Ahead of Time is a collection of science fiction stories by Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner

Henry Kuttner was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.-Early life:Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915...

, first published in hardcover by Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and remains part of that company today. Ballantine's logo is a...

 in 1953.

Contents

• "Or Else"* (Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories
  Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
  
  , 1953)
• "Home Is The Hunter"* (Galaxy
  Galaxy Science Fiction
  Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
  
  , 1953)
• "By These Presents" (Fantastic Stories
  Fantastic Stories
  Fantastic Stories is a collection of six short stories written by Soviet author Andrei Sinyavsky under the pseudonym Abram Tertz between 1955 and 1961. The stories are titled: At the Circus, The Graphomaniacs, The Tenants, You and I, The Icicle and Phkents...
  
  , 1953)
• "De Profundis"* (as "The Visitors", Science Fiction Quarterly
  Science Fiction Quarterly
  Science Fiction Quarterly was an United States based pulp science fiction magazine that was originally published from 1940 to 1943 and then again from 1951 to 1958. While the magazine did not last long, it helped early science fiction writers reach early audiences in the genre. The magazine also...
  
  , 1953)
• "Camouflage"* (Astounding Stories, 1945)
• "Year Day" (original to collection)
• "Ghost" (Astounding Stories, 1943)
• "Shock"* (Astounding Stories, 1943)
• "Pile of Trouble" (Thrilling Wonder Stories, 1948)
• "Deadlock"* (Astounding Stories, 1942)

Stories marked with an asterisk (*) have been identified as collaborations by Kuttner and his wife, C. L. Moore

C. L. Moore

Catherine Lucille Moore was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, as C. L. Moore. She was one of the first women to write in the genre, and paved the way for many other female writers in speculative fiction....

.

Reception

Boucher

Anthony Boucher

Anthony Boucher was an American science fiction editor and author of mystery novels and short stories. He was particularly influential as an editor. Between 1942 and 1947 he acted as reviewer of mostly mystery fiction for the San Francisco Chronicle...

 and McComas

J. Francis McComas

Jesse Francis McComas was an American science fiction editor. McComas wrote several stories on his own in the 1950s using both his own name and the pseudonym Webb Marlowe....

, describing Kuttner as "one of s.f.'s most literate and intelligent storytellers," found the collection to be "just about as good as the modern magazine science-fantasy story can get." P. Schuyler Miller

P. Schuyler Miller

Peter Schuyler Miller was an American science fiction writer and critic.-Life:Miller was raised in New York's Mohawk Valley, which led to a life-long interest in the Iroquois Indians. He pursued this as an amateur archaeologist and a member of the New York State Archaeological Association.He...

similarly reported that Ahead of Time was "as good as any of the short-story collections now being published."

External links

Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Kuttner page