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257:(Miloslav /Miles/ J. Breuer: Czech-American Writer at the Birth of Modern Science Fiction.) Praha: Nová vlna 2023, which also includes three Breuer's SF short stories originally written in Czech.
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The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces
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505:eds. David Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, Tor, 1994.
225:Several of Breuer's stories have been included in
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503:The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF
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516:, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon Novels, 1949;
440:"The Girl from Mars" (with Jack Williamson),
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237:(2008), comprising ten stories, the novel
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570:Astounding Stories of Super-Science
522:Great Science Fiction by Scientists
365:"The Appendix and the Spectacles",
313:Great Science Fiction About Doctors
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154:Index of Physiotherapeutic Technic
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713:"The Raid from Mars", March 1939.
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323:"The Man with the Strange Head",
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568:"A Problem in Communication",
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474:"The Fitzgerald Contraction",
420:Avon Science Fiction Reader #2
386:"The Captured Cross-Section",
327:, January 1927. Reprinted in
231:University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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684:"Mr. Dimmitt Seeks Redress",
677:"The Chemistry Murder Case",
672:The Man with the Strange Head
666:, Summer 1935. Reprinted in
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508:"The Gostak and the Doshes",
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94:Early life and medical career
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702:"Mr. Bowen's Wife Reduces",
644:"The Strength of the Weak",
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763:The Birth of a New Republic
716:"The Disappearing Papers",
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561:"The Inferiority Complex",
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330:Big Book of Science Fiction
88:The Birth of a New Republic
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485:"The Hungry Guinea Pig",
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651:"Millions for Defense",
615:"The Einstein See-Saw",
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273:Works by Miles J. Breuer
245:in the Czech SF monthly
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883:Lincoln Evening Journal
708:Amazing Science Fiction
621:Avon Fantasy Reader #15
514:Avon Fantasy Reader #10
392:Avon Fantasy Reader #12
376:The Mathematical Magpie
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108:Austro-Hungarian Empire
626:"The Perfect Planet",
476:Science Wonder Stories
414:"The Book of Worlds",
320:, Collier Books, 1963.
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797:"Sonnet to Science",
547:"The Driving Power",
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833:"The New Frontier",
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135:Rush Medical College
116:Creighton University
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862:Speculative fiction
590:"The Time Flight",
407:"Buried Treasure",
358:"The Puzzle Duel",
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212:Clare Winger Harris
185:scientific romances
131:University of Texas
662:"Mars Colonizes",
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554:"The Time Valve",
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790:"Via Scientiae",
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344:"The Stone Cat",
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