An Exercise in Causality

The Twenty-Four Stories And Sketches Published Here Are Of Varying Lengths And Are Written In Varying Styles. Some Longer Ones - Fear No More Falls The Shadow And A Matter Of Time - Are Straightforward Sf Adventure Stories Set In The Near Future. Others - Carry Me Home And Renewal - Are Adventures In Less Conventional Forms. Style Of The Time Is Set In The Past; Visiting The Millionaire In The Far-Distant Future. There Was An Old Lady And To Where You Came From Have Serious Messages; Others - In A Name Eradicating Stegobium Paniceum From Pulse-Based Animal Feeds And If There Were No If There Were No Benny Cemoli For Example - Are More Whimsical. Some Shorter Pieces Like An Exercise In Causality And Six Particles In Search Of An Observer Are Experimental In Style. There Is Also A Ghost Story; And The Fast Is A Brief Excursion Into The Gothick. Finally There Are Sketches. Birth Was Written For Performance As A Short Play; And Murder In Space Can Be Adapted For Staging At A Murder-Mystery Dinner Party.