Brian Aldiss, the most prominent British editor of anthologies, began with three small paperback volumes for Penguin Books,
Penguin Science Fiction (1961),
More Penguin Science Fiction (1963), and
Yet More Penguin Science Fiction (1964), that were subsequently gathered into an
Omnibus in 1973, the same year that Aldiss published in influential
Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction. Aldiss substantially revised the
Omnibus in 2007, dropping 15 stories from the earlier book and adding 10, including long stories by Chiang and Crowley.
Also gathered here are several theme anthologies, mostly of traditional SF and space opera. Three best-of-decade anthologies done with Harry Harrison are compiled on the Best of Decades page; one is in the photo.
Except for the two Penguin Omnibuses, the photo shows US paperback and book club reprints.
Most reprinted authors: Isaac Asimov (7); Arthur C. Clarke and A.E. van Vogt (5 each); Walter M. Miller, Jr., Robert Sheckley, and Clifford D. Simak (4 each).
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The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus, (Penguin, 1973)
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Space Odysseys, (Futura, 1974)
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Space Opera, (Futura, 1974)
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Evil Earths, (Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1975)
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Galactic Empires Volume One, (Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1976)
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Galactic Empires Volume Two, (Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1976)
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Perilous Planets, (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1980)
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A Science Fiction Omnibus, (Penguin Modern Classics, 2007)
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Combined Contents by Author and Title
Robert Abernathy
Pyramid
(Astounding Jul 1954)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Strange Exodus
(Planet Stories Fll 1950)
-- Space Odysseys
Pete Adams
Planting Time
(by PA & Charles Nightingale)
(Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies, 1975)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Brian W. Aldiss
Heresies of the Huge God
(Galaxy Aug 1966)
-- Evil Earths
Poor Little Warrior!
(F&SF Apr 1958)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Poul Anderson
Lord of a Thousand Suns
(Planet Stories Sep 1951)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
The Star Plunderer
(Planet Stories Sep 1952)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Star Ship
(Planet Stories Fll 1950)
-- Space Odysseys
Alex Apostolides
We're Civilized
(by Mark Clifton & AA)
(Galaxy Aug 1953)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Isaac Asimov
Foundation
(Astounding May 1942)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Jokester
(Infinity Science Fiction Dec 1956)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
The Last Question
(Science Fiction Quarterly Nov 1956)
-- Space Opera
Nightfall
(Astounding Sep 1941)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Reason
(Astounding Apr 1941)
-- Space Odysseys
J. G. Ballard
Track 12
(New Worlds Apr 1958)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Greg Bear
Blood Music
(Analog Jun 1983)
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Charles Beaumont
The Last Word
(by Chad Oliver & CB)
(F&SF Apr 1955)
-- Evil Earths
Alfred Bester
Time Is the Traitor
(F&SF Sep 1953)
-- Space Odysseys
Eliza Blair
Friends in Need
(Bug-Eyed Magazine)
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
James Blish
Beep
(Galaxy Feb 1954)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Common Time
(Science Fiction Quarterly Aug 1953)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Leigh Brackett
The Lake of the Gone Forever
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1949)
-- Space Odysseys
Ray Bradbury
All Summer in a Day
(F&SF Mar 1954)
-- Space Opera
Fredric Brown
Answer
(Angels and Spaceships, 1954)
-- Space Opera
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Not Yet the End
(Captain Future Win 1941)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
John Brunner
The Windows of Heaven
(New Worlds May 1956)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Algis Budrys
The End of Summer
(Astounding Nov 1954)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
To Civilize
(Future Jan 1954)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
F. M. Busby
I'm Going to Get You
(Fantastic Mar 1974)
-- Space Odysseys
J. Scott Campbell
Film of Death
(Astounding Mar 1948)
-- Evil Earths
John W. Campbell, Jr.
