Antigrav

by Philip Strick (Editor), Harry Harrison, Stanisław Lem

Stories to lift you straight out of this world! Are you ready to meet an elephant with a wooden leg? A Martian who has married your daughter? An entire island of beautiful girls just waiting for your touch? A house that spies on you when you go to bed?

Be warned! ANTIGRAV is a collection of incredible stories from today's topmost writers of science fiction. And they've made some important discoveries you won't believe - until they happen to you.

Contents:
- Introduction by Philip Strick
- Space Rats of the C.C.C. (1974) by Harry Harrison
- How the World Was Saved (Jak ocalał świat?, 1964) by Stanisław Lem
- It Was Nothing—Really! (1969) by Theodore Sturgeon
- The Glitch (1974) by James Blish and L. Jerome Stanton
- Conversation on a Starship in Warpdrive (1975) by John Brosnan
- The Alibi Machine (1973) by Larry Niven
- Emergency Society (1975) by Uta Frith
- Look, You Think You've Got Troubles (1969) by Carol Carr
- A Delightful Comedic Premise (1974) by Barry N. Malzberg
- Trolls (1975) by Robert Borski
- Elephant with Wooden Leg (1975) by John Sladek
- Planting Time (1975) by Pete Adams and Charles Nightingale
- By the Seashore (1973) by R.A. Lafferty
- Hardcastle (1971) by Ron Goulart
- The Ergot Show (1972) by Brian W. Aldiss

Cover illustration by Graham Dean

Genres: Science Fiction, Anthologies, Fiction

184 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1975

Reviews

[useFOSS · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slightly comedic short SF originally published between 1969 & 1975:
Space Rats of the C.C.C. by Harry Harrison 5/5
How the World Was Saved by Stanislaw Lem 3/5
It Was Nothing—Really! by Theodore Sturgeon 3/5
The Glitch by James Blish & L. Jerome Stanton 3/5
Conversation on a Starship in Warpdrive by John Brosnan 4/5
The Alibi Machine by Larry Niven 3/5
Emergency Society by Uta Frith 3/5
Look, You Think You've Got Troubles by Carol Carr 3/5
A Delightful Comedic Premise by Barry N. Malzberg 3/5
Trolls by Robert Borski 3/5
Elephant with Wooden Leg by John Sladek 2/5
Planting Time by Pete Adams & Charles Nightingale 3/5
By the Seashore by R.A. Lafferty 3/5
Hardcastle by Ron Goulart 3/5
The Ergot Show by Brian Aldiss 2/5

[Benjamin Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection gathers together 15 short stories by some giants of the science fiction world during the 1960's and 1970's. They are all gently humorous in nature; i.e. nothing knee-slapping, laugh-out-loud hilarious, but rather amusing and often subtly clever. As always in such anthologies, there were some great stories as well as some duds. Authors include Theodore Sturgeon, Harry Harrison, Barry N. Malzberg, Stanislaw Lem, Brian W. Aldiss and more.