The Unknown (1963 anthology)
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 Cover of the first edition. | |
| Editor | D. R. Bensen |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Edd Cartier |
| Cover artist | John Schoenherr |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Pyramid Books |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 192 |
| Followed by | The Unknown Five |
The Unknown is an anthology of fantasy fiction short stories edited by D. R. Bensen and illustrated by Edd Cartier, the second of a number of anthologies drawing their contents from the American magazine Unknown of the 1930s-1940s. It was first published in paperback by Pyramid Books in April 1963. It was reprinted by the same publisher in October 1970, and by Jove/HBJ in August 1978[1] A companion anthology, The Unknown Five, was issued in 1964.
The book collects eleven tales by various authors, together with a foreword by Isaac Asimov and an introduction by the editor.