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''Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds'' is an
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of
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short works edited by Robert Adams,
Martin H. Greenberg Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 – June 25, 2011) was an American academic and anthologist in many genres, including mysteries and horror, but especially in speculative fiction. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned ov ...
and Pamela Crippen Adams. It was first published in paperback by
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in July 1987. The book collects nine short stories by various authors, together with an introductory essay by Robert Adams.


Contents

*"Introduction" ( Robert Adams) *"The Other World" (
Murray Leinster Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie ...
) *"Target: Berlin!" (
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) *"Adept's Gambit" (
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Aristotle and the Gun "Aristotle and the Gun" is a time travel and alternate history science fiction story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. Publication history The story was first published in the magazine '' Astounding Science-Fiction'' for February, 1958,Laug ...
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) *"There's a Wolf in My Time Machine" (
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) *"Many Mansions" (
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) *"One Way Street" (
Jerome Bixby Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (January 11, 1923 – April 28, 1998) was an American short-story writer and scriptwriter. He wrote the 1953 story " It's a Good Life", which was the basis of a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' and was included ...
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