The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book Author:Isaac Asimov (Editor), George R. R. Martin (Editor), Martin H. Greenberg (Editor) Collection of 15 amusing, horrific, satisfying short stories, realistic speculation and potential scientific explanations or solutions about possible future events surrounding and about fat, thin, and everything in between, with a science fiction backdrop. Including 'Quitters, Inc' by Stephen King, and 'Gladys's Gregory'... more »; by John Anthony West and other dystopian tales.
Contents:
Introduction: Fat! (The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book) (1983) • essay by Isaac Asimov;
Sylvester's Revenge (1975) / Vance Aandahl;
Fat Farm (1980) / Orson Scott Card;
The Stretch (1956) / Sam Merwin, Jr.;
Camels and Dromedaries, Clem (1967) / R. A. Lafferty;
The Champ (1978) / T. Coraghessan Boyle;
The Truth About Pyecraft (1903) / H. G. Wells;
The Iron Chancellor (1958) / Robert Silverberg;
The Man Who Ate the World (1956) / Frederik Pohl;
Gladys's Gregory (1963) / John Anthony West;
Abercrombie Station (1952) / Jack Vance;
Shipping Clerk (1952) / William Morrison;
The Malted Milk Monster (1959) / William Tenn;
The Food Farm (1967) / Kit Reed;
The Artist of Hunger (1983) / Scott Russell Sanders;