Judith Merril began editing anthologies in 1950, only a couple years after her first published story ("That Only a Mother") and in the same year as her first published novel (
Shadow on the Hearth); she became the only significant female editor of science fiction anthologies for a quarter century, until Pamela Sargent in the 1970s.
Of her first five, two were large hardcovers for Random House, three smaller paperbacks for Bantam and Lion.
A final anthology, coming just as her annual
Year's Best SF series concluded, was
England Swings SF, subtitled "Stories of Speculative Fiction," containing "New British" writing, what was more commonly called the "New Wave." The brief introduction is interspersed with Beatles lyrics.
Most reprinted authors: Anthony Boucher and Theodore Sturgeon, 4 each; then Asimov, Ballard, Bradbury, Leiber, Miller, and Tenn, 3 each. There's also a story by Agatha Christie, who appears in no other anthology compiled here.
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Shot in the Dark, (Bantam, 1950)
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Beyond Human Ken, (Random House, 1952)
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Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time, (Random House, 1954)
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Human?, (Lion, 1954)
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Galaxy of Ghouls, (Lion, 1955)
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England Swings SF, (Doubleday, 1968)
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Combined Contents by Author and Title
Brian W. Aldiss
Still Trajectories
(New Worlds Sep 1967)
-- England Swings SF
Margery Allingham
He Was Asking After You
(London Evening News Jul 29 1936)
-- Shot in the Dark
Alex Apostolides
Crazy Joey
(by AA & Mark Clifton)
(Astounding Aug 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Isaac Asimov
Belief
(The Alternate Asimovs, 1986)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Liar!
(Astounding May 1941)
-- Human?
Strange Playfellow
(Super Science Stories Sep 1940)
-- Shot in the Dark
Hilary Bailey
Dr. Gelabius
(New Worlds Apr 1968)
-- England Swings SF
J. G. Ballard
The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race
(Ambit #29 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy
(Ambit #31 1966)
-- England Swings SF
You and Me and the Continuum
(Impulse Mar 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Barrington J. Bayley
All the King's Men
(New Worlds Mar 1965)
-- England Swings SF
Stephen Vincent Benét
The Angel Was a Yankee
(McCall's Oct 1940)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Nightmare Number Three
(Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benét, 1935)
-- Shot in the Dark
Jerome Bixby
Share Alike
(by Joe E. Dean & JB)
(Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul 1953)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
James Blish
Solar Plexus
(Astonishing Stories Sep 1941)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Kyril Bonfiglioli
Blastoff
-- England Swings SF
Anthony Boucher
The Ambassadors
(Startling Stories Jun 1952)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
The Compleat Werewolf
(Unknown Apr 1942)
-- Beyond Human Ken
The Ghost of Me
(Unknown Jun 1942)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Mr. Lupescu
(Weird Tales Sep 1945)
-- Shot in the Dark
Leigh Brackett
The Halfling
(Astonishing Stories Feb 1943)
-- Shot in the Dark
Ray Bradbury
The Homecoming
(Mademoiselle Oct 1946)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Mars Is Heaven!
(Planet Stories Fll 1948)
-- Shot in the Dark
The Veldt
(The Saturday Evening Post Sep 23 1950)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Rhoda Broughton
Behold It Was a Dream
(Temple Bar Nov 1872)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Bill Brown
Medicine Dancer
(Fantasy Fiction Nov 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Fredric Brown
Blood
(F&SF Feb 1955)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Knock
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1948)
-- Shot in the Dark
Algis Budrys
Riya's Foundling
(Science Fiction Stories #1 1953)
-- Human?
Michael Butterworth
The Baked Bean Factory
(New Worlds Oct 1967)
-- England Swings SF
John Calder
Signals
(New Worlds #166 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Leslie Charteris
Fish Story
(Bluebook Nov 1953)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Agatha Christie
The Last Séance
(Ghost Stories Nov 1926)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
John Christopher
Socrates
(Galaxy Mar 1951)
-- Beyond Human Ken
John Clark
Saint 505
(New Worlds Jan 1967)
-- England Swings SF
Mark Clifton
Crazy Joey
(by Alex Apostolides & MC)
(Astounding Aug 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
What Have I Done?
(Astounding May 1952)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Theodore R. Cogswell
The Wall Around the World
(Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
John Collier
Interpretation of a Dream
(New Yorker May 5 1951)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Rope Enough
(New Yorker Nov 18 1939)
-- Human?
George Collyn
The Singular Quest of Martin Borg
(New Worlds Feb 1965)
-- England Swings SF
J. J. Coupling
Mr. Kinkaid's Pasts
(F&SF Aug 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
L. Sprague de Camp
The Gnarly Man
(Unknown Jun 1939)
-- Human?
Joe E. Dean
Share Alike
(by JED & Jerome Bixby)
(Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul 1953)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Roger Dee
Unwelcome Tenant
(Planet Stories Sum 1950)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Lester del Rey
Helen O'Loy
(Astounding Dec 1938)
-- Beyond Human Ken
August Derleth
"Who Shall I Say Is Calling?"
(F&SF Aug 1952)
-- Human?
Philip K. Dick
The Golden Man
(If Apr 1954)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Thomas M. Disch
The Squirrel Cage
(New Worlds Oct 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Graham Doar
Who Knows His Brother
(Startling Stories Feb 1952)
-- Human?
Bruce Elliott
Wolves Don't Cry
(F&SF Apr 1954)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
R. Austin Freeman
The Bronze Parrot
-- Shot in the Dark
J. C. Furnas
The Laocoön Complex
(Esquire Apr 1937)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
H. B. Fyfe
Afterthought
(Future Jan 1951)
-- Beyond Human Ken
David Grinnell
Malice Aforethought
(F&SF Nov 1952)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Graham M. Hall
Sun Push
(New Worlds Jan 1967)
-- England Swings SF
Michael Hamburger
Report on a Supermarket
-- England Swings SF
Robert A. Heinlein
Gentlemen, Be Seated!
