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Invisible Men, edited by Basil Davenport (Ballantine, 1960).

With a title that immediately brings to mind H.G. Wells’ haunting science-fiction classic, The Invisible Man (1897), this 158-page paperback anthology features 11 fantastical tales from the likes of Jack London, Ray Bradbury, L. Sprague de Camp, Maurice Leblanc, Wells himself, and others. Fantasy and horror writer Jeff Baker, who posted a four-part review of Invisible Men in his blog (see here, here, here, and here), says this volume covers “variant themes of invisibility” and was originally “marketed for young adults with a preface for students and teachers which did not talk down and was spoiler-free.”

Cover artwork by Richard M. Powers.