The Science fiction weight-loss book
By: edited by Isaac Asimov, George R. R. Martin, and Martin H. Greenberg
Contributors: Asimov, Isaac, 1920-; Martin, George R. R.; Greenberg, Martin Harry.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1983
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780517549780
Copyright date: 1984
Subjects: Science fiction, American.; Obesity -- Fiction.
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.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Fat!
pagenum: 1
authors: Isaac Asimov; title: Sylvester's Revenge
pagenum: 5
authors: Vance Aandahl
description: One bad turn deserves another; title: Fat Farm
pagenum: 10
authors: Orson Scott Card
description: Ring in the new; wring out the old; title: The Stretch
pagenum: 21
authors: Sam Merwin, Jr.
description: A little help on the outside; title: Camels and Dromedaries, Clem
pagenum: 30
authors: R. A. Lafferty
description: Double, double, toil and trouble; title: The Champ
pagenum: 41
authors: T. Coraghessan Boyle
description: Never underestimate the power of a woman; title: The Truth About Pyecraft
pagenum: 47
authors: H. G. Wells
description: Who said anything about bulk?; title: The Iron Chancellor
pagenum: 57
authors: Robert Silverberg
description: You have to be careful when giving instructions; title: The Man Who Ate the World
pagenum: 79
authors: Frederik Pohl
description: Economics can create responsibilities, I suppose; title: Gladys's Gregory
pagenum: 107
authors: John Anthony West
description: Sometimes you have to fall back on raw power; title: Abercrombie Station
pagenum: 114
authors: Jack Vance
description: What counts is the distance from the norm; title: Shipping Clerk
pagenum: 170
authors: William Morrison
description: To eat, to eat—perchance to lose weight; title: The Malted Milk Monster
pagenum: 185
authors: William Tenn
description: On the good ship Lollipop; it's a short trip...; title: The Food Farm
pagenum: 204
authors: Kit Reed
description: We all want our ideal... whatever it may be; title: The Artist of Hunger
pagenum: 213
authors: Scott Sanders
description: Gentlemen, may I present the culinary fine arts?; title: Quitters, Inc.
pagenum: 231
authors: Stephen King
description: Desperate ills require desperate remedies