false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177736799m/729799.jpg 729799 3 In 1988, readers of <I>Fantasy and Science Fiction</I> magazine were treated to a collaboration between Paul Di Filippo and Rudy Rucker called "Instability," in which Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady were sent on a crash-course trajectory hurtling into John von Neumann and Richard Feynmann (a.k.a. "Doctor Miracle" and "Little Richard," portrayed as two wild and crazy "atomic wizards, quantum shamans, plutonium prophets, and be-boppin' A-bomb peeaitchdees"). <I>Lost Pages</I> brings "Instability" together with eight other Di Filippo stories that apply the what-if premise to writers' lives. You'll also find a hilarious introduction that credits a George Pal-produced <I>Star Trek</I> with the destruction of SF.<p> Di Filippo lets his imagination run wild, creating worlds in which Franz Kafka stalks the streets of nighttime Manhattan as a costumed avenger known as the Jackdaw, or in which Anne Frank, having been sent to live with relatives in America, becomes part of MGM's galaxy of stars. Science fiction writers such as Robert Heinlein, Alice (James Tiptree, Jr.) Sheldon, Alfred Bester, and Ted Sturgeon are given chances to save the world. In what turns out to be one of the most gimmicky and at the same time touching premises, <I>Astounding Science Fiction</I> is edited in its golden age by <I>Joseph</I> Campbell. Telling you any more would spoil the dozens of quirky surprises this collection has in store for you. <I>--Ron Hogan</I> 715999 1998 Lost Pages total:21|5:5|4:14|3:1|2:1| 21 86 42 4 4 0 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 02:55:45 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:08:24 -0800 2009 Ballardia...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 31 09:32:12 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 09:34:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 22 01:41:51 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 01:41:58 -0700 2008 If you ever imagined a world where Anne Frank survived and ended up living Judy Garland's life, this is the author for you.]]> 0 0 false false Fri Aug 22 03:30:13 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 03:30:13 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 12:35:53 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 12:35:54 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 08:13:03 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 08:13:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 09 20:46:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 18:21:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 08 12:49:14 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:49:14 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed May 06 15:04:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 15:04:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 27 20:49:29 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:49:29 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 04 07:02:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 07:02:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 20 15:00:22 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 15:00:22 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Mar 20 13:49:03 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 01 13:26:43 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 13:49:03 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 01 11:40:04 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:40:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 11:21:28 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:21:28 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Oct 31 03:57:07 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 03:57:07 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Fri Sep 19 12:05:33 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 12:05:33 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Sep 13 15:20:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 15:20:00 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Aug 23 17:11:46 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 17:11:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Aug 02 08:53:09 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 08:53:09 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=729799