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Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever
Mike Resnick
ISBN: 9781933771229
Format: Paperback
Publisher:BenBella Books
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This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction--each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written--presents wildly hilarious accounts accompanied by a preface that offers valuable insight into the authors and their selections. Contributors include David Drake, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, Gene Wolf, Brian Hopkins, Kevin Anderson, and many more, with stories such as, "Tapestries," "Rattler," "The Robot Who Came to Dinner," and "The Acid Test."
This collection of 29 short stories from masters of science fiction--each tale chosen by the authors as the funniest they have ever written--presents wildly hilarious accounts accompanied by a preface that offers valuable insight into the authors and their selections. Contributors include David Drake, Gregory Benford, Janis Ian, Gene Wolf, Brian Hopkins, Kevin Anderson, and many more, with stories such as, "Tapestries," "Rattler," "The Robot Who Came to Dinner," and "The Acid Test."
| ISBN | 1933771224 | | Pages | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9781933771229
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | BenBella Books | | Weight (grammes) | 549 | | Imprint | BenBella Books | | Published in | Dallas | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | This Is My Funniest | | Publication date | 18 Oct 2007 | | Height (mm) | 228 | | Library of Congress | PS | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY | 813.0876208054 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | General |
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| | | The robot who came to dinner by Ron Goulart | | 3 | | | | Aliens ate my pickup by Mercedes Lackey | | 27 | | | | Correspondence with a breeder by Janis Ian | | 35 | | | | Fairy tale by Jack Dann | | 49 | | | | How to write a scientific paper by Gregory Benford | | 77 | | | | Frog kiss by Kevin J. Anderson | | 83 | | | | The acid test by Kay Kenyon | | 93 | | | | Airborne all the way! by David Drake | | 103 | | | | We three kings by Alan Dean Foster | | 117 | | | | Nord's gambit by Tobias S. Buckell | | 131 | | | | A sword called Rhonda by D. S. Moen | | 145 | | | | Rattler by Gene Wolfe and Brian Hopkins | | 157 | | | | A soldier's complaint by Eric Flint | | 167 | | | | He loved Lucy by Terry Bisson | | 175 | | | | The frog prince by Linda J. Dunn | | 193 | | | | In search of the perfect orgasm by Dean Wesley Smith | | 201 | | | | Elvis died for your sins by Sarah A. Hoyt | | 207 | | | | The angst, I kid you not, of God by Michael Bishop | | 219 | | | | Monster radio by Chris Roberson | | 233 | | | | Apecon by Barbara Delaplace | | 241 | | | | On the high frontier by Michael E. Flynn | | 257 | | | | The day the Martels got the cable by Pat Cadigan | | 283 | | | | Request for proposal by Anthony R. Lewis | | 295 | | | | Small in the saddle by Louise Marley | | 309 | | | | Ram shift phase 2 by Greg Bear | | 325 | | | | Invasion of the Jack Benny snatchers by John Gregory Betancourt | | 331 | | | More... | | |
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