The Toynbee Convector (collection)

The Toynbee Convector (collection)

Infobox Book |
name = The Toynbee Convector
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image_caption = dust-jacket from the first edition
author = Ray Bradbury
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Science fiction, fantasy, horror short stories
publisher = Knopf
release_date = 1988
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 275 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-394-54703-9
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"The Toynbee Convector" is a short story collection by Ray Bradbury. Several of the stories are original to this collection. Others originally appeared in the magazines "Playboy", "Omni", "Gallery", "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine", "Woman's Day", and "Weird Tales".

Contents

* "The Toynbee Convector"
* "Trapdoor"
* "On the Orient, North"
* "One Night in Your Life"
* "West of October"
* "The Last Circus"
* "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair"
* "I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here?"
* "Lafayette, Farewell"
* "Banshee"
* "Promises, Promises"
* "The Love Affair"
* "One for His Lordship, and One for the Road!"
* "At Midnight, in the Month of June"
* "Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned"
* "By the Numbers!"
* "A Touch of Petulance"
* "Long Division"
* "Come, and Bring Constance!"
* "Junior"
* "The Tombstone"
* "The Thing at the Top of the Stairs"
* "Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy"

References

*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/t79.htm#A9379
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accessdate = 2007-12-12


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