Wonderworlds

ROLL UP! ROLL UP! READ ABOUT the incredible firm of Pairups, Inc., the ideal way to find your ideal mate . . . unless the programming goes ever so slightly wrong. WON DER AT the amazing tale of an astronaut who, doomed to die before his ship reaches Earth, still manages to keep his promise of returning safe and sound to his aged parents. SHUDDER AT the story of Fred Baxter, whose pathological hatred of cats leads him to a very sticky end. ALL THIS AND MORE in one of the most entertaining collections of science-fiction stories ever, WILLIAM F. NOLAN'S WONDERWORLDS CONTENTS Author's Preface 1. Kelly, Fredric Michael: 1928-1987 (Infinity #5, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer 1973) 2. Pairups, Inc. (vt The Mating of Thirdburt, Nolan, Alien Horizons, Pocket 1974) 3. Starblood (Infinity #4, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer 1972) 4. The Ellena Movement (vt Toe to Tip, Tip to Toe, Pip-Pop as You Go, Nolan, The Future Is Now, ed. William F. Nolan 1970) 5. But I Have Promises to Keep… (vt And Miles to Go Before I Sleep, Infinity Science Fiction August 1958; also dramatized as Promises to Keep: A Science Fiction Drama, Nolan, Alien Horizons, Pocket 1974) 6. Coincidence (The Berserkers, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident 1974) 7. Fasterfaster! (vt The Fasterfaster Affair, as by Frank Anmar, The Pseudo People, ed. William F. Nolan, Sherbourne 1965) 8. He Kilt It with a Stick (F&SF, February 1968) 9. The Underdweller (vt Small World, Fantastic Universe Augugust 1957) 10. Solution (vt To Serve the Ship, Gamma #1, 1963) 11. The Stuntman (vt Death Double, Nolan, Impact-20, Paperback Library 1963) 12. Gibbler’s Ghost (vt Full of, Mostly, Bagels and Cream Cheese, Nolan, Alien Horizons, Pocket 1974) 13. Violation (Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident 1973) 14. The Party (Playboy April 1967) 15. Papa’s Planet (Playboy April 1968) 16. Dark Winner (Whispers December 1976) 17. Operation Gorf (vt Gorf! Gorf! Gorf!, Infinity #2, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer 1971) 18. One of Those Days (F&SF May 1962) 19. • Tildy (vt The Lap of the Primitive, Fantastic Universe October1958) 20. Dead Call (Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's 1976) 21. The Joy of Living (If August 1954) First published in 1977 by Victor Gollancz Ltd