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More Fantastic Stories: A Positronic Book
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781604596809
Publisher: Positronic Publishing
Published: Jan 18 2009
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A collection of six science fiction stories drawn from some of the most distinctive voices in twentieth-century speculative fiction. More Fantastic Stories gathers tales of altered realities, alien encounters, and unexpected transformations, presenting a range of approaches to the genre from quiet speculation to imaginative invention.
The stories move across varied settings and situations, from isolated towns with hidden dangers to encounters with unfamiliar intelligences and disruptions of ordinary experience. Each author contributes a distinct perspective: R. A. Lafferty's inventive and often ironic constructions, Stanley G. Weinbaum's pioneering sense of the alien, Clifford D. Simak's measured and reflective tone, Edgar Pangborn's more lyrical approach, Andre Norton's emphasis on survival and discovery, and Frank Herbert's controlled narrative tension.
The volume includes the following stories: Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas; The Worlds of If; The Street That Wasn't There; The Good Neighbors; The Gifts of Asti; Operation Haystack.
This edition presents the stories in a clear and readable format, preserving their original structure while making them accessible to contemporary readers of classic science fiction.
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