false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1226695451m/149055.jpg 149055 20 From the outside it was simply an ordinary looking London pub...a place you'd have to be guided to more than once before you memorized it's location, somewhere between Fleet Street and the Embankment. But, if by chance, an insider led you to the "White Hart" on a Wednesday night, you would have found yourself in the midst of a select gathering or writers, editors, scientists and "interested layman" -drinking, swapping odd bits of information, and, like as not, listening to the memorable stories of Harry Purvis. A scientist by profession, Harry Purvis has had or heard about some of the most astonishing experiences -like the story of the carnivorous orchid that was used in a murder plot, or the one about the military computer that was converted to pacifism. There's SILENCE PLEASE, involving a spurned lover and a device that was supposed to destroy sound; and BIG GAME HUNT, in which an ambitious researcher becomes so wrapped up in his latest projest -controlling animal behavior with electrical impulses- that he overlooks one tiny important detail. Such stories may challenge your powers of logic and strain your imagination. yet even if you doubt their veracity, they're guaranteed to provide you with hours of SF reading. Baron Munchausen, step aside. 143857 book 1957 Tales From the White Hart total:218|5:55|4:83|3:63|2:14|1:3| 218 827 283 7 5 0 false false Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:25:54 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:32:48 -0700 2009 25
But it's anything but dull or boring! Classic and funny science fiction stories using the classic bar-story format. Over and over I found ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 22 10:50:35 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 10:52:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Mar 30 02:03:44 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 02:04:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jul 19 21:02:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 12:11:59 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 21:02:25 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 03:30:28 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:30:28 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jun 19 18:40:36 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 18:40:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 20 15:11:20 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:11:42 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Nov 18 18:53:56 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 18:53:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 13:29:40 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 13:29:40 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 13 19:14:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 19:14:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 27 10:38:26 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 10:38:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:41:41 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 00:41:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 10:23:08 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 10:23:08 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Oct 21 21:09:35 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 21:09:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Oct 20 18:23:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:23:30 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Oct 20 17:17:06 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 17:17:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 19 19:37:05 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 19:37:05 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 18 17:24:46 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:24:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 14:12:59 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 14:12:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 14:50:35 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 14:50:53 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=149055