Anthologies

Ace Books, 1983. Mass market paperback original. Anthology of science fiction stories centered around the idea of human beings being transformed into something else. An intriguing group of stories that hold up well today. Stories here include: “Sporting with the Chid” (1979) by Barrington J. Bayley “The Wife's Story” (1982) by Ursula K. Le Guin “Rogue Tomato” (1975) by Michael Bishop “The New Me” by Thomas M. Disch “Legacy” (1977) by Charles Sheffield “Sisohpromatem” (1967) by Kit Reed “The Byrds” by Michael G. Coney “Desertion” (1944) by Clifford D. Simak “The First Christmas Tree” poem by Thomas M. Disch “The Dark of the June” (1974) by Gene Wolfe “The Indian Rope Trick Explained” (1983) by Rudy Rucker “Flies by Night” (1975) by Lisa Tuttle and Steven Utley “The Day of the Wolf” by Ian Watson “Between the Dark and the Daylight” (1958) by Algis Budrys “Once on Aranea” (1972) by R. A. Lafferty “Master” (1974) by Angela Carter “The Apotheosis of Myra” (1980) by Walter Tevis “The Tithonian Factor” by Richard Cowper

This collection of stories spans fantasy writing through the decades. The collection includes the story of a boy who brings a whale to the parched surroundings of Arizona and the story of the parents who suffer agonies when their son deserts wizardry for accountancy.