The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book

Vance Aandahl, Sam Merwin Jr., John Anthony West, Kit Reed, Isaac Asimov, George R. R. Martin, Martin H. Greenberg, Orson Scott Card, R. A. Lafferty, T. Coraghessan Boyle, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Frederik Pohl, Jack Vance, William Morrison, William Tenn, Scott R. Sanders, Stephen King

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 -...

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