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The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book

The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book

Science Fiction

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

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

Description:

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