Science and Sorcery

For the album by Wolf & Cub, see Science and Sorcery (album).

Not to be confused with Tales of Science and Sorcery, a 1964 collection of short stories by Clark Ashton Smith.

Science and Sorcery is an anthology of fantasy and science fiction stories edited by Garret Ford (a pseudonym for William L. Crawford). It was published by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in 1953 in an edition of 500 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazine Fantasy Book. Others appeared in the magazines Thrilling Wonder Stories, The Vortex and Weird Tales.

Science and Sorcery

Cover of the first edition
Author	edited by Garret Ford
Illustrator	Arnold and Lorraine Walter
Cover artist	Laura Crozetti and Walter
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Publisher	Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date	1953
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	327 pp
OCLC	4553346

Contents

• "Scanners Live in Vain", by Cordwainer Smith
• "The Little Man on the Subway", by Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh
• "What Goes Up", by Alfred Coppel
• "Kleon of the Golden Sun", by Ed Earl Repp
• "How High on the Ladder?", by Leo Paige
• "Footprints", by Robert E. Gilbert
• "The Naming of Names", by Ray Bradbury
• "The Eyes", by Henry Hasse
• "The Scarlet Lunes", by Stanton A. Coblentz
• "Demobilization", by George R. Cowie
• "Voices from the Cliff", by John Martin Leahy
• "The Lost Chord", by Sam Moskowitz
• "The Watchers", by R. H. Deutsch
• "The Peaceful Martian", by J. T. Oliver
• "Escape to Yesterday", by Arthur J. Burks

Reception

P. Schuyler Miller gave the anthology a negative review, describing the volume as mostly "pretty poor stuff by present-day standards."

References

• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 272.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Retrieved 2008-05-04.
• Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 120. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.