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Harry Harrison's science fiction anthology offers short stories by some of the most well known writers in literary history, from Mark Twain's account of attempting a Faustian bargain with the Devil to Anthony Burgess's nightmarish portrayal of an extraterrestrial William Shakespeare t...

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Other Authors: Harrison, Harry, 1925-2012 (Editor), Blish, James (Author of introduction, etc.), Amis, Kingsley, Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986, Burgess, Anthony, 1917-1993, Cheever, John, Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970, Greene, Graham, 1904-1991, Graves, Robert, 1895-1985, Kersh, Gerald, 1911-1968, Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963, Szilard, Leo, Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1971]
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Summary:Harry Harrison's science fiction anthology offers short stories by some of the most well known writers in literary history, from Mark Twain's account of attempting a Faustian bargain with the Devil to Anthony Burgess's nightmarish portrayal of an extraterrestrial William Shakespeare to Kingsley Amis's tale of hallucination and conditioning. James Blish's introductory essay provides an enlightening and entertaining survey of the genre, its history, and increasingly important literary value--From publisher description.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Sci-Fi. copy [A14853532536] is from the personal library of Edward W. Bryant Jr.
Physical Description:216 pages ; 22 cm
Also issued online.
ISBN:0684102285
9780684102283
068412565X
9780684125657