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Synopsis

Featuring the masters of science fiction and fantasy at their whimsical, humorous best, a treasury of delightful tales includes unexpected offerings from such luminaries as Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. LeGuin, Terry Pratchett, H. G. Wells, C. S. Lewis, and many others.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1996) - essay by Peter Haining
• Theatre of Cruelty - [Discworld] - (1993) - short story by Terry Pratchett
• How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles - (1911) - short story by Lord Dunsany
• Hell Hath No Fury - (1934) - short story by John Collier
• The Twonky - (1942) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• A Great Deal of Power - (1953) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
• Doodad - (1943) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• Not by Its Cover - (1968) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• The Rule of Names - [Earthsea Cycle] - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Mythological Beast - (1979) - novelette by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Adventure of the Snowing Globe - (1905) - short story by F. Anstey
• Affairs in Poictesme (excerpt from Figures of Earth) - [Biography of the Life of Manuel] - short fiction by James Branch Cabell
• The Ring of Hans Carvel - (1961) - short story by Fredric Brown
• The Bait - [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] - (1973) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• A Good Knight's Work - (1941) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Odd Old Bird - [Doctor Eszterhazy] - (1988) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Young Zaphod Plays It Safe - [Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] - (1986) - short story by Douglas Adams
• The Wild Asses of the Devil - (1915) - short story by H. G. Wells
• Ministering Angels - (1955) - short story by C. S. Lewis
• The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out - [Schimmelhorn] - (1950) - short story by Reginald Bretnor
• Captain Wyxtpthll's Flying Saucer - (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Trouble with the Natives)
• Playboy and the Slime God - (1961) - short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of What Is This Thing Called Love?)
• There's a Wolf in My Time Machine - [Svetz] - (1971) - short story by Larry Niven
• 2 B R 0 2 B - (1962) - short story by Kurt Vonnegut

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