Fox, The Enormous Crocodile, and The Magic Finger. Abridged. 3 CDs.

    Transformed through the wide eyes of Dybek's adolescent heroes, these grimy urban backwaters become exotic landscapes of fear-filled possibility, of dreams not yet turned to nightmares. Chronicling what happens when Old World faith meets the dark side of the American dream, Dybek's poignant stories of coming of age in Chicago alternately appall, amaze, and just simply entertain.

    Over the next two decades, he returned to these characters again and again, tracing their years together raising children, finding moments of intermittent happiness, and facing the heartbreak of infidelity and estrangement. Seventeen Maples stories were collected in 1979 in a paperback edition titled Too Far to Go, prompted by a television adaptation. Now those stories appear in hardcover for the first time, with the addition of a later story, “Grandparenting,” which returns us to the Maples’s lives long after their wrenching divorce.

    with life life as the prize?PLUS * seven other superb stories * four horrible puns * a trible feghoot * four original songs, with E-Z Play chords * foreword, afterwords, illustrations, and a weapons list9 • Introduction: Welcome to the Antinomy Mine • essay by Spider Robinson13 • Antinomy • (1978) • novelette by Spider Robinson48 • Afterword to "Antinomy" • essay by Spider Robinson51 • Half an Oaf • (1976) • novelette by Spider Robinson79 • Rhythms and 'Rithms • short fiction by Spider Robinson79 • Tidbit: two puns • short story by Spider Robinson80 • The Shamin' of the Shaman • short fiction by Spider Robinson81 • Too Soon We Grow Old • (1978) • short story by Spider Robinson98 • Valkyrie Ride • poem by Spider Robinson98 • Tidbit: two songs • poem by Spider Robinson102 • Feed Me Fire • poem by Spider Robinson105 • When No Man Pursueth • (1974) • novelette by Spider Robinson139 • Tidbit: afterword to "When No Man Pursueth" • essay by Spider Robinson144 • Nobody Likes to Be Lonely • (1975) • novelette by Spider Robinson186 • Tidbit: interleaf • essay by Spider Robinson188 • Satan's Children • (1979) • novella by Spider Robinson229 • Three-Time Winner • short fiction by Spider Robinson229 • Tidbit: a triple Feghoot and a cartoon • short story by Spider Robinson231 •  Cartoon: "Sorry, Mr. Griffin: he says he can't see you now." • interior artwork by Spider Robinson232 • Apogee • (1978) • short story by Spider Robinson236 • A Standing Joke • short fiction by Spider Robinson237 • The Snoopy Scientist • short fiction by Spider Robinson238 • Tidbit: two puns (includes some artwork) • short story by Spider Robinson240 • No Renewal • (1977) • short story by Spider Robinson246 • Tidbit: afterword (to "No Renewal"), an illo, and a weapons list • essay by Spider Robinson247 • Through My Eyes- illustration of Mike Callahan • essay by Spider Robinson248 • Silly Weapons Throughout History • (1980) • essay by Spider Robinson251 • Overdose • (1975) • short story by Spider Robinson262 • Perspective • poem by Spider Robinson262 • Tidbit: two more songs • poem by Spider Robinson265 • Mountain Lady • poem by Spider Robinson268 • Tin Ear • (1977) • short story by Spider Robinson277 • Tidbit: foreword to "The Magnificent Conspiracy" • essay by Spider Robinson280 • The Magnificent Conspiracy • (1977) • novelette by Spider Robinson310 • This Time Next Year • poem by Spider Robinson311 • Come to My Bedside • poem by Spider Robinson

