An edition of The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)

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An edition of The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983)

The Science fiction weight-loss book

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Collection of 15 amusing, horrific, satisfying short stories, realistic speculation and potential scientific explanations or solutions about possible future events surrounding and about fat, thin, and everything in between, with a science fiction backdrop.

Introduction: Fat! - essay by Isaac Asimov
Sylvester's Revenge - short story by Vance Aandahl
Fat Farm - short story by Orson Scott Card
The Stretch - short story by Sam Merwin, Jr.
Camels and Dromedaries, Clem - short story by R. A. Lafferty
The Champ - short story by T. Coraghessan Boyle
The Truth About Pyecraft - short story by H. G. Wells
The Iron Chancellor - novelette by Robert Silverberg
The Man Who Ate the World - novelette by Frederik Pohl
Gladys's Gregory - short story by John Anthony West
Abercrombie Station - novella by Jack Vance
Shipping Clerk - short story by William Morrison
The Malted Milk Monster - short story by William Tenn
The Food Farm - short story by Kit Reed
The Artist of Hunger - short story by Scott Russell Sanders
Quitters, Inc. - short story by Stephen King

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Publisher
Crown
Language
English
Pages
249

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Subjects
American Science fiction, Obesity, Weight loss, Fiction
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The Science fiction weight-loss book
1983, Crown
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Fat! / Isaac Asimov
Sylvester's revenge / Vance Aandahl
Fat farm / Orson Scott Card
The Stretch / Sam Merwin, Jr.
Camels and dromedaries, Clem / R.A. Lafferty
The Champ / T. Coraghessan Boyle
The Truth about Pyecraft / H.G. Wells
The Iron Chancellor / Robert Silverberg
The Man who ate the world / Frederik Pohl
Gladys's Gregory / John Anthony West
Abercrombie Station / Jack Vance
Shipping clerk / William Morrison
The Malted milk monster / William Tenn
The Food farm / Kit Reed
The Artist of hunger / Scott Russell Sanders
Quitters, Inc. / Stephen King.

Edition Notes

Copyright Date
1984

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.0876/08
Library of Congress
PS648.S3 S276 1983, PN1993 .F5

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
v, 249 p. ;
Number of pages
249
Dimensions
9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.4 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3499620M
ISBN 10
0517549786
LCCN
unk82019811, 82019811
OCLC/WorldCat
8906997
Library Thing
537926
Goodreads
1793432

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