Immodest Proposals
Immodest Proposals is a collection of 33 science fiction stories by British-American writer William Tenn, the first of two volumes presenting Tenn's complete body of science fiction writings. It features an introduction by Connie Willis. Tenn provides afterwords to each story, describing how they came to be written.
Contents
- Bernie the Scheherazade by Connie Willis
- "Firewater" - novella - Analog [Science Fiction and Fact|Astounding], Feb. 1952
- "" - novelette - Galaxy [Science Fiction|Galaxy], Oct. 1958
- "The Ghost Standard" - short story - Playboy, Dec. 1994
- "" - novelette - Galaxy, Aug. 1955
- "The Deserter" - short story - Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- "Venus and the Seven Sexes" - novelette - The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon, 1949
- "" - novelette - Galaxy, Aug. 1954
- "The Liberation of Earth" - short story - Future Science Fiction, May 1953
- "Eastward Ho!" - short story - F&SF, Oct. 1958
- "Null-P" - short story - Worlds Beyond, Jan. 1951
- "The Masculinist Revolt" - novelette - F&SF, Aug. 1965
- "" - short story - Planet Stories, Fall 1948
- "Child's Play" - novelette - Astounding March 1947
- "Wednesday's Child" - short story - Fantastic Universe, Jan. 1956
- "My Mother Was a Witch" - PS, The [Preventive Maintenance Monthly|P.S.], Aug. 1966
- "The Lemon-Green Spaghetti-Loud Dynamite-Dribble Day - short story - Cavalier, Jan. 1967
- "The Tenants" - short story - F&SF, April 1954
- "Generation of Noah - short story - Suspense, Spring 1951
- "" - novelette - Galaxy, June 1954
- "Time in Advance" - novelette - Galaxy, Aug. 1956
- "The Sickness" - novelette - Infinity Science Fiction, Nov. 1955
- "" - novelette - Galaxy, April 1955
- "A Man of Family" - short story - The Human Angle, Ballantine, 1956
- "The Jester" - short story - Thrilling Wonder Stories, Aug. 1951
- "" - short story - Galaxy, Feb. 1954
- "Winthrop Was Stubborn" ("Time Waits for Winthrop") - novella - Galaxy, Aug. 1957
- "" - short story - Galaxy, Sep. 1957
- "Consulate" - short story - Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1948
- "The Last Bounce" - novelette - Fantastic Adventures, Sep. 1950
- "" - novelette - Galaxy, July 1951
- "Alexander the Bait" - short story - Astounding May 1946
- "The Custodian" - novelette - If, Nov. 1953
- "On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi" - novelette - Wandering Stars, ed. Jack M. Dann, Harper, 1974