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: 1950 The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1950 is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty. An abridged edition was published in the UK by Grayson in 1951 under the title "The Best Science Fiction Stories". The stories had originally appeared in 1949 in the magazines "Astounding", "The Saturday Evening Post", "Fantasy and Science Fiction", "Fantastic Adventures", "Maclean’s", "Thrilling Wonder Stories", "Blue Book" and "Startling Stories". The anthology was later combined with the and reissued as "Science Fiction Omnibus". P. Schuyler Miller received the anthology favorably,