Out of the Unknown (collection)

{{short description|Book by A.E. van Vogt}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = Out of the Unknown

| image = Out of the unknown.jpg

| caption = Dust-jacket of the first edition

| author = A. E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull

| illustrator = Roy Hunt, Charles McNutt and Neil Austin

| cover_artist = Roy Hunt

| country = United States

| language = English

| series =

| genre = Fantasy

| publisher = Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc.

| pub_date = April 1948

| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 141

| isbn =

| oclc = 2925369

| preceded_by =

| followed_by =

}}

Out of the Unknown is a collection of fantasy short stories by Canadian writers A. E. van Vogt and E. Mayne Hull, a married couple. It was first published in 1948 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,000 copies. The stories originally appeared in the magazine Unknown.

Contents

  • "The Sea Thing" by A. E. van Vogt
  • "The Wishes We Make" by E. Mayne Hull
  • "The Witch" by A. E. van Vogt
  • "The Patient" by E. Mayne Hull
  • "The Ultimate Wish" by E. Mayne Hull
  • "The Ghost" by A. E. van Vogt

Sources

  • {{cite book |last=Chalker |first=Jack L. |authorlink=Jack L. Chalker |author2=Mark Owings |title=The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998 |location=Westminster, MD and Baltimore |publisher=Mirage Press, Ltd. |pages=269 |year=1998}}
  • {{cite web |last=Contento |first=William G. |title=Out of the Unknown A. E. van Vogt & E. Mayne Hull (Fantasy Publishing Co., Inc., 1948, $2.50, 141pp, hc) |work=Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections |url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t90.htm#A2017 |date=26 January 2008 |accessdate=26 April 2008}}
  • {{cite book |last=Tuck |first=Donald H. |authorlink=Donald H. Tuck |title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy |location=Chicago |publisher=Advent |pages=431 |year=1978 |isbn=0-911682-22-8}}