Cyril M. Kornbluth

1923 - 1958

Most famous story: The Little Black Bag, in Astounding, July, 1950.

Winner: Retro Hugo and Science Fiction Hall of Fame

Novels

Kornbluth, C. M.,
--Valerie,
--The Naked Storm,
--Man of Cold Rages,
--Takeoff, Doubleday, New York, 1952. (New Worlds, #22-#24, 1954.)
--The Syndic, 1953. (Science Fiction Adventures, December, 1953 - February, 1954.)
--Not This August, Doubleday, New York, 1955. (Maclean's, May-June, 1955.)

Kornbluth, C. M., and Judith Merril, (as by Cyril Judd)
--Outpost Mars, Abelard, New York, 1952. (as Mars Child, in Galaxy, May-July, 1952.)
--Gunner Cade, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1952. (Astounding, March-May, 1952.)

Pohl, Frederik, and C. M. Kornbluth,
--The Space Merchants, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1952. ISBN: 0-312-90655-2 (as Gravy Planet, serial in Galaxy, June-August, 1952.)
--Search the Sky, Ballantine, New York, 1954.
--Gladiator-at-Law, Ballantine, New York, 1955.
--A Town Is Drowning, Ballantine, New York, 1955.
--Presidential Year, Ballantine, New York, 1956.
--Wolfbane, Ballantine, New York, 1957. (Galaxy, October-November, 1957.)
--Sorority House, (as Jordan Park)
--Venus, Inc., Nelson Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1984. Includes: The Space Merchants, and The Merchant's War, by Frederick Pohl.

Original Short Fiction

Kornbluth, Cyril M.,
--Astounding
--Fantastic Stories
--Fantastic Universe
--F & SF
--Galaxy
--Star Science Fiction Stories
--Startling Stories
--Venture

Collections of Short Stories

Kornbluth, C. M.,
--The Explorers, Ballantine, New York, 1954.
--The Mindworm and Other Stories, Joseph, London, 1955.
--A Mile Beyond the Moon, Doubleday, New York, 1958.
--The Marching Morons, 1959.
--Science Fiction Showcase, 1959.
--Thirteen O'Clock and Other Zero Hours, 1970. (as Cecil Corwin)
--The Best of C. M. Kornbluth, edited by Frederik Pohl, Del Rey, 1976.
--His Share of Glory, edited by Timothy P. Szczesuil, NESFA Press, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1997. ISBN: 0-915368-60-9

Pohl, Frederik, and C. M. Kornbluth,
--The Wonder Effect, 1962.
--Critical Mass, 1977.
--Before the Universe, 1980.
--Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, 1986.

Criticism


The Science Fiction Novel: Imagination and Social Criticism, Advent, Chicago, Illinois, 1959. ISBN: 0-911682-02-3

Sources of Biographical and Bibliographical Information

Boucher, Anthony, C. M. Kornbluth, A Memorial Bibliography, in F & SF, July, 1958.

Asimov, Isaac, Chapter 20. Cyril M. Kornbluth, in I, Asimov, Doubleday, New York, 1994, 562 pp. ISBN: 0-385-41701-2 ($25.00 list)

Stephensen-Payne, Phil, and Gordon Benson, Jr., Cyril M. Kornbluth: The Cynical Scrutineer, ISBN: 1-871133-03-3

Pohl, Frederik, Cyril, in His Share of Glory, NESFA Press, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1997.

Szczesuil, Timothy P., Editor's Notes, in His Share of Glory, NESFA Press, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1997.

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