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Book details
Paperback: 210 pages
File Size: 374 KB
Format: epub
Publisher: Bantam Books; First Edition edition (1956)
Language: English
ASIN: B000HY7AX4

Fantasy and fantastic short stories, Science Fiction,

E. B. WHITE
tells of a machine that easily might make man obsolete.

NIGEL KNEALE
tells of the very sweet revenge of some be-devilled frogs.

ROALD DAHL
tells of an imaginative game that turns into a horrifying nightmare.

HENRY KUTTNER
tells of a man who thinks he’s getting the better part of a bargain with the devil.

These are only a few of the extraordinary tales in this volume.

There goes the calliope, the trumpet, the drum . . . Get ready for THE CIRCUS OF DR. LAO and Other Improbable Stories — the greatest show on—or off—the earth.

The Circus of Dr. Lao, by Charles G. Finney, The Viking Press, 1935. Reprinted by permission of the author. Copyright, 1935, by Charles G. Finney.
The Pond, by Nigel Kneale, reprinted from Tomato Cain and Other Stories by Nigel Kneale by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. and the author. Copyright, 1950, by Nigel Kneale.

The Hour of Letdown, by E. B. White, reprinted from The Second Tree From the Corner by E. B. White by permission of The New Yorker, Harper & Brothers and Hamish Hamilton Limited. Copyright, 1951, by E. B. White.

The Wish, by Roald Dahl, reprinted from Someone Like You by Roald Dahl by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., and Martin Seeker & Warburg, Ltd. Copyright, 1953, by Roald Dahl.

The Summer People, by Shirley Jackson, reprinted from Charm Magazine by permission of Brandt & Brandt. Copyright, 1950, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

Buzby’s Petrified Woman, by Loren Eiseley, reprinted from Harper’s Magazine by permission of the author. Copyright, 1948, by Harper’s Magazine.
The Resting Place, by Oliver LaFarge, reprinted from The New Yorker by permission of the author. Copyright, 1954, The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.

Threshold, by Henry Kuttner, reprinted by permission of Harold Matson Company. Copyright, 1940, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., in the U.S.A. and Great Britain; publishers of Astounding Science Fiction.

Greenface, by James H. Schmitz, reprinted from Unknown Worlds by permission of Astounding Science Fiction. Copyright, August 1943, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

The Limits of Walter Horton, by John Seymour Sharnik, reprinted from Charm Magazine by permission of Street & Smith Publications, Inc. Copyright, 1954, by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

The Man Who Vanished, by Robert M. Coates, reprinted from The New Yorker by permission of the author. Copyright, 1955, The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.