Stories of 300 to 3,000 words from Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Kornbluth, Leiber, Sturgeon, et al. which have been selected to surprise, shock, and delight.

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Fifty short science fiction tales

Groff Conklin, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Alan Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Fredric Brown, Charles Muñoz, Cleve Cartmill, Peter Grainger, James Causey, Arthur C. Clarke, Mildred Clingerman, Roger D. Aycock, Arthur Feldman, Jack Finney, Stuart Friedman, Lawrence L. LeShan, Donald A. Wollheim, Marion Gross, Robert A. Heinlein, Albert Hernhuter, H. B. Hickey, Wayland Hilton Young, Damon Knight, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Fritz Leiber, Jack Lewis, John D. MacDonald, Avro Manhattan, Winston K. Marks, John P. McKnight, Lion Miller, Alan Nelson, Alan Edward Nourse, Peter Phillips, Arthur Porges, Mack Reynolds, Frank M. Robinson, Edward G. Robles Jr., Eric Frank Russell, James H. Schmitz, Howard Schoenfeld, Margaret St. Clair, Robert Sheckley, Walt Sheldon, Evelyn E. Smith, Will Stanton, Theodore Sturgeon, William Tenn, A. E. van Vogt, Ralph Williams, S. Fowler Wright, Karen Anderson

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Scribner Paperback Fiction

Touchstone

Scribner paperback fiction edition, New York, 1997, c1993

1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed, New York, 1997, c1963

United States, United States of America

August 1, 1997

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Ballade of an Artificial Satellite - poem by Poul Anderson
The Fun They Had - juvenile - short story by Isaac Asimov
Men Are Different - short story by Alan Bloch
The Ambassadors - short story by Anthony Boucher
The Weapon - short story by Fredric Brown
Random Sample - short story by T. P. Caravan
Oscar - short story by Cleve Cartmill
The Mist - short story by Peter Grainger [as by Peter Cartur]
Teething Ring - short story by James Causey
The Haunted Space Suit - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Who's There? 1958)
Stair Trick - short story by Mildred Clingerman
Unwelcome Tenant - short story by Roger Dee
The Mathematicians - short story by Arthur Feldman
The Third Level - short story by Jack Finney
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful! - short story by Stuart Friedman
The Figure - short story by Lawrence L. LeShan [as by Edward Grendon]
The Rag Thing - short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell]
The Good Provider - short story by Marion Gross
Columbus Was a Dope - short story by Robert A. Heinlein
Texas Week - short story by Albert Hernhuter
Hilda - short story by H. B. Hickey
The Choice - short story by Wayland Hilton-Young [as by W. Hilton-Young]
Not with a Bang - short story by Damon Knight
The Altar at Midnight - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
A Bad Day for Sales - short story by Fritz Leiber
Who's Cribbing? - short story by Jack Lewis
Spectator Sport - short story by John D. MacDonald
The Cricket Ball - short story by Avro Manhattan
Double-Take - short story by Winston K. Marks
Prolog - short story by John P. McKnight
The Available Data on the Worp Reaction - short story by Lion Miller
Narapoia - short story by Alan Nelson
Tiger by the Tail - short story by Alan E. Nourse
Counter Charm - short story by Peter Phillips
The Fly - short story by Arthur Porges
The Business, As Usual - short story by Mack Reynolds
Two Weeks in August - short story by Frank M. Robinson
See? - short story by Edward G. Robles, Jr.
Appointment at Noon - short story by Eric Frank Russell
We Don't Want Any Trouble - short story by James H. Schmitz
Built Down Logically - short story by Howard Schoenfeld
An Egg a Month from All Over - short story by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright]
The Perfect Woman - short story by Robert Sheckley
The Hunters - short story by Walt Sheldon
The Martian and the Magician - short story by Evelyn E. Smith
Barney - short story by Will Stanton
Talent - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
Project Hush - short story by William Tenn
The Great Judge - short story by A. E. van Vogt
Emergency Landing - short story by Ralph Williams
Obviously Suicide - short story by S. Fowler Wright
Six Haiku - poem by Karen Anderson

<p>You visit a world where Robots strain to remember the existence of the Men who created them; hear the tantalizingly brief report of a man who returns from a trip to the future; see the snake-armed Thing that emerges from the minds of the people who conjure it. You meet a souvenir hunter in the Thirtieth Century and a schoolgirl who tries to cope with the teaching methods of the Twenty-second Century. You share the terror of an astronaut in a "haunted" space suit and the dilemma of a wife whose husband knows a common chemical formula for destroying the earth. In short, you feel the impact, the originality, and the uncanny atmosphere created by these science fiction experts not once-- but 50 times. <br> <i>50 Short Science Fiction Tales </i>have been selected for their concise writing, and for punch lines that leave the reader "surprised, shocked, and delighted at the final sentence." According to the editors, another important aspect of this literary form is "evocation of a background differing from our own." Consequently, though some of the stories are just a page long, the reading experience is always excitingly unique. <br></p>

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