Anthony E. Pratt initially letting holiday flats. It was early in this time that Pratt worked as a solicitor's clerk, an occupation he held for about three years before retiring around 1962 (aged 59). Eventually the Cluedo patent lapsed, and in 1980 Anthony and Elva moved back to Birmingham, where they both enjoyed their retirement years. He continued to play and enjoy music and indulged his love of books including detective fiction. Anthony Pratt developed Alzheimer's disease towards the end of his life and moved into a nursing home, where he died at the age of 90. He is buried in Bromsgrove Cemetery.
The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 is a 1949 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. It was the first published anthology to present the best science fiction stories for a given year. The stories had originally appeared in 1948 in the magazines "Planet Stories", "Astounding Science Fiction", "Blue Book", "Comment", and "Thrilling Wonder Stories". The anthology was later combined with the and reissued as "Science Fiction Omnibus". L. Sprague de Camp received the anthology favorably, describing it as "a superior product . . . with