In science fiction circles, the work of William Tenn is noted, oddly enough, for its scarcity. (Among other things, we hasten to add.) Perhaps this has been because each succeeding story was hailed with such rare delight that the legend of scarcity b...
William Tenn ranks with Pohl and Kornbluth as one of SF’s greatest satirists. This volume contains most of his short fiction (the remainder will be printed in volume two). Dustjacket art by H. R. Van Dongen....
This book is the second part of a two-book project that has brought all of the science fiction and fantasy of William Tenn back into print. The first volume is Immodest Proposals. A volume of his non-fiction, Dancing Naked, was published in September...
Wry, brilliant stories from the late William Tenn. Stories of irony, poignancy, humor and satire. Vampires, time travel and paradoxes, government projects, war, and the battle of the sexes. Stories included are: VENUS IS A MAN'S WORLD, OF ALL POSSIBL...
It was Eric's birthday, the day he became a man. And that could only mean one thing. It was time for him to steal for mankind. The aliens had subjugated humans with technology so far in advanced of anything that mankind had ever developed that it was...
It was a good job and Max Alben knew whom he had to thank for it-his great-grandfather. "Good old Giovanni Albeni," he muttered as he hurried into the laboratory slightly ahead of the escorting technicians, all of them, despite the excitement...
Women rule because of their greater ability to use and understand logic while men can't be trusted to be anything other than emotional. 'Venus Is a Man's World' takes you on a humorous, satirical romp that only William Tenn could pull off. Wry, witty...
Contents:
• "The Men in the Walls" from Galaxy Science Fiction October 1963 • "Of All Possible Worlds" from Galaxy Science Fiction December 1956 • "Project Hush" Galaxy Science Fiction February 1954 • "Venus is a Man's World" from Galaxy ...
Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover!These are three imaginative science fiction stories by an author I admire a lot, William Tenn.Venus is a Man's World: Women rule because of their greater ability to use and und...
The tiny lifeboat seemed to hang suspended from its one working rear jet, then it side-slipped and began to spin violently downwards to the sickly orange ground of the planet. Inside the narrow cabin, Dr. Helena Naxos was hurled away from the patient...
We were stuck with calling it Project Hush and we had to take extra measures to ensure secrecy. A couple of times a week, everyone on the project had to report to Psycho for DD & HA -- dream detailing and hypnoanalysis -- instead of the usual mont...