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Hallucination Orbit

Isaac Asimov

1983279 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1983
first published
  • 1983Farrar Straus & Giroux (J) · 279 pages · ENGISBN 9780374328351

Twelve science fiction stories which explore the complexities and limitations of the human mind as it responds to unusual situations, bizarre societies, and unorthodox problems. Includes a brief analysis of each story. It's a Good Life - short story by Jerome Bixby The Sound Machine - short story by Roald Dahl Hallucination Orbit - novelette by J. T. McIntosh The Winner - short story by Donald E. Westlake A Rose by Other Name ... - short story by Christopher Anvil (variant of A Rose By Other Name 1959) The Man Who Never Forgot - short story by Robert Silverberg Runaround - novelette by Isaac Asimov Absalom - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner] Wings Out of Shadow - novelette by Fred Saberhagen In Case of Fire - short story by Randall Garrett What Friends Are For - short story by John Brunner The Drivers - short story by Edward W. Ludwig

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AtmosphereCosmic

How it reads

ComplexityLayered
CommitmentQuick escape

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