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The Steam-Driven Boy and other Strangers

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The Steam-Driven Boy
and other strangers
First edition
AuthorJohn Sladek
IllustratorColin Hay
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction collection
PublisherPanther Books
Publication date
July 1973
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages189 pp
ISBN978-0586038017
OCLC822409

The Steam-Driven Boy and other strangers is a science fiction short story collection by John Sladek, published in 1973.

Contents

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  • "The Secret of the Old Custard" (1966) (also known as "The Babe in the Oven")
  • "The Aggressor" (1969)
  • "The Best-Seller" (1966)
  • "Is There Death on Other Planets?" (1966)
  • "The Happy Breed" (1967)
  • "A Report on the Migrations of Educational Materials" (1968)
  • "The Singular Visitor from Not-Yet" (1968)
  • "The Short, Happy Wife of Mansard Eliot" (1971)
  • "The Momster" (1969)
  • "1937 A.D.!" (1967)
  • "Secret Identity" (1970)
  • "The Transcendental Sandwich" (1973)
  • "The Steam-Driven Boy" (1972)

The Parodies:

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