90, 1978.[1]

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