Full Details
Added By: Administrator
Last Updated: Administrator
Wild Galaxy: Selected Science Fiction Stories
| Author: | William F. Nolan |
| Publisher: |
Golden Gryphon Press, 2005 |
| Series: | |
|
This book does not appear to be part of a series. If this is incorrect, and you know the name of the series to which it belongs, please let us know. |
|
| Book Type: | Collection |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | |
| Awards: | |
| Lists: | |
| Links: |
|
| Avg Member Rating: |
|
|
|
|
Synopsis
Representing the best of a 50-year writing career, these 19 short stories have been collected from the wide-ranging oeuvre of William F. Nolan. Zany tales are included, such as "Toe to Tip, Tip to Toe, Pip-Pop as You Go," in which everyone is kept in perpetual drugged states and the social deviates are those who are straight. More serious stories are also told such as "The Small World of Lewis Stillman," in which the last surviving resident of Los Angeles must conceal himself in storm sewers in order to avoid a new wave of smaller city dwellers who, although primitive, are dangerous in their numbers. Interspersed are narratives that address the emotional attachments of robots to humans, mix science fiction with the classic Wild West, and allow alien rock stars and human groupies to intermingle.
Table of Contents:
- ix - On the Run with Logan - essay
- 3 - Freak - (2000) - short story
- 10 - How Do I Know You're Real? - (2002) - short story
- 14 - Starblood - (1972) - short story
- 24 - The Joy of Living - (1954) - short story
- 37 - The Grackel Question - (1978) - short story
- 46 - The Small World of Lewis Stillman - (1957) - short story (variant of Small World)
- 58 - Jenny Among the Zeebs - (1970) - short story
- 72 - Happily Ever After - (1965) - short story
- 77 - Toe to Tip, Tip to Toe, Pip-Pop as You Go - (1970) - short story
- 85 - The Stuntman - (1963) - short story (variant of Death Double)
- 89 - Kelly, Fredric Michael: 1928-1987 - (1973) - short story
- 95 - Papa's Planet - (1968) - short story
- 99 - And Miles to Go Before I Sleep - (1958) - short story
- 105 - Violation - (1973) - short story
- 110 - The Fasterfaster Affair - (1965) - short story
- 121 - To Serve the Ship - (1963) - short story
- 126 - The Day the Gorf Took Over - (1971) - short story (variant of Gorf! Gorf! Gorf!)
- 137 - The Mating of Thirdburt - (1974) - short story
- 153 - Lone Star Traveler - (1999) - novella
Excerpt
No excerpt currently exists for this novel.
Reviews
There are currently no reviews for this novel. Be the first to submit one! You must be logged in to submit a review in the BookTrackr section above.
Images
No alternate cover images currently exist for this novel.
