R.A. Laffery's And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire... and Other Science Fiction Stories

Clean hardcover copy of this collection of scifi stories from masters of the genre.

In great condition, mild edgewear to the dust jacket as seen.

R. A. Lafferty's "And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire" is an absorbing encounter between the ancient Queer Fish (the Ichthyans) and their evolutionary counterparts, the Odd Fish. A chilling dip into the occult.

"Caught in the Organ Drift," a splendid contribution from Robert Silverberg, explores the possibilities of a society where man's vital organs are draftable for transplant from the nation's young to its senior citizens, the leaders of the society.

In "A Sense of Difference," Pamela Sargent examines the loneliness of a "family" of clones, a group derived from a single individual through a type of asexual reproduction. The conflict centers around the struggle of one of these clones to overcome his alienation both from his fellow clones and from his colleagues at the university he attends.

Also included are contributions from such well-known science fiction masters as Ted White, Barry N. Malzberg, Joan C. Holly, Robert Bloch, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Philip José Farmer and K. M. O'Donnell.