Night
(Astounding Oct 1935)
-- Evil Earths
A. Bertram Chandler
The Cage
(F&SF Jun 1957)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
The Half Pair
(New Worlds Nov 1957)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Ted Chiang
Story of Your Life
(Starlight 2, 1998)
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Arthur C. Clarke
Before Eden
(Amazing Jun 1961)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
The Forgotten Enemy
(King's College Review Dec 1948)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
"If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth..."
(Future Sep 1951)
-- Evil Earths
The Possessed
(Dynamic Science Fiction Mar 1953)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
The Sentinel
(Ten Story Fantasy Spr 1951)
-- Space Odysseys
Mark Clifton
We're Civilized
(by MC & Alex Apostolides)
(Galaxy Aug 1953)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Theodore R. Cogswell
The Wall Around the World
(Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep 1953)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Alfred Coppel
The Rebel of Valkyr
(Planet Stories Fll 1950)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
John Crowley
Great Work of Time
(Novelty, 1989)
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Avram Davidson
The Bounty Hunter
(Fantastic Universe Mar 1958)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Roger Dee
The Interlopers
(Astounding Sep 1954)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Philip K. Dick
The Golden Man
(If Apr 1954)
-- Evil Earths
The Impossible Planet
(Imagination Oct 1953)
-- Space Odysseys
Gordon R. Dickson
The Monkey Wrench
(Astounding Aug 1951)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Howard Fast
The First Men
(F&SF Feb 1960)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
The Wound
(The General Zapped an Angel, 1970)
-- Evil Earths
Gardner F. Fox
Tonight the Stars Revolt!
(Planet Stories Mar 1952)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
H. B. Fyfe
Protected Species
(Astounding Mar 1951)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Daniel F. Galouye
Tonight the Sky Will Fall!
(Imagination May 1952)
-- Space Opera
Randall Garrett
Time Fuze
(If Mar 1954)
-- Space Opera
Tom Godwin
The Greater Thing
(Astounding Feb 1954)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
James Gunn
Breaking Point
(Space Science Fiction Mar 1953)
-- Space Opera
Harry Harrison
An Alien Agony
(New Worlds Sep 1962)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Final Encounter
(Galaxy Apr 1964)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
James Inglis
Night Watch
(New Writings in SF. 3, 1965)
-- Space Odysseys
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Garry Kilworth
Alien Embassy
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Damon Knight
The Country of the Kind
(F&SF Feb 1956)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Four in One
(Galaxy Feb 1953)
-- Perilous Planets
C. M. Kornbluth
MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie
(F&SF Jul 1957)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Henry Kuttner
The Time Trap
(Marvel Science Stories Nov 1938)
-- Evil Earths
R. A. Lafferty
Among the Hairy Earthmen
(Galaxy Aug 1966)
-- Evil Earths
Been a Long, Long Time
(Fantastic Dec 1970)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Allen Kim Lang
Guest Expert
(Planet Stories Jan 1951)
-- Evil Earths
Fritz Leiber
Later Than You Think
(Galaxy Oct 1950)
-- Evil Earths
Frank Belknap Long
The Unfinished
(Super Science Stories Apr 1951)
-- Space Odysseys
Mal Lynch
Age of Retirement
(Astounding Apr 1954)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
John D. MacDonald
Escape to Chaos
(Super Science Stories Jun 1951)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Katherine MacLean
The Snowball Effect
(Galaxy Sep 1952)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
David I. Masson
Mouth of Hell
(New Worlds Jan 1966)
-- Perilous Planets
P. Schuyler Miller
The Titan
(The Titan, 1934)
-- Perilous Planets
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Big Hunger
(Astounding Oct 1952)
-- Space Odysseys
Command Performance
(Galaxy Nov 1952)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
I Made You
(Astounding Mar 1954)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Ward Moore
Lot
