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Alchemy and Academe
| Author: | Anne McCaffrey |
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Del Rey, 1980 Doubleday, 1970 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
An enchanting collection of tales, enchantments, things magical and strange, devils and demons, professors of potent powers, witchcraft and wizardry, and more. Master fantasy writer Anne McCaffrey has chosen 20 short tales and poems of wonder and awe, written by the finest writers of fantasy today, including: Robert Silverberg, L. Sprague de Camp, R.A. Lafferty, Gene Wolfe, Carol Emshwiller, Sonya Dorman, and others.
Table of Contents:
- Foreword (Alchemy and Academe) - (1970) - essay by Anne McCaffrey
- The Dance of the Solids - (1969) - poem by John Updike
- A Mess of Porridge - (1970) - shortstory by Sonya Dorman
- The Institute - (1970) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
- Condillac's Statue, or Wrens in His Head - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
- The Sorcerers - (1970) - poem by L. Sprague de Camp
- The Weed of Time - (1970) - shortstory by Norman Spinrad
- Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo - shortstory by Samuel R. Delany
- Come Up and See Me - (1970) - shortstory by Daphne Castell
- Shut the Last Door - (1970) - shortstory by Joe L. Hensley
- Big Sam - (1970) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
- More Light - [The King In Yellow] - (1970) - novelette by James Blish
- The Man Who Could Not See Devils - (1970) - shortstory by Joanna Russ
- The Key to Out - (1970) - shortstory by Betsy Curtis
- Ringing the Changes - (1970) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
- In a Quart of Water - (1970) - shortstory by David Telfair
- Morning-Glory - (1970) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
- Ascension: A Workday Arabesque - (1970) - poem by Virginia Kidd
- The Devil You Don't - (1970) - novelette by Keith Laumer
- The Triumphant Head - (1970) - shortstory by Josephine Saxton
- Mainchance - (1970) - novelette by Peter Tate
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