The Anthology Game

• Published in: Becoming Ray Bradbury p. 185
• Main Author: Eller, Jonathan R
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: University of Illinois Press 04.08.2011
• Subjects: Anthologies; anthology; anthology awards; Anthropology; Applied anthropology; Artists; Arts; Authors; Behavioral sciences; Best American Short Stories; Business; Business operations; California Quarterly; Commerce; Cultural anthropology; Dolph Sharp; Don Congdon; Economic disciplines; Economics; Employment; Fiction; Folk beliefs; Folk culture; Folkloristics; Information resources; Information science; Labor economics; Literary devices; Literary genres; Literary Studies (20th Century onwards); Literary themes; Literature; Love poetry; Magic; Mars; O. Henry Prize Stories; Occupations; Poetry; Ray Bradbury; Sales; Science fiction; Short sales; Short stories; Sorcery; Speculative fiction; Writers
• ISBN: 0252036298; 9780252036293
• DOI: 10.5406/illinois/9780252036293.003.0032

The development of the Illinois novel was also slowed by Bradbury’s increased focus on the science fiction stories he was writing and revising with more and more frequency. In spite of Congdon’s influence with a wide range of editors, these stories were still not selling to the major magazines at all. By the spring of 1948 he could claim, altogether, only nine slick appearances and two appearances in literary magazines. What sustained both his spirit and his reputation during this period was his almost phenomenal success with the premier award anthologies of the day. Martha Foley’s selection of “The Big