(F&SF May 1953)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
William Morrison
The Sack
(Astounding Sep 1950)
-- Perilous Planets
Charles Nightingale
Planting Time
(by Pete Adams & CN)
(Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies, 1975)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Alan E. Nourse
Brightside Crossing
(Galaxy Jan 1956)
-- Perilous Planets
Counterfeit
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1952)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Chad Oliver
The Last Word
(by CO & Charles Beaumont)
(F&SF Apr 1955)
-- Evil Earths
Frederik Pohl
The Snowmen
(Galaxy Dec 1959)
-- Perilous Planets
The Tunnel Under the World
(Galaxy Jan 1955)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Arthur Porges
The Rescuer
(Analog Jul 1962)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Mack Reynolds
Down the River
(Startling Stories Sep 1950)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Kim Stanley Robinson
Sexual Dimorphism
(The Martians, 1999)
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Ross Rocklynne
The Empress of Mars
(Fantastic Adventures May 1939)
-- Space Odysseys
Eric Frank Russell
Sole Solution
(Fantastic Universe Apr 1956)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
James H. Schmitz
Grandpa
(Astounding Feb 1955)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Howard Schoenfeld
Built Up Logically
(Retort Win 1949)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
Thomas N. Scortia
Sea Change
(Astounding Jun 1956)
-- Space Opera
Idris Seabright
Brightness Falls from the Air
(F&SF Apr 1951)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Michael Shaara
All the Way Back
(Astounding Jul 1952)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Grenville's Planet
(F&SF Oct 1952)
-- Perilous Planets
Robert Sheckley
The Monsters
(F&SF Mar 1953)
-- Perilous Planets
The Store of the Worlds
(Playboy Sep 1959)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead
(Nova 2, 1972)
-- Space Opera
Robert Silverberg
Schwartz Between the Galaxies
(Stellar, 1974)
-- Perilous Planets
Clifford D. Simak
Beachhead
(Fantastic Adventures Jul 1951)
-- Perilous Planets
Immigrant
(Astounding Mar 1954)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Skirmish
(Amazing Dec 1950)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Cordwainer Smith
The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal
(Amazing May 1964)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
When the People Fell
(Galaxy Apr 1959)
-- Perilous Planets
Norman Spinrad
The Age of Invention
(F&SF Jul 1966)
-- Perilous Planets
John Steinbeck
The Short-Short Story of Mankind
(Lilliput Nov 1955)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Bruce Sterling
Swarm
(F&SF Apr 1982)
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
Richard Stockham
The Valley
(If Jun 1954)
-- Evil Earths
Jefferson Sutton
After Ixmal
(Amazing Oct 1962)
-- Space Opera
William Tenn
Down Among the Dead Men
(Galaxy Jun 1954)
-- Evil Earths
Eastward Ho!
(F&SF Oct 1958)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
The Liberation of Earth
(Future May 1953)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
James Tiptree, Jr.
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side
(F&SF Mar 1972)
-- Space Odysseys
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
E. C. Tubb
The Seekers
(New Writings in SF. 6, 1965)
-- Perilous Planets
A. E. van Vogt
Concealment
(Astounding Sep 1943)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Fulfillment
(New Tales of Space and Time, 1951)
-- The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus
-- A Science Fiction Omnibus
The Monster
(Astounding Aug 1948)
-- Perilous Planets
The Storm
(Astounding Oct 1943)
-- Space Opera
Jack Vance
The Men Return
(Infinity Science Fiction Jul 1957)
-- Evil Earths
The Mitr
(Vortex Science Fiction #1 1953)
-- Space Opera
F. L. Wallace
Big Ancestor
(Galaxy Nov 1954)
-- Galactic Empires Volume Two
Bryce Walton
To Each His Star
(Space Science Fiction May 1952)
-- Space Odysseys
Donald Wandrei
The Red Brain
(Weird Tales Oct 1927)
-- Space Opera
James White
Resident Physician
(New Worlds Sep 1961)
-- Galactic Empires Volume One
Cherry Wilder
The Ark of James Carlyle
(New Writings in SF. 24, 1974)
-- Perilous Planets
Robert F. Young
Goddess in Granite
(F&SF Sep 1957)
-- Perilous Planets
On the River
(Fantastic Jan 1965)
-- Perilous Planets