Following publication of his nonfiction examination of modern SF in 1960,
New Maps of Hell: A Survey of Science Fiction, author and critic Amis teamed up with another novelist and critic, Robert Conquest, to produce a series of anthologies of short works which they felt defended their claims about the genre against reviewers who dismissed the very idea of mature readers having an interest in the future or in space travel. The books were published first by Gollancz in the UK, then by Harcourt, Brace & World in the US. The first four US volumes rearranged their contents. Berkley paperback reprints of the US volumes are shown in the photo; the paperback of the first volume drops three stories, by Barr, Berryman, and MacLean.
The editors made a point of using only one story per author, across the five books.
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Spectrum, (Gollancz, 1961)
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Spectrum II, (Gollancz, 1962)
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Spectrum III, (Gollancz, 1963)
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Spectrum IV, (Gollancz, 1965)
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Spectrum V, (Gollancz, 1966)
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Combined Contents by Author and Title
Brian W. Aldiss
There Is a Tide
(New Worlds Feb 1956)
-- Vol. #3
Poul Anderson
Call Me Joe
(Astounding Apr 1957)
-- Vol. #4
Christopher Anvil
Gadget vs. Trend
(Analog Oct 1962)
-- Vol. #5
Paul Ash
Big Sword
(Astounding Oct 1958)
-- Vol. #2
Richard Ashby
Commencement Night
(Astounding Aug 1953)
-- Vol. #2
Isaac Asimov
The Feeling of Power
(If Feb 1958)
-- Vol. #3
J. G. Ballard
The Voices of Time
(New Worlds Oct 1960)
-- Vol. #4
Stephen Barr
The Homing Instinct of Joe Vargo
(F&SF Dec 1959)
-- Vol. #1
John Berryman
Special Flight
(Astounding May 1939)
-- Vol. #1
Alfred Bester
Fondly Fahrenheit
(F&SF Aug 1954)
-- Vol. #4
James Blish
Bridge
(Astounding Feb 1952)
-- Vol. #3
Anthony Boucher
Barrier
-- Vol. #5
John Brunner
Such Stuff
(F&SF Jun 1962)
-- Vol. #5
Algis Budrys
The Executioner
(Astounding Jan 1956)
-- Vol. #1
Arthur C. Clarke
The Sentinel
(Ten Story Fantasy Spr 1951)
-- Vol. #4
Hal Clement
Hot Planet
(Galaxy Aug 1963)
-- Vol. #5
Mark Clifton
Sense from Thought Divide
(Astounding Mar 1955)
-- Vol. #3
Allan Danzig
The Great Nebraska Sea
-- Vol. #5
Philip K. Dick
Second Variety
(Space Science Fiction May 1953)
-- Vol. #3
H. Chandler Elliott
Inanimate Objection
(Galaxy Feb 1954)
-- Vol. #1
Howard Fast
The Large Ant
(Fantastic Universe Feb 1960)
-- Vol. #5
Tom Godwin
Mother of Invention
(Astounding Dec 1953)
-- Vol. #2
Ron Goulart
Into the Shop
(F&SF Apr 1964)
-- Vol. #5
Wyman Guin
Beyond Bedlam
(Galaxy Aug 1951)
-- Vol. #3
Robert A. Heinlein
By His Bootstraps
(Astounding Oct 1941)
-- Vol. #1
Wayland Hilton-Young
The Choice
(Punch Mar 19 1952)
-- Vol. #5
John Jakes
The Sellers of the Dream
(Galaxy Jun 1963)
-- Vol. #5
Raymond F. Jones
Noise Level
(Astounding Dec 1952)
-- Vol. #2
Damon Knight
Stranger Station
(F&SF Dec 1956)
-- Vol. #5
C. M. Kornbluth
The Marching Morons
(Galaxy Apr 1951)
-- Vol. #5
Henry Kuttner
Vintage Season
(by HK & C. L. Moore)
(Astounding Sep 1946)
-- Vol. #3 as by Henry Kuttner
Fritz Leiber
The Secret Songs
(F&SF Aug 1962)
-- Vol. #5
Murray Leinster
Exploration Team
(Astounding Mar 1956)
-- Vol. #4
Katherine MacLean
Unhuman Sacrifice
(Astounding Nov 1958)
-- Vol. #1
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Crucifixus Etiam
(Astounding Feb 1953)
-- Vol. #2
C. L. Moore
Vintage Season
(by Henry Kuttner & CLM)
(Astounding Sep 1946)
-- Vol. #3 as by Henry Kuttner
Peter Phillips
Dreams Are Sacred
(Astounding Sep 1948)
-- Vol. #4
Frederik Pohl
The Midas Plague
(Galaxy Apr 1954)
-- Vol. #1
Mark Rose
We Would See a Sign
(Spectrum 3, 1964)
-- Vol. #4
James H. Schmitz
Grandpa
(Astounding Feb 1955)
-- Vol. #2
Robert Sheckley
Pilgrimage to Earth
(Playboy Sep 1956)
-- Vol. #1
Clifford D. Simak
Limiting Factor
(Startling Stories Nov 1949)
-- Vol. #1
Cordwainer Smith
A Planet Named Shayol
(Galaxy Oct 1961)
-- Vol. #5
Theodore Sturgeon
Killdozer!
(Astounding Nov 1944)
-- Vol. #4
William Tenn
Null-P
(Worlds Beyond Jan 1951)
-- Vol. #1
Theodore Thomas
The Far Look
(Astounding Aug 1956)
-- Vol. #2
A. E. van Vogt
Resurrection
(Astounding Aug 1948)
-- Vol. #3
F. L. Wallace
Student Body
(Galaxy Mar 1953)
-- Vol. #2
John Wyndham
Compassion Circuit
(Sunday Chronicle Aug 29 1954)
-- Vol. #5