SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy

SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy is a 1956 anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories edited by Judith Merril. It was the first in a series of 12 annual anthologies edited by Merrill. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines Astounding, Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe, Science-Fantasy, If, Good Housekeeping and Bluebook.

Contents

 * Introduction, by Orson Welles
 * Preface, by Judith Merril
 * "The Stutterer", by R. R. Merliss
 * "The Golem", by Avram Davidson
 * "Junior", by Robert Abernathy
 * "The Cave of Night", by James E. Gunn
 * "The Hoofer", by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
 * "Bulkhead", by Theodore Sturgeon
 * "Sense from Thought Divide", by Mark Clifton
 * "Pottage", by Zenna Henderson
 * "Nobody Bothers Gus", by Algis Budrys
 * "The Last Day of Summer", by E. C. Tubb
 * "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts", by Shirley Jackson
 * "The Ethicators", by Willard Marsh
 * "Birds Can’t Count", by Mildred Clingerman
 * "Of Missing Persons", by Jack Finney
 * "Dreaming Is a Private Thing", by Isaac Asimov
 * "The Country of the Kind", by Damon Knight
 * "The Public Hating", by Steve Allen
 * "Home There’s No Returning", by Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
 * "The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions", by Judith Merril