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The Best Of All Possible Worlds

โœ Scribed by Spider Robinson (ed)

Publisher
Ace Books; Grosset & Dunlap
Year
1980
Tongue
en-GB
Weight
205 KB
Series
Ace science fiction
Category
Fiction
City
New York
ISBN
0441054838

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

โœฆ Synopsis

Epub (my conversion)

Table of Contents:

  • Foreword - essay by Spider Robinson

  • Introduction to Larry Niven's "Inconstant Moon" - essay by Spider Robinson

  • Inconstant Moon - (1971) - novelette by Larry Niven

  • Introduction to "Spud and Cochise" by Oliver La Farge - essay by Larry Niven

  • Spud and Cochise - (1936) - novelette by Oliver La Farge

  • Introduction to "Need" by Theodore Sturgeon - essay by Spider Robinson

  • Need - (1960) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Introduction to "Hop-Friend" by Terry Carr - essay by Theodore Sturgeon

  • Hop-Friend - (1962) - short story by Terry Carr

  • Introduction to "Duel Scene" by William Goldman - essay by Spider Robinson

  • "Duel Scene" (from The Princess Bride) - (1973) - short fiction by William Goldman

  • Introduction to "Seventh Victim" by Robert Sheckley - essay by William Goldman

  • Seventh Victim - (1953) - short story by Robert Sheckley

  • Introduction to "Portions of This Program..." by Dean Ing - essay by Spider Robinson

  • Portions of This Program... - (1977) - novelette by Dean Ing

  • Introduction to "They Bite" by Anthony Boucher - essay by Dean Ing

  • They Bite - (1943) - short story by Anthony Boucher

  • Introduction to "The Man Who Traveled in Elephants" by Robert A. Heinlein - essay by Spider Robinson

  • The Man Who Traveled in Elephants - (1957) - short story by Robert A. Heinlein

  • Introduction to "Our Lady's Juggler" by Anatole France - essay by Spider Robinson

  • Our Lady's Juggler - (1908) - short story by Anatole France (trans. of Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame 1892)

โœฆ Subjects

Fiction

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