The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories

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author = edited by Ray Bradbury
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Fantasy short stories
publisher = Bantam Books
release_date = 1956
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media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 210 pp
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"Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow" was an anthology of fantasy stories edited by Ray Bradbury and published in 1956. Many of the stories had originally appeared in various magazines including "The New Yorker", "Charm", "Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine", "Harper's", and "Unknown".

Contents

* Introduction, by Ray Bradbury
* "The Circus of Dr. Lao", by Charles G. Finney
* "The Pond", by Nigel Kneale
* "The Hour of Letdown", by E. B. White
* "The Wish", by Roald Dahl
* "The Summer People", by Shirley Jackson
* "Earth’s Holocaust", by Nathaniel Hawthorne
* "Busby’s Petrified Woman", by Loren Eiseley
* "The Resting Place", by Oliver La Farge
* "Threshold", by Henry Kuttner
* "Greenface", by James H. Schmitz
* "The Limits of Walter Horton", by John S. Sharnik
* "The Man Who Vanished", by Robert M. Coates

References

*cite web
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accessdate = 2007-10-10
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=63 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1