(Argosy May 1948)
-- Shot in the Dark
Our Fair City
(Weird Tales Jan 1949)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Malcolm Jameson
Pride
(Astounding Sep 1942)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Langdon Jones
The Hall of Machines
(New Worlds Mar 1968)
-- England Swings SF
Roger Jones
The Island
(Science-Fantasy #69 1965)
-- England Swings SF
Gerald Kersh
Voices in the Dust
(The Saturday Evening Post Sep 13 1947)
-- Shot in the Dark
Henry Kuttner
A Gnome There Was
(by HK & C. L. Moore)
(Unknown Oct 1941)
-- Beyond Human Ken as by Lewis Padgett
Fritz Leiber
The Foxholes of Mars
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1952)
-- Beyond Human Ken
The Night He Cried
(Star Science Fiction Stories, 1953)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Smoke Ghost
(Unknown Oct 1941)
-- Human?
Murray Leinster
The Day of the Deepies
(Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 1947)
-- Shot in the Dark
The Wabbler
(Astounding Oct 1942)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Jack London
The Shadow and the Flash
(The Bookman Jun 1903)
-- Shot in the Dark
George MacBeth
The Silver Needle
(New Worlds Jan 1967)
-- England Swings SF
John D. MacDonald
The Big Contest
(Worlds Beyond Dec 1950)
-- Human?
Katherine MacLean
Defense Mechanism
(Astounding Oct 1949)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
The Fittest
(Worlds Beyond Jan 1951)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Edison Marshall
Who Is Charles Avison?
(Argosy Apr 1916)
-- Shot in the Dark
David I. Masson
Psychosmosis
(New Worlds Mar 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Crucifixus Etiam
(Astounding Feb 1953)
-- Human?
The Triflin' Man
(Fantastic Universe Jan 1955)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Wolf Pack
(Fantastic Sep/Oct 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Michael Moorcock
The Mountain
(Boys World #21)
-- England Swings SF
C. L. Moore
A Gnome There Was
(by Henry Kuttner & CLM)
(Unknown Oct 1941)
-- Beyond Human Ken as by Lewis Padgett
Kris Neville
Underground Movement
(F&SF Jun 1952)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Chad Oliver
The Boy Next Door
(F&SF Jun 1951)
-- Human?
Lewis Padgett
The Dark Angel
(Startling Stories Mar 1946)
-- Shot in the Dark
Richard Parker
The Wheelbarrow Boy
(Lilliput Oct 1950)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Peter Phillips
The Warning
(F&SF Sep 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Charles Platt
The Total Experience Kick
(New Worlds Dec 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Edgar Allan Poe
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
(American Whig Review Dec 1845)
-- Shot in the Dark
Frederik Pohl
A Hitch in Time
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1947)
-- Shot in the Dark
Arthur Porges
The Fly
(F&SF Sep 1952)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Mop-Up
(F&SF Jul 1953)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Christopher Priest
The Run
(Impulse May 1966)
-- England Swings SF
J. B. Priestley
The Demon King
(The Strand Jan 1931)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Hugh Raymond
Spokesman for Terra
(Stirring Science Stories Jun 1941)
-- Shot in the Dark
Peter Redgrove
The Idea of Entropy at Maenporth Beach
-- England Swings SF
Keith Roberts
Manscarer
(New Writings in SF. 7, 1966)
-- England Swings SF
Eric Frank Russell
The Glass Eye
(Astounding Mar 1949)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Take a Seat
(Startling Stories May 1952)
-- Human?
Alexander Samalman
Life on the Moon
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1946)
-- Shot in the Dark
Josephine Saxton
Ne Deja Vu Pas
-- England Swings SF
Idris Seabright
An Egg a Month from All Over
(F&SF Oct 1952)
-- Human?
Robert Sheckley
Operating Instructions
(Astounding May 1953)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Proof of the Pudding
(Galaxy Aug 1952)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Clifford D. Simak
Desertion
(Astounding Nov 1944)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Margaret St. Clair
The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles
(F&SF Oct 1951)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Theodore Sturgeon
The Perfect Host
(Weird Tales Nov 1948)
-- Beyond Human Ken
The Sky Was Full of Ships
(Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1947)
-- Shot in the Dark
The Ultimate Egoist
(Unknown Feb 1941)
-- Human?
A Way of Thinking
(Amazing Oct/Nov 1953)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
Peter Tate
Same Autumn in a Different Park
(Fantastic Sep 1967)
-- England Swings SF
William Tenn
Brooklyn Project
(Planet Stories Fll 1948)
-- Shot in the Dark
Child's Play
(Astounding Mar 1947)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
The House Dutiful
(Astounding Apr 1948)
-- Beyond Human Ken
Will Thompson
No One Believed Me
(The Saturday Evening Post Apr 24 1948)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
James Thurber
Interview with a Lemming
(PM Mar 3 1941)
-- Shot in the Dark
Manly Wade Wellman
O Ugly Bird!
(F&SF Dec 1951)
-- Galaxy of Ghouls
H. G. Wells
The Star
(The Graphic Christmas 1897)
-- Shot in the Dark
The Temptation of Harringay
(The St. James's Gazette Feb 9 1895)
-- Human?
Philip Wylie
Blunder
(Colliers Jan 26 1946)
-- Shot in the Dark
John Wyndham
Perforce to Dream
(Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jan 1954)
-- Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time
Pamela Zoline
The Heat Death of the Universe
(New Worlds Jul 1967)
-- England Swings SF