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1979
Great Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe - 1979
The inventor of the modern detective story, a master of the tale of horror, a poet of haunting melody, Poe has gripped the intellect, the emotions, and the esthetic impulses of the world's readers for over a century.Great Tales and PoemsHere, in one volume, are the masterpieces of mystery, terror, humor, and adventure, and the finest lyric and narrative poetry of the ill-fated genius who was one of America's supreme writers.
Star Songs of an Old Primate
James Tiptree Jr. - 1979
Though the natives seemed human enough, only cross breeding would be conclusive proof. But how were they to prove anything, when sex was punishable by death? THE PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WOULDN'T DO AWFUL THINGS TO RATS - Dr Tilly Lipsitz hated his name, loved his rats... and would be out of a job if he didn't come up with a real zinger of an experiment soon. He didn't have much in mind until he took a midnight trip to his lab and learned more than he would have thought possible. SHE WAITS FOR ALL MEN BORN - she had eyes that could not see, but without sight she had powers that went far beyond those of all who came upon her.Contents:Your Haploid Heart (1969)And So On, and So On (1971)Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (1974)A Momentary Taste of Being (1975)Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976)The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats (1976)She Waits for All Men Born (1976)
The Winter Journey
Georges Perec - 1979
Every aspect of literary history will have to be rewritten. However, the War intervenes, and the work is lost forever.
Green Magic: The Fantasy Realms of Jack Vance
Jack Vance - 1979
Contains the stories:"Green Magic""The Miracle Workers""The Moon Moth""The Mitr""The Men Return""The Narrow Land""The Pilgrims""The Secret""Liane the Wayfarer" (aka "The Loom of Darkness")
Convergent Series
Larry Niven - 1979
The Nonesuch follows Doris as she discovers that a mind-reading, flesh-eating alien is stalking her. Also includes stories from the Draco's Tavern series.Table of contentsReprinted from The Shape of Space"Bordered in Black" (Nebula Award nominee)"One Face""Like Banquo's Ghost""The Meddler""Dry Run""Convergent Series" (fantasy)"The Deadlier Weapon" (mainstream work of short fiction, not sf or fantasy)Newer stories"The Nonesuch" (sf based loosely on Little Red Riding Hood)"Singularities Make Me Nervous" (whose protagonist has an art collection of "Eddie Jones originals")"The Schumann Computer" (Draco's Tavern)"Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!" (Draco)"Grammar Lesson" (Draco)"The Subject is Closed" (Draco)"Cruel and Unusual" (Draco)"Transfer of Power" (fantasy inspired by Lord Dunsany's stories set at the "edge of the world")"Cautionary Tales""Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation""Plaything""Mistake""Night on Mispec Moor""Wrong Way Street"[source: wiki]
The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant Part Two
Guy de Maupassant - 1979
Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Descent of Man
T. Coraghessan Boyle - 1979
Boyle offers his unique view of the world. A primate-center researcher becomes romantically involved with a chimp; a Norse poet overcomes bard-block; collectors compete to snare the ancient Aztec beer can, Quetzacoatl Lite; and Lassie abandons Timmy for a randy coyote. Dark humor, delirious fantasy, and surreal satire come together in this collection that brilliantly expresses just what the "evolution" of mankind has wrought.
The Unorthodox Engineers
Colin Kapp - 1979
Contents:The Railways Up on Cannis (1959)The Subways of Tazoo (1964)The Pen and the Dark (1966)Getaway from Getawehi (1969)The Black Hole of Negrav (1975)
The Golden Helix
Theodore Sturgeon - 1979
Each story is prefaced with a brief discussion by the author. "A master storyteller certain to fascinate all sorts of readers . . ".--Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Such Stuff As Screams Are Made Of
Robert Bloch - 1979
FellLuck Is No LadyThe CureThe Screaming PeopleThe Big KickThe MasterpieceTalentThe Final PerformanceLife In Our TimeUndergroundA Case Of The StubbornsThe HeadWhat You See Is What You GetNinaAuthor's Afterword