Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories

10 best books like Slippage: Previously Uncollected, Precariously Poised Stories (Harlan Ellison): The Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories and Other Stories, The Dog Said Bow-Wow, The Fantasy Hall of Fame, Warning: Contains Language, Stories and Poems from Angels & Visitations, Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology, Phoenix Without Ashes, The Line Between, Stable Strategies and Others, The Small Assassin, The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 5: The Eye of The Sibyl

AuthorGene Wolfe
ISBN0312863543
A superb collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories is a book that transcends all genre definitions. The stories within are mined with depth charges, explosions of meaning and illumination that will keep you thinking and feeling...
AuthorMichael Swanwick
Everything old is new again

Great literature has never been this much fun before. The reigning master of short fiction reinvents science fiction and fantasy in a dazzling new collection unlike anything you’ve ever read. Time-traveling dinosaurs wreak havoc on a placid Vermont town. An...
AuthorRobert Silverberg
ISBN1568658583
Trouble with water / H. L. Gold --
Nothing in the rules / L. Sprague de Camp --
Fruit of knowledge / C. L. Moore --
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges --
Compleat werewolf / Anthony Boucher --
Small assassin / Ray Bradbury --
Lottery / Shirley Jackson --
Our fair...
AuthorNeil Gaiman
ISBN0963094475
Really, you would think that I would stop this by now. I've read more than enough of Neil's work to know that his stories aren't just for kids. But still... And even despite the effing TITLE OF THIS COLLECTION.. I uttered a little gasp when Neil said "fuck".

And I'll admit. It was a little sexy, too....
Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology
AuthorJames Patrick Kelly
If it is true that the test of a first-rate mind is its ability to hold two contradictory ideas at the same time, then we live in a century when it takes a first-rate mind just to get through the day. We have unprecedented access to information; cognitive dissonance is a banner headline in our morning papers...
AuthorEdward Bryant
ISBN0861300033
The Starlost: 2785 A.D.

They had banished Devon from the world of Cypress Corners because he dared to challenge the Elders. And when he defied them again, they hunted him like an animal.

Then Devon stumbled on a secret passage in the hills. His whole life changed in that moment. For Devon...
The Line Between
AuthorPeter S. Beagle
ISBN1892391368
Featuring the Hugo and Nebula award-winning original novelette from the world of The Last Unicorn, "Two Hearts."

The long-awaited sequel to the popular classic The Last Unicorn is the centerpiece of this powerful collection of new tales from a fantasy master. As longtime fans have come to...
AuthorEileen Gunn
This collection of tightly crafted, highly imaginative short stories employs surrealist, satirical, and fantastical devices to explore politics, class, and gender. From a hilarious tale about bioengineering and the stresses of climbing the corporate ladder to an evocative story of a woman who...
AuthorRay Bradbury
Thirteen Capsules of Terror - Not to be Taken at Bedtime

Here is a fantastic journey into a world of terror with thirteen of Bradbury's very best. A baby born with the irge to kill... the couple who leave for a honeymoon - in a cemetery... a husband and wife who have an unpleasant experience with...
AuthorPhilip K. Dick
ISBN0806513284
I’ve been reading Dick’s novels in chronological order and I’m almost finished with the 1950s. But I needed a break from novels so I switched over to short stories. I decided to start with The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Classic Stories, the last of the five volumes of Dick’s collected short stories....
AuthorJohn Shirley
ISBN0843948442
finally finished this one; ugh what a chore. it was just sitting on my Unfinished shelf, staring me down, and finally i couldn't take it anymore.

Shirley knows how to construct a story, that can't be denied. he has interesting themes, can set a tone immediately, and his characters are diverse...
AuthorDavid G. Hartwell
Something exciting has been happening in modern SF. After decades of confusion, many of the field's best writers have been returning to the subgenre called, roughly, "hard SF" - science fiction focused on science and technology, often with strong adventure plots. Now, World Fantasy Award-winning...
AuthorJohn Crowley
ISBN0380731061
A master literary stylist, John Crowley has carried readers to diverse and remarkable places in his award-winning, critically acclaimed novels -- from his classic fable, Little, Big, to his New York Times Notable Book, The Translator. Now, for the first time, all of his short fiction has been collected...
The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club
AuthorKim Newman
ISBN1932265279
From the 1860s to the present, these are the accounts of the Diogenes Club, whose agents solve crimes too strange for Britain's police, protecting the realm and this entire plane of existence from occult menaces, threats born in other dimensions, magical perfidy and the Deep Dark Deadly Ones. Kim Newman...
The Ultimate Werewolf
AuthorByron Preiss
Original anthology of 20 werewolf stories, two (the Ellison and the Niven) reprints, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. This is being published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1941 Universal film.

Crying "Wolf!" · Harlan Ellison
Adrift...
AuthorTheodore Sturgeon
ISBN0375703756
Theodore Sturgeon was a genuine American master. Praised, revered, and even envied by the likes of Bradbury, Vonnegut, and King, his short stories contain some of his best work.

In "Thunder and Roses," soon after a nuclear Holocaust, a starlet gives one final performance during which she...
AuthorNalo Hopkinson
ISBN0446679291
The Barnes & Noble Review
Mojo -- a powerful, disturbing anthology edited by Nalo Hopkinson that explores the world of voodoo -- contains short stories by some of the biggest names in modern fantasy, including Neil Gaiman, Barbara Hambly, Steven Barnes, Andy Duncan, and Tananarive Due. Although...
AuthorKarl Edward Wagner
ISBN1933618973
The first volume of Karl Edward Wagner's horror fiction collects the title story, the classic Lovecraftian "Sticks," "The Fourth Seal," "Beyond Any Measure," and other classic horror tales by a unique Southern voice in American fiction. Lavishly designed and illustrated, Wagner's psychological...
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0312275447
For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by Jack Cady, Ramsey Campbell, Susanna Clarke,...
AuthorCharles L. Grant
ISBN0870540912
Contents:

"Foreword", by Stephen King

Tales from Oxrun Station

"Coin of the Realm"
"Old Friends"
"Home"
"If Damon Comes"
"A Night of Dark Intent"

Tales from Hawthorne Street

"The Gentle Passing of a Hand"
"When All the Children...
Year's Best Weird Fiction, Vol. 2
AuthorKathe Koja
ISBN0993895115
Acclaimed author Kathe Koja brings her expert eye and editorial sense to the second volume of the Year's Best Weird Fiction. Contributing authors include Julio Cortazar, Jean Muno, Karen Joy Fowler, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Nick Mamatas, Carmen Maria Machado, Nathan Ballingrud, and more. No longer the...
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