description: From outside it was simply an ordinary looking London pub, a place you'd have to be guided to more than once before you memorized it's location, somewhere between Fleet Street &amp; the Embankment. But, if by chance, an insider led you to the White Hart on a Wednesday night, you would have found yourself in the midst of a select gathering or writers, editors, scientists &amp; interested layman--drinking, swapping odd bits of information, &amp;, like as not, listening to Harry Purvis' memorable stories.  A scientist by profession, Harry Purvis has had or heard about some of the most astonishing experiences--like the story of the carnivorous orchid that was used in a murder plot, or the one about the military computer that was converted to pacifism. There's SILENCE PLEASE, involving a spurned lover &amp; a device that was supposed to destroy sound; &amp; BIG GAME HUNT, in which an ambitious researcher becomes so wrapped up in his latest projest--controlling animal behavior with electrical impulses-- that he overlooks one tiny important detail. Such stories may challenge your powers of logic &amp; strain your imagination. Yet even if you doubt their veracity, they're guaranteed to provide you with hours of SF reading. Baron Munchausen, step aside. Contains: Silence Please; Big Game Hunt; Patent Pending; Armaments Race; Critical Mass; The Ultimate Melody; The Pacifist; The Next Tenants; Moving Spirit; The Man Who Ploughed the Sea; The Reluctant Orchid; Cold War; What Goes Up; Sleeping Beauty &amp; The Defenestration of Ermintrude
language: English
title: Tales from the White Hart
titlecomplete: Tales from the White Hart
genres: Science Fiction, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Anthologies, Humor, Fantasy, Short Story Collection, Mystery
ratings_count: 3079
publisher: Ballantine Books