The Best of Leigh Brackett

The book contains ten short works of fiction with an afterword and two addenda by the author, together with an introduction by editor Edmond Hamilton and a map of Brackett's fictional version of Mars with an associated piece by Margaret Howes. [1]

• "Story-Teller of Many Worlds" [introduction] (Edmond Hamilton)
• "The Jewel of Bas" (from Planet Stories, Spring 1944)
• "The Vanishing Venusians" (from Planet Stories, Spring 1945)
• "The Veil of Astellar" (from Thrilling Wonder Stories, Spring 1944)
• "The Moon That Vanished" (from Thrilling Wonder Stories, Oct. 1948)
• "Enchantress of Venus" (from Planet Stories, Fall 1949)
• "The Woman from Altair" (from Startling Stories, Jul. 1951)
• "The Last Days of Shandakor" (from Startling Stories, Apr. 1952)
• "Shannach - The Last" (from Planet Stories, Nov. 1952)
• "The Tweener" (from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Feb. 1955)
• "The Queer Ones" (from Venture Science Fiction Magazine, Mar. 1957)
• "Afterword"
• "Addendum"
• "About the Maps of Mars"
• "Mars" (Margaret Howes)
• "Mars" [maps] (Margaret Howes)

The book was reviewed by Algis Budrys in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Dec. 1977, Philippa Grove-Stephensen in Paperback Parlour, April 1978, and Brian Stableford in Vector 90, 1978.[1]