''The Machine God Laughs'' is an anthology of three
science fiction short stories edited anonymously by
William L. Crawford
William Levi Crawford (September 10, 1911 – January 25, 1984) was an American publisher and editor.
Career
During the autumn of 1933, Crawford, a West Coast science fiction fan, proposed to start a non-paying weird fiction magazine, ''Unusu ...
. It was published by
Griffin Publishing Company
The griffin, griffon, or gryphon ( Ancient Greek: , ''gryps''; Classical Latin: ''grȳps'' or ''grȳpus''; Late and Medieval Latin: ''gryphes'', ''grypho'' etc.; Old French: ''griffon'') is a legendary creature with the body, tail, and b ...
during
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
in an edition of 1,200 copies. The stories were published originally in the magazine ''Fantasy Book''.
Contents
*"The Machine-God Laughs", by Festus Pragnell
*"Star of the Undead", by Paul Dennis Lavond (pseudonym for
Robert A. W. Lowndes
Robert Augustine Ward "Doc" Lowndes (September 4, 1916 – July 14, 1998) was an American science fiction author, editor and fan. He was known best as the editor of ''Future Science Fiction'', ''Science Fiction'', and ''Science Fiction Quarterly ...
,
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...
& Joseph Harold Dockweiler)
*"Crusader", by
Basil Wells
Basil Eugene Wells (June 11, 1912 – December 23, 2003) was an American writer. His first published story, "Rebirth of Man" appeared in the magazine '' Super Science Stories'' in 1940. He wrote science fiction, fantasy western and detectiv ...
References
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1949 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
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