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The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Playboy
When PLAYBOY gives imaginative writers carte blanche to stretch their minds, the ske's not the limit-it's the launching pad. Here is a generous cornucopia of a book, brimming with the very best tales of science fiction and fantasy published in PLAYBOY magazine-which means the very best published anywhere. Superb stories by Arthur C. Clark, Theordore Sturgeon, Robert Sheckl...more
paperback, 402 pages
Published
1966
by HMN Publishing Co. Inc.
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A friend of mine loaned me several sci-fi/fantasy short story collections, and I left this one for last. I have to admit that I didn't think it would add up to all that much. But the stories in this collection? Are fantastic! This has to be one of the best short story books I've ever read; ALL of the stories here are fascinating, fun, tragic, scary, or the darkest humor you can imagine. I didn't think much of the claim in the Preface that Playboy magazine stories are good mostly because they're...more
Another massive collection. 402 pages. There are some very good stories and some clunkers. Overall, it's fairly average.
I don't know. I once read that Science Fiction was the lowest grade literature on the face of the planet. Naturally, this attracted my attention. But this book is great. A collection of short stories by authors that have mastered the practice. Short stories for short attention spans. How wonderful. It doesn't get much better than this. I mean come on, it's got the story the movie "The Fly" is based off of, called "The Fly."
I've read a few stories from this. They were decent, but I'll probably pick this book up again later and read a few more.
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