Copyright 1998, 2012 by the Estate of Theodore White Introduction Copyright 1998 by James A. Mann Dust Jacket Illustration Bob Eggleton Copyright 2012 Bob Eggleton ALL RIGHTS RESERVERD. NO PART OF THIS BOOK MAY BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY ELECTRONIC, MAGICAL, OR MECHANICAL MEANS INCLUDING INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER, EXCEPT BY A REVIEWER WHO MAY QUOTE BRIEF PASSAGES IN A REVIEW SECOND EDITION First Printing Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-68084 ISBN-13: 978-1-60373-03-6 ISBN-10: 1-886778-02-7 Copyright Acknowledgements “The Ambassadors” first appeared in Startling Stories, June 1952 “The Anomoly of the Empty Man” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1952 “Balaam” first appeared in 9 Tales of Space and Time, edited by Raymond J. Healy, 1954 “Barrier” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1942 “The Chronokinesis of Jonathan Hull” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1946 “The Compleat Werewolf” first appeared in Unknown Worlds, April 1942 “Conquest” first appeared in Star Science Fiction 2, edited by Frederik Pohl “Elsewhen” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, January 1943 “Expedition” first appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1943 “The First” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 “Gandolphus” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1956 “The Ghost of Me” first appeared in Unknown Worlds, June 1942 “The Greatest Tertian” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1942 “Khartoum” first appeared in Stefantasy, August 1955. First professional publication in Strange Bedfellows, edited by William F. Nolan “A Kind of Madness” first appeared in Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine, August 1972 “Man’s Reach” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1972 “Mary Celestial” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1955 “The Model of a Science Fiction Editor” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953 “Mr. Lupescu” first appeared in Weird Tales, September 1945 “Nellthu” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1955 “Nine-Finger Jack” first appeared in Esquire, May 1951 “One-Way Trip” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, August 1943 “The Other Inauguration” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1953 “Pelagic Spark” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1943 “The Pink Caterpillar” first appeared in Adventure Magazine, 1945 “The Public Eye” first appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1952 “The Quest for Saint Aquin” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1959 “Q.U.R.” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, March 1943 “Rappaccini’s Other Daughter” appears here for the first time. “Review Copy” first appered in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fall 1949 “Robinc” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, September 1943 “Sanctuary” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, June 1943 “The Scrawny One” first appeared in Weird Tales, May 1949 “Secret of the House” first appeared in Galaxy, March 1953 “A Shape in Time” first appeared in The Future Is Now, edited by William F. Nolan, 1970 “Snulbug” first appeared in Unknown Worlds, December 1941 “Sriberdegibit: first appeared in Unknown Worlds, June 1943 “Star Bride” first appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1951 “The Star Dummy” first appeared in Fantastic, Fall 1952 “A Summers Cloud” first appeared in Twilight Zone, June 1981 “The Tenderizers” first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1942 “They Bite” first appeared in Unknown Worlds, August 1943 “Transfer Point” first appeared in Galaxy, December 1950 “The Way I Heard It” first appeared in Twilight Zone, June 1981 “We Print the Truth” first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction, December 1943 Acknowledgements This book was produced with the help of a number of people. George Flynn once again reviewed every story and meticulously compared what we had on hand with previously published versions. Mary Tabasko also provided extensive proofing help and advice on design, and Scot Taylor lent a hand in the proofing. Kevin Riley helped design the dust jacket, using the art provided by Jane Dennis. Mark Olson and Tony Lewis provided advice and support throughout. Teresa Nielsen Hayden provided advice on a couple of editorial points. Charles N. Brown helped us track down the agent of the estate. Laurie Mann helped scan a number of the stories and in general provided support throughout this effort. And Leslie Mann provided some clerical help. Thanks to you all. James A. Mann Editor Pittsburgh, PA September 1998 Acknowledgements to the Second Edition Thanks to Bob Eggleton for the new dust jacket artwork. Thanks to Lisa Hertel for collating corrections from the initial edition, to Sharon Sbarsky and Rick Katze for their assistance. Special thanks to my wife, Ann A. Broomhead for fully proofing the entire revised text. Tim Szczesuil Littleton, MA October 2012 Contents Editor’s Introduction The Quest for Saint Aquin The Compleat Werewolf Elsewhen The Pink Caterpillar The Chronokeisis of Jonathan Hull Gandolphus Sriberdegibit The Ambassadors Q.U.R. Robinc Nine-Finger Jack Barrier Pelagic Spark The Other Inauguration One-Way Trip Man’s Reach Mr. Lupescu Balaam The Anomaly of the Empty Man The Ghost of Me Snulbug Sanctuary Transfer Point Conquest The First The Greatest Tertian Expedition The Public Eye The Secret of the House The Scrawny One Star Bride The Way I Heard It The Star Dummy Review Copy A Kind of Madness Nellthu Rappaccini’s Other Daughter Khartoum A Shape in Time A Summer’s Cloud The Tenderizers They Bite The Model of a Science Fiction Editor We Print the Truth Mary Celestial Recipe for Curry De Luxe The Very Model of a Science Fiction Editor . . . and Writer . . . and Critic . . . And. . . James A. Mann Anthony Boucher (William Anthony Parker White) is perhaps best known as one of the great editors of science fiction. He and J. Francis McComas started The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1949. F&SF, along with Horace Gold’s Galaxy, wrested the unchallenged leadership of the science fiction field away from John W. Campbell’s Astounding, which, since 1939, had been the leader of the field. After 1950, there were three great magazines in the field, not just one. F&SF helped move science fiction fantasy into new directions under Boucher’s leadership. He also edited several anthologies, the most notable of which, the two-volume A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, was a selection of just about everybody who joined the Science Fiction Book Club for decades. But Boucher was more than a science fiction editor. He was a critic, whose book reviews appeared in such prestigious places as
