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The Alley Man
"The Alley Man" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip José Farmer. The story tells of the life of Old Man Paley, who may — or may not — be the last Neanderthal (or "Paleolithic" man, as his name suggests), still alive in the 20th century. Publication history "The Alley Man" was originally published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' in June 1959. It was subsequently republished by Ballantine Books in the 1962 compilation ''The Alley God'', by DAW Books in the 1973 compilation ''The Book of Philip José Farmer'', by Crown Publishers in the 1984 compilation ''The Classic Philip José Farmer 1952-1964'', and in the 2006 anthology ''The Best of Philip José Farmer'' by Subterranean Press. Critical reception "The Alley Man" was nominated for the 1960 Hugo Award for Short Fiction, and came second. P. Schuyler Miller called "The Alley Man" a "robust, rambling comic tragedy of a dying species, trying to keep its heredity straight, clinging to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alley Man
"The Alley Man" is a science fiction short story by American writer Philip José Farmer. The story tells of the life of Old Man Paley, who may — or may not — be the last Neanderthal (or "Paleolithic" man, as his name suggests), still alive in the 20th century. Publication history "The Alley Man" was originally published in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' in June 1959. It was subsequently republished by Ballantine Books in the 1962 compilation ''The Alley God'', by DAW Books in the 1973 compilation ''The Book of Philip José Farmer'', by Crown Publishers in the 1984 compilation ''The Classic Philip José Farmer 1952-1964'', and in the 2006 anthology ''The Best of Philip José Farmer'' by Subterranean Press. Critical reception "The Alley Man" was nominated for the 1960 Hugo Award for Short Fiction, and came second. P. Schuyler Miller called "The Alley Man" a "robust, rambling comic tragedy of a dying species, trying to keep its heredity straight, clinging to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heredity
Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents. Through heredity, variations between individuals can accumulate and cause species to evolve by natural selection. The study of heredity in biology is genetics. Overview In humans, eye color is an example of an inherited characteristic: an individual might inherit the "brown-eye trait" from one of the parents. Inherited traits are controlled by genes and the complete set of genes within an organism's genome is called its genotype. The complete set of observable traits of the structure and behavior of an organism is called its phenotype. These traits arise from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. As a result, many aspects of an organism's phenotype are not inherited. For example, suntanned skin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Stories By Philip José Farmer
Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Arts, entertainment, and media * Short film, a cinema format (also called film short or short subject) * Short story, prose generally readable in one sitting * ''The Short-Timers'', a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam Brands and enterprises * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Finance * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II Foodstuffs * Short pastry, one which is rich in butte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois In Fiction
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockford, as well Springfield, its capital. Of the fifty U.S. states, Illinois has the fifth-largest gross domestic product (GDP), the sixth-largest population, and the 25th-largest land area. Illinois has a highly diverse economy, with the global city of Chicago in the northeast, major industrial and agricultural hubs in the north and center, and natural resources such as coal, timber, and petroleum in the south. Owing to its central location and favorable geography, the state is a major transportation hub: the Port of Chicago has access to the Atlantic Ocean through the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway and to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River via the Illinois Waterway. Additionally, the Mississippi, Ohio, and Wabash rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
