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Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)

Author of Thor's Hammer

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Works by Reginald Bretnor

Thor's Hammer (1979) — Editor — 92 copies
Schimmelhorn's Gold (1986) 86 copies
Schimmelhorn File (1979) 76 copies
Orion's Sword (1980) — Editor — 70 copies
The Spear of Mars (1980) — Editor — 70 copies
Gilpins Space (1986) 53 copies
The Collected Feghoot (1992) — Author — 8 copies
Sugar Plum (1952) 7 copies
Bug-Getter [short story] (1960) 4 copies
Cat [short story] (1953) 3 copies
Maybe Just a Little One (1947) 3 copies
Unknown Things (1989) 3 copies
A killing in swords (1978) 2 copies
The Doorstop 2 copies
Without (General) Issue (1981) 2 copies
Finale 1 copy
Little Anton (1951) 1 copy
Earthwoman 1 copy
Aunt's flight (1988) 1 copy
Dr. Birdmouse (1962) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Wizards of Odd: Comic Tales of Fantasy (1996) — Contributor — 631 copies
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (1978) — Contributor — 409 copies
Black Holes (1978) — Contributor — 202 copies
The Stars at War (1986) — Contributor, some editions — 193 copies
Tales from the Spaceport Bar (1987) — Contributor — 179 copies
9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1964) — Contributor — 164 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 9th Series (1961) — Contributor, some editions — 154 copies
The Science Fiction Bestiary (1972) — Contributor — 150 copies
Blood and Iron (1984) — Contributor — 148 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 8th Series (1959) — Contributor — 135 copies
New Tales of Space and Time (1951) — Contributor — 127 copies
6th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1961) — Contributor — 124 copies
Day of the Tyrant (1985) — Contributor — 119 copies
After Armageddon (1990) — Contributor — 109 copies
Armageddon (1990) — Contributor — 98 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 3rd Series (1954) — Contributor — 93 copies
7th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F (1962) — Contributor — 91 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 22nd Series (1977) — Contributor — 90 copies
Guns of Darkness (1987) — Contributor — 88 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30-Year Retrospective (1980) — Contributor; Contributor — 86 copies
Call to Battle! (1988) — Contributor — 82 copies
Mermaids! (1986) — Contributor — 80 copies
Greystone Bay (1985) — Contributor — 67 copies
Time Travelers (Fiction in the Fourth Dimension) (1997) — Contributor — 64 copies
Fears (1983) — Contributor — 57 copies
Timescapes (1997) — Contributor — 57 copies
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humour (1982) — Contributor — 55 copies
Space, Time & Crime (1964) — Contributor — 52 copies
Midnight (1985) — Contributor — 46 copies
Horrors (1866) — Contributor — 43 copies
Science Fiction Oddities (1966) — Author — 43 copies
Strange Bedfellows (1973) — Contributor — 40 copies
Portals of Tomorrow (1954) — Author — 37 copies
14 Great Tales of ESP (1969) — Contributor — 36 copies
Two views of wonder (1979) — Contributor — 29 copies
After Midnight (1986) — Contributor — 29 copies
Isaac Asimov's Masters of Science Fiction (1978) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1951 (1951) — Contributor — 22 copies
Isaac Asimov's Adventures of Science Fiction (1980) — Contributor — 21 copies
Shared tomorrows: Science fiction in collaboration (1979) — Contributor — 19 copies
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1960, Vol. 18, No. 1 (1960) — Contributor; Contributor — 9 copies
Marriage and the Family Through Science Fiction (1988) — Contributor — 6 copies
Already Among Us (2012) — Contributor — 2 copies
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine | January 1982 (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies
Urania Rivista 06 (1953) — Contributor — 1 copy

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This book is a critical symposium on science fiction and contains essays by Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, George Zebrowski, Frank Herbert, Theodore Sturgeon, Alan E. Nourse, Thomas N. Scortia, James Gunn, Alexei and Cory Panshin, Poul Anderson, Hal Clement, Anne McCaffrey, Gordon R. Dickson, and Jack Williamson on topics like the function of science fiction, science fiction publishing, science fiction and the visual arts,
Science fiction and the current state of the world, science fiction, morality, and religion, science fiction and how people adapt to change, science fiction as an imagined experiment, science fiction in the space age, science fiction, new and old trends, the creation of imaginary worlds, and the creation of imaginary beings; Science fiction's romance and splendor, its plausibility, as well as science fiction, critique and instruction. There is also a list of works that discuss science fiction.… (more)
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jwhenderson | 1 other review | Mar 13, 2023 |
So terrible, got this in my halfpricebooks grab bag.... (not worth the money, got some old moldy stuff), a crazy wizard likes to have sex with cats... that sums it up. The writing is very choppy, short sentences and trying to write with a Russian accent? (Maybe?) The best part of the book was reading about the author Reginal Bretnor, seriously go look him up.... the sex with cats part make so much sense... as a side note this was published by TOR in 1986, so there is that, I guess the 80's wasn't the best time for fantasy erotica... I can't even put this in my yard sale pile...… (more)
 
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davisfamily | Dec 11, 2022 |
The final volume of the trilogy of 'The Future at War', Orion's Sword's stories deal with interstellar, even intergalactic conflicts. Recommended.
 
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BruceCoulson | Mar 6, 2014 |
A continuation of the theme in The Hammer of Thor, this time collecting stories of interplanetary conflicts. Recommended.
 
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BruceCoulson | Mar 6, 2014 |

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Jerry Pournelle Contributor
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Poul Anderson Contributor
Alan E. Nourse Contributor
Robert Frazier Contributor
Thomas N. Scortia Contributor
Gordon R. Dickson Contributor
Hal Clement Contributor
Dean Ing Contributor
Joe Haldeman Contributor
G. Harry Stine Contributor
Keith Laumer Contributor
Fred Saberhagen Contributor
Roger A Beaumont Contributor
Edward Bryant Contributor
Gregory Benford Contributor
Michael G. Coney Contributor
Randall Garrett Contributor
Tom Purdom Contributor
David Langford Contributor
Rick Rubin Contributor
Charles Sheffield Contributor
R.Snowden Ficks Contributor
Robert A. Heinlein Contributor
Paul J. Nahin Contributor
Frederik Pohl Contributor
Frank Herbert Contributor
Cory Panshin Contributor
George Zebrowski Contributor
James Gunn Contributor
Jack Williamson Contributor
Ben Bova Contributor
Theodore Sturgeon Contributor
Alexei Panshin Contributor
Anne McCaffrey Contributor
Terry Carr Contributor
Orson Scott Card Contributor
Robert Sheckley Contributor
L. J. JR. STECHER Contributor
Vicki Ann Heydron Contributor
Frank Quattrocchi Contributor
Theodore L. Thomas Contributor
Raccoona Sheldon Contributor
Katherine MacLean Contributor
Arthur C. Clarke Contributor
T. R. Fehrenbach Contributor
Carl Sagan Contributor
Jon Freeman Contributor
James Stevens Contributor
Vincent DiFate Cover artist
James Walters Cover designer
Reinhard Heinz Translator
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