Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes

Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes is an anthology of science fiction novelettes and short stories compiled by Roger Elwood and Vic Ghidalia,^[1] actually packaged by the former and edited by the latter.^[2] It was first published in hardcover by the Follett Publishing Company in August 1973.^[1]

The book collects twenty-four novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with a preface by the packager. The stories were previously published in 1835-1973 in various science fiction and other magazines.^[1]

Contents

• "Preface" (Roger Elwood)
• Robots
  • "Moxon's Master" (Ambrose Bierce)
  • "Metal Man" (Jack Williamson)
  • "Lenny" (Isaac Asimov)
  • "Grandma Was Never Like This" (Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
• Monstrosities
  • "The Horla" (Guy de Maupassant)
  • "Counter Charm" (Margaret St. Clair)
  • "The House in the Valley" (August Derleth)
  • "The Unpicker" (William F. Temple)
• Machines
  • "Frank Reade Junior's Air Wonder" (Luis P. Senarens)
  • "The Machine" (John W. Campbell)
  • "Calling Dr. Clockwork" (Ron Goulart)
  • "The Running" (Richard Posner)
• Mutants
  • "King Pest" (Edgar Allan Poe)
  • "White Ape" (H. P. Lovecraft)
  • "The Blue Giraffe" (L. Sprague de Camp)
  • "The Mutant Season" (Robert Silverberg)
• Time Travel
  • "Chronic Argonaut" (H. G. Wells)
  • "Time For Sale" (Ralph Milmer Farley)
  • "Where the Time Went" (James H. Schmitz)
  • "Forerunner" (Jeff Sutton)
• Space Travel
  • "The Begum's Fortune" (excerpt) (Jules Verne)
  • "Son of the Stars" (Eando Binder)
  • "Sunjammer" (Arthur C. Clarke)
  • "Terra Phobia" (Dean R. Koontz)

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