Portals of Tomorrow

Portals of Tomorrow
	Dust-jacket from the first edition.
Editor	August Derleth
Cover artist	Fiorello & Marmaras
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Rinehart & Company
Publication date	1954
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	371

Portals of Tomorrow is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by American writer August Derleth, intended as the first in a series of "year's best" volumes.^[1] It was first published by Rinehart & Company in 1954. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines Fantasy and Science Fiction, Future, Esquire, Fantastic Universe, Galaxy Science Fiction, Blue Book, Startling Stories, Orbit, Astounding Stories and Beyond Fantasy Fiction.

Contents[edit]

Introduction, by August Derleth
"The Hypnoglyph", by John Anthony
"Testament of Andros", by James Blish
"The Playground", by Ray Bradbury
"Gratitude Guaranteed", by R. Bretnor & Kris Neville
"Rustle of Wings", by Fredric Brown
"The Other Tiger", by Arthur C. Clarke
"Civilized", by Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides
"Stickeney and the Critic", by Mildred Clingerman
"The Word", by Mildred Clingerman
"Hermit on Bikini", by John Langdon
"Jezebel", by Murray Leinster
"D.P. from Tomorrow", by Mack Reynolds
"The Altruists", by Idris Seabright
"Potential", by Robert Sheckley
"Eye for Iniquity", by T. L. Sherred
"Kindergarten", by Clifford D. Simak
Outstanding Collections of Fantastic Stories Published During the Year 1953
A Checklist of New Fantastic Stories Published in American Magazines in 1953
A Checklist of the Best New Fantastic Stories Published in Books in 1953

Reception[edit]

P. Schuyler Miller noted that Derleth's selections "hew more to old-line themes and treatments."^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "The Reference Library," Astounding Science Fiction, March 1954, pp.158

Sources[edit]

Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2007-03-16. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 140. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

[PSM-1] "The Reference Library," Astounding Science Fiction, March 1954, pp.158

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v t e Works of August Derleth
Solar Pons	"In Re: Sherlock Holmes" – The Adventures of Solar Pons The Memoirs of Solar Pons Three Problems for Solar Pons The Return of Solar Pons The Reminiscences of Solar Pons Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey The Casebook of Solar Pons A Praed Street Dossier The Chronicles of Solar Pons The Solar Pons Omnibus The Original Text Solar Pons Omnibus Edition The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
Horror	Someone in the Dark Something Near Not Long for this World The Survivor and Others The Mask of Cthulhu Lonesome Places The Trail of Cthulhu Mr. George and Other Odd Persons Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People The Watchers Out of Time and Others (based on fragments by H. P. Lovecraft) Dwellers in Darkness In Lovecraft's Shadow The Lurker at the Threshold (based on fragments by H. P. Lovecraft)
Science fiction	Harrigan's File
Short fiction	"The Lonesome Place" "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians"
Biography	Some Notes on H. P. Lovecraft
History	The Milwaukee Road: Its First Hundred Years Wisconsin Murders
Anthologies edited by	Sleep No More Who Knocks? The Night Side The Sleeping and the Dead Strange Ports of Call The Other Side of the Moon Beyond Time and Space Far Boundaries The Outer Reaches Beachheads in Space Night's Yawning Peal: A Ghostly Company Worlds of Tomorrow Portals of Tomorrow Time to Come Dark Mind, Dark Heart New Worlds for Old The Sleeping and the Dead The Time of Infinity The Unquiet Grave When Evil Wakes From Other Worlds Over the Edge Travellers by Night Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos Dark Things New Horizons
Commons