Analog's Lighter Side

Schmidt Analog Anthologies #4

by Stanley Schmidt (Editor), Lewis Padgett (Contributor), Joe Haldeman (Contributor)

Contents:

• Ex Machina by Lewis Padgett]
• Pate de Foie Gras by Isaac Asimov
• Peek! I See You by Poul Anderson
• The Exhalted by L. Sprague de Camp
• Gone With the Gods by Andrew J. Offutt
• Mail Supremacy by Hayford Peirce
• The Gentle Earth by Christopher Anvil
• A !Tangled Web by Joe Haldeman
• Despoilers of the Golden Empire by David Gordon
• The Present State of Igneos Research by Gordon R. Dickson
• Ye Prentice and Ye Dragon by Gordon R. Dickson
• Make Mine Homogenized by Rick Raphael
• Allamagoosa by Eric Frank Russell
• Ravenshaw of WBY, Inc. by W. Macfarlane

287 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Stanley Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an anthology of humorous science fiction stories that originally appeared in Astounding SF magazine, which was renamed Analog in 1960, between 1940 and 1981. There are some good, funny stories, though I think the selection could have been better and more well rounded. (No Spider Robinson or Thiotimoline or Murray Leinster or...?) The authors include Isaac Asimov, Gordon R. Dickson, Poul Anderson, Lewis Padgett (a pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore, the only female author in the book), L. Sprague de Camp, Christopher Anvil, andrew j. offutt (in capitol letters, hmmm...), Joe Haldeman, etc. My favorite is Eric Frank Russell's Allamagoosa, the award-winning, all-time best shaggy dog story.

[Christopher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Borrowed it from the library, didn't finish it, didn't see a reason to. Maybe I'll get it again. The book is from 1982 but the stories are from before I was born and are a bit dated. The future tech is quite quaint now.

[Chuck Whiteneck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oldie but goodie.

[Kevin Connery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid collection of humorous SF stories.