    Gold 80 essay Frederik PohlGold on Galaxy 80 essay Horace L. GoldComing Attraction 50 story Fritz LeiberTo Serve Man 50 story Damon KnightMemoir 80 essay Damon KnightBetelgeuse Bridge 51 story William TennFrom a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town-A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years 80 essay William Tenn [aka Philip Klass]Cost of Living 52 story Robert SheckleyMemoir of Galaxy Magazine 80 essay Robert SheckleyThe Model of a Judge 53 story William MorrisonMemoir 80 essay William MorrisonThe Holes Around Mars 54 story Jerome BixbyMemoir 80 essay Jerome BixbyHorrer Howce 56 story Margaret St ClairMemoir 80 essay Margaret St ClairPeople Soup 58 story Alan ArkinMemoir 80 essay Alan ArkinSomething Bright 60 story Zenna HendersonThe Lady Who Sailed the Soul/Instrumentality 60 novelette Cordwainer SmithThe Deep Down Dragon 61 story Judith MerrilMemoir 80 essay Judith MerrilWall of Crystal, Eye of Night 61 novelette Algis BudrysMemoir: Spilled Milk 80 essay Algis BudrysThe Place Where Chicago Was 62 novelette Jim HarmonMemoir 80 essay Jim HarmonThe Great Nebraska Sea 63 story Allan DanzigMemoir 80 essay Allan DanzigOh, to Be a Blobel! 64 novelette Philip K. DickMemoir 80 essay Philip K. DickFounding Father 65 story Isaac AsimovMemoir 80 essay Isaac AsimovGoing Down Smooth 68 story Robert SilverbergMemoir 80 essay Robert SilverbergAll the Myriad Ways/Time Travel-Parallel Universe 68 story Larry NivenMemoir 80 essay Larry NivenThe Last Flight of Dr Ain 69 story James Tiptree JrFrom Galaxy Bookshelf 80 essay Algis BudrysMemoir 80 essay Algis BudrysGalaxy Book Shelf 9/69 essay Algis BudrysSlow Sculpture 70 novelette Theodore SturgeonMemoir 80 essay Theodore SturgeonAbout a Secret Crocodile 70 story R.A. LaffertyMemoir 80 essay R.A. LaffertyCold Friend 73 story Harlan EllisonMemoir 80 essay Harlan EllisonThe Day Before the Revolution/Hainish 74 story Ursula K. Le GuinGift of Garigolli 74 novelette C.M. Kornbluth & Frederik PohlOverdrawn at the Memory Bank/8 Worlds 76 novelette John VarleyNote 80 essay John VarleyHorace, Galaxyca 80 essay Alfred BesterIndex to Galaxy Magazine 80

    Greenberg· Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · Jun ’51· Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · May ’46· Shape [“Keep Your Shape”] · Robert Sheckley · Nov ’53· Alpha Ralpha Boulevard · Cordwainer Smith · Jun ’61· Winter’s King · Ursula K. Le Guin · 1969· Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · May ’58· Common Time · James Blish · Aug ’53· When You Care, When You Love · Theodore Sturgeon · Sep ’62· The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · Nov ’67· “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · Mar ’59· I’m Scared · Jack Finney · Sep ’51· Child’s Play · William Tenn · Mar ’47· Grandpa · James H. Schmitz · Feb ’55· Private Eye [as by Lewis Padgett] · Henry Kuttner · Jan ’49· Sundance · Robert Silverberg · Jun ’69· In the Bowl · John Varley · Dec ’75· Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · Oct ’49· Unready to Wear · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · Apr ’53· Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night · Algis Budrys · Dec ’61· Day Million · Frederik Pohl · Feb/Mar ’66· Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · Aug ’52· The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · Sep ’55· The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · 1947· Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · Oct ’66· Impostor · Philip K. Dick · Jun ’53· The Human Operators · Harlan Ellison & A. E. van Vogt · Jan ’71· Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · Apr ’58· When It Changed · Joanna Russ · 1972· The Bicentennial Man · Isaac Asimov · 1976· Hunting Machine · Carol Emshwiller · May ’57· Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · Aug ’66· The Keys to December · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds Aug ’66· Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand · Vonda N. McIntyre · Oct ’73· A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · Jul ’75· Stranger Station · Damon Knight · Dec ’56· The Time of His Life · Larry Eisenberg · Apr ’68· The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · Apr ’51· The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · Dec ’73· The Queen of Air and Darkness · Poul Anderson · Apr ’71

    Clarke, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Robert Silverberg, Fredric Brown, Harlan Ellison, Lester del Rey, and Isaac Asimov. Original.