Human?

Human? is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories edited by Judith Merril, published as a paperback original by Lion Books in 1954. No further editions were issued.

Contents

 * "Introduction", Fredric Brown
 * "I: As Others See Us…", Judith Merril
 * "The Big Contest", John D. MacDonald (Worlds Beyond 1950)
 * "The Boy Next Door", Chad Oliver (F&SF 1951)
 * "Take a Seat", Eric Frank Russell (Startling Stories 1952)
 * "An Egg a Month from All Over", Idris Seabright (F&SF 1952)
 * "Riya’s Foundling", Algis Budrys (Science Fiction Stories #1 1953)
 * "II: Earthlings All", Judith Merril
 * "ghosts", Don Marquis (Archy and Mehitabel, 1927)
 * "Smoke Ghost", Fritz Leiber (Unknown 1941)
 * "Who Shall I Say Is Calling?", August Derleth (F&SF 1952)
 * "The Gnarly Man", L. Sprague de Camp (Unknown 1939)
 * "The Temptation of Harringay", H. G. Wells (The St. James’s Gazette 1895)
 * "The Ultimate Egoist", Theodore Sturgeon (Unknown 1941)
 * "Rope Enough", John Collier (The New Yorker 1939)
 * "III: Tomorrow Will Be Better?", Judith Merril
 * "Liar!", Isaac Asimov (Astounding 1941)
 * "Who Knows His Brother", Graham Doar (Startling Stories 1952)
 * "Crucifixus Etiam", Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Astounding 1953)

Reception
P. Schuyler Miller, declaring that Merril "has [n]ever edited a bad anthology, or even a so-so one", described this theme anthology as "span[ning] the gap from H. G. Wells to 1953."