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Beaumont, Charles
THE MAGIC MAN
book-date: 1965
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Fawcett Gold Medal
1965
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THE MAGIC MAN and Other Science Fantasy Stories - the fourth collection by Charles Beaumont. I consider this part of the "second generation" of Beaumont collections since it collects no stories for the first time, but is built from stories first collected in The Hunger (1957), Yonder (1958), and Night Ride (1960.) Good luck finding any of those at a reasonable price. Since many (but not all) of these show up in later "Best of" or "Selected Stories" collections by Beaumont, you could consider this the first attempt at a best-of survey, and take it as a good introduction to Beaumont's work.

(Foreword by Ray Bradbury)
Miss Gentilbelle
The Last Caper
The New People
The Vanishing American
The Monster Show
The Magic Man
A Classic Affair
The Hunger
Black Country
The Love-Master
The Dark Music
Fair Lady
Perchance to Dream
The Crooked Man
Open House
Last Rites
The Murderers
A Death in the Country - (original title= "The Deadly Will to Win")
(Afterword by Richard Matheson)

Original appearances from 1954 to 1958 - in Magazine of F&SF (2), Rogue (2), Playboy (8), IF, Esquire plus The Hunger (3), Stories for the Dead of Night, Night Ride.