ISBN:  Unavailable

Category: Fiction / Science Fiction / Humorous

Page count: 304

<p>SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, HUMOR <br><br>* Cranky Goblin Cooks <br>* Unscrupulous Chemists <br>* Lecherous Space Pirates <br>* Disagreeable Alien Symbiotes <br>* Soul-Searching Snot Elementals <br><br>The Unidentified Funny Objects series serves an annual dose of funny. zany, and unusual science fiction and fantasy stories. All-new fiction from the genre's top voices! Our sixth volume features a Mad Amos story by Alan Dean Foster, a Harry the Book tale by Mike Resnick, and an Alexander Outland short by Gini Koch. Jim Hines reimagines a Game of Thrones with goblins in it, Ken Liu begs a sentient AI to spare him, and Esther Friesner takes us on a tour of Chelm, complete with dragons and gratuitous footnotes. There are also tales of an interdimensional secret agent, a warrior-writer on a quest from an evil god, a necromancer intent on rehabilitating the image of his profession, and many more.<br><br>TABLE OF CONTENTS<br><br>Foreword by Alex Shvartsman<br>“A Game of Goblins” by Jim C. Hines<br>“The Breakdown of Parasite/Host Relationship” by Paul R. Hardy<br>“From This She Makes a Living?” by Esther Friesner<br>“Twenty-Nine Responses to Inquiries About My Craigslist Post: Alien Spaceship for Sale $200, You Haul” by Tina Connolly<br>“Tyler the Snot Elemental Scours the Newspaper, Searching for Change” by Zach Shephard<br>“Agent of Chaos” by Jack Campbell<br>“Display of Affection” by P. J. Sambeaux<br>“The Great Manhattan Eat-Off” by Mike Resnick<br>“An Evil Opportunity Employer” by Lawrence Watt-Evans<br>“Common Scents” by Jody Lynn Nye<br>“A Mountain Man and a Cat Walk into a Bar” by Alan Dean Foster<br>“Lost and Found” by Laura Resnick<br>“A Crawlspace Full of Prizes” by Bill Ferris<br>“Return to Sender” by Melissa Mead<br>“The Friendly Necromancer” by Rod M. Santos<br>“An Open Letter to the Sentient AI Who Has Announced Its Intention to Take Over the Earth” by Ken Liu<br>“Approved Expense” by David Vierling<br>“Alexander Outland: Space Jockey” by Gini Koch<br>“Dear Joyce” by Langley Hyde<br>“Impress Me, Then We’ll Talk About the Money” by Tatiana Ivanova (translated from Russian by Alex Shvartsman) <br></p>