The Steam-Driven Boy and other Strangers
The Steam-Driven Boy and other strangers is a science fiction short story collection by John Sladek, published in 1973.
Contents
- "The Secret of the Old Custard"
- "The Aggressor"
- "The Best-Seller"
- "Is There Death on Other Planets?"
- "The Happy Breed"
- "A Report on the Migrations of Educational Materials"
- "The Singular Visitor from Not-Yet"
- "The Short, Happy Wife of Mansard Eliot"
- "The Momster"
- "1937 A.D.!"
- "Secret Identity"
- "The Transcendental Sandwich"
- "The Steam-Driven Boy"
- "The Purloined Butter...*dg*r *ll*n P**"
- "Pemberly's Start-Afresh Calliope or, The New Proteus...H.G. W*lls"
- "Ralph 4F...H*g* G*rnsb*ck (Hugogre N. Backs)"
- "Engineer to the Gods...R*b*rt H**nl**n (Hitler I.E. Bonner)"
- "Broot Force...*s**c *s*m*v (Iclick As-I-Move)"
- "Joy Ride...R*y Br*db*ry (Barry DuBray)"
- "The Moon Is Sixpence...*rth*r C. Cl*rk* (Carl Truhacker)"
- "Solar Shoe-Salesman...Ph*l*p K. D*ck (Chipdip K. Kill)"
- "One Damned Thing After Another...C*rdw**n*r Sm*th (A Co-ordainer's Myth)"
- "The Sublimation World...J.G. B*ll*rd (J.G. B----)"