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Has science fiction lost its pizazz? Fantasy not as fantastic as it used to be? Takeoff! With Randall Garrett's lively collection of classic parodies and pastiches. Within these pages, Garrett takes on such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Eric Frank Russell, E. E. "Doc" Smith, and more! The original "classics" will never be the same!

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by A. E. van Vogt
• Foreword - essay
• Gentlemen: Please Note (1957) short story
• Backstage Lensman (1978) novelette
• The Best Policy (1957) short story
• The Cosmic Beat (1962) novelette
• Despoilers of the Golden Empire (1959) novelette [as by David Gordon]
• The Horror Out of Time (1978) short story
• Look Out! Duck! (1957) novelette [as by David Gordon]
• Masters of the Metropolis (1956) short story by Lin Carter and Randall Garrett
• Mustang (1961) short story
• ... No Connections (1958) short story
• On the Martian Problem (1977) short story
• Prehistoric Note (1979) short fiction
• Reviews in Verse - essay
• Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel" [Parodies Tossed] (1956) poem
• Review: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov (1956) review
• Alfred Bester's "The Demolished Man" [Parodies Tossed] (1956) poem
• Review: The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester (1956) review
• L. Sprague de Camp's "Lest Darkness Fall" [Parodies Tossed] (1956) poem
• Review: Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp (1956) review
• A.E. van Vogt's "Slan" [Parodies Tossed] (1956) poem
• Review: Slan by A. E. van Vogt (1956) review
• Poul Anderson's "Three Hearts and Three Lions": A Calypso in Search of a Rhyme [Parodies Tossed] (1979) poem by Randall Garrett and Vicki Ann Heydron
• Review: Three Hearts and Three Lions by Poul Anderson (1979) review
• John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" [Parodies Tossed] (1956) poem
• Review: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell (1956) review
• Zap! [Poor Willie] (1963) poem
• Blaze of Glory [Poor Willie] (1955) poem
• Hot Argument [Poor Willie] (1960) poem
• The Adventures of "Little Willie" - essay
• Introduction to Benedict Breadfruit - essay by Reginald Bretnor [as by Grendel Briarton]
• Through Time and Space with Benedict Breadfruit I-VIII [Benedict Breadfruit] (1962) short fiction [as by Grandall Barretton]

Has science fiction lost its pizazz? Fantasy not as fantastic as it used to be? Takeoff Too, Randall Garrett's lively second collection of classic parodies and pastiches.

Contents:

• Takeoff Too! - interior artwork by Phil Foglio
• Introduction - essay by Vicky Ann Hedron
• Cum Grano Salis (1959) - novelette
• ...After a Few Words... (1962) - short story
• Psicopath (1960) - novelette
• A Memory of John W. Campbell (1968) - essay
• Oh No, John (1955) - poem
• A Spaceship Named McGuire (1961) - novelette
• Into My Parlor - short story
• Code in the Head (1956) - short story
• The Briefing (1969) - short story
• There's no Fool... (1956) - short story
• Ballade for Convention Lovers (1960) - poem
• Blank? (1957) - short story
• The Breakfast Party (1953) - novelette
• Overproof (1965) - novelette
• James Blish and Michael Sherman's "The Duplicated Man": A Review in Verse [Parodies Tossed] (1956) - poem
• Review: The Duplicated Man by James Blish and Michael Sherman - review
• Infinite Resources (1954) - short story
• Pride and Primacy (1974) - short story
• Small Miracle (1959) - short story
• The Pocket Song [Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover] - short story
• The Pocket Song [Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover] (1977) - poem
• Hell to Pay (1954) - novelette
• The Foreign Hand-Tie (1961) - novelette
• The Egyptian Diamond (1961) - poem
• The World of E. E. "Doc" Smith (1978) - essay
• Our Patrol (1978) - poem
• ...Or Your Money Back (1959) - short story
• I've Got a Little List [Poor Willie] (1953) - poem
• An Evening In (1979) - essay by Vicky Ann Hedron
• Key to I've Got a Little List - essay