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Issue: The Bank Street Book of Science Fiction #[nn]
Publication Date: September 1989
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagPocket Books
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Indicia Publisher: Pocket Books
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 196
ISBN: 0671631454
UPC/EAN: 07671400395863145
Price: $4.95 CAD
$3.95 USD
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Content Items: 18 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Barbara Brenner
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Cover; Black and White Interiors
Dimensions: 5.2" x 7.5"
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Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Graphic Novel
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
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Pages: 1
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A Message from Bank Street

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Teddi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Joboy; Tam; El-Su
First Line: Population crisis planing session:
Synopsis: People who refuse genetic modification are captured and sent to prepare a new planet for colonization.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story published in the anthology Adventure from Way Out (Western Publishing Company, 1973.
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Final Exam

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Thomas Scortia (story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Doug; Mary; Mr. Renken
First Line: Doug! What happened?
Synopsis: Doug and Mary invent a laser powered weapon.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story first published in the anthology The Other Side of Tomorrow (Random House, 1973)
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In the Arena

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Javlin Bartramm; Ik So Baar; Awn
First Line: The stink and the noise at the back
Synopsis: Javlin has won many solo fights in the arena but now he must team up with a woman for his next fight against two deadly opponents.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Adapted from a short story first published in the magazine Worlds of If (Galaxy Publishing Corporation, July 1963)
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Prone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Mack Reynolds (story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): General Bentley; Mitchell Farthingworth; Doctor Duclos; Lieutenant Brown
First Line: General Bentley, what
Synopsis: Mitchell Farthingworth is accident prone and the Space Marines must figure out a way to deal with him.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story first published in the The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Fantasy House, Inc., September 1954)
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The Tweener

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Matt; Fred; Josh; Barbie
First Line: I don't understand it, Fred.
Synopsis: An astronaut returning from Mars brings with him an alien life form as a pet.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Fantasy House, Inc., February 1955)
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The Fun They Had

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Margie; Tommy
First Line: Entry name: Margie.
Synopsis: Tommy finds an old book that describes what school was like hundreds of years ago.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story that first appeared in the children's newspaper Boys and Girls Page (NEA, December 1951)
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Eripmav

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Damon Knight (story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Xixl
First Line: We came to the planet Veegl on
Synopsis: Space travellers trap and kill an alien vampire.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Mercury Press Inc., June 1958)
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Zoo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Edward D. Hoch (story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Professor Hugo
First Line: The children were always good
Synopsis: Once a year Professor Hugo brings his Interplanetary Zoo to various Earth cities.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story first published in Fantastic Universe (King-Size Publications Inc., June 1958)
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In the Abyss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Captain Wheybridge; Elstead
First Line: January 5, 1896, The freighter
Synopsis: Elstead descends deep into the ocean and discovers strange creatures inhabiting the ocean floor.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Adapted from the short story first published in Pearson's Magazine (C. Arthur Pearson, August 1896)
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Prototaph

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Fredric Lere (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Fredric Lere (credited)
Inker(s): Fredric Lere (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: I was sweating bullets by the
Synopsis: In the future a man is denied life insurance by the computer.
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Pages: 14
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Kindergarten

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): James E. Gunn (story)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
First Line: Teacher told my parents that I am the slowest
Synopsis: A child god creates life.
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Pages: 8
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Over the River and Through the Woods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Clifford Simak (story); Byron Gohr (adaptation)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Paul Forbes; Ellen Forbes
Synopsis: Children are sent back in time to spare them from the final conflict.
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Pages: 8
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The Biography Project

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Delfin Burral (credited)
Inker(s): Delfin Burral (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Arlington Prescott; Wellman Zatz; Isaac Newton
First Line: The opening of the biofilm institute
Synopsis: Prescott invents a camera that can capture images of the past.
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Pages: 8
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Dreamworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Richard Eisenhart (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Edward Keller; Aunt Clara
First Line: At thirteen, Edward Keller
Synopsis: Richard fears he is trapped in a dream.
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Pages: 4
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Candy Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Barbara Brenner (story); Gwendolyn Smith (adaptation)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Willie Jones [Candy Boy]; Andromackie
First Line: Willie Jones was
Synopsis: Willie discovers aliens in a miniature spaceship.
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Pages: 9

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