''Immodest Proposals'' is a collection of 33

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

stories by British-American writer

William Tenn William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass (May 9, 1920 – February 7, 2010), a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements. Biography Born to a Jewish family in London, Phillip Klass mo ...

, the first of two volumes presenting Tenn's complete body of science fiction writings. It features an introduction by

Connie Willis Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis (born December 31, 1945), commonly known as Connie Willis, is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. She has won eleven Hugo Awards and seven Nebula Awards for particular works—more major SF awards than ...

. Tenn provides afterwords to each story, describing how they came to be written.

* Bernie the Scheherazade by

* "Firewater" - novella - ''Astounding'', Feb. 1952 *
Lisbon Cubed
- novelette - ''Galaxy'', Oct. 1958 * "The Ghost Standard" - short story - ''

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'', Dec. 1994 *
The Flat-Eyed Monster
- novelette - ''Galaxy'', Aug. 1955 * "The Deserter" - short story - ''

Star Science Fiction Stories A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth make ...

#1'', ed.

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

, Ballantine, 1953 * " Venus and the Seven Sexes" - novelette - ''The Girl With the Hungry Eyes'', ed.

Donald A. Wollheim Donald Allen Wollheim (October 1, 1914 – November 2, 1990) was an American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan. As an author, he published under his own name as well as under pseudonyms, including David Grinnell, Martin Pearso ...

, Avon, 1949 *
Party of the Two Parts
- novelette - ''Galaxy'', Aug. 1954 * "

The Liberation of Earth "The Liberation of Earth" is a science fiction short story by American author William Tenn, written in 1950, first published in 1953 in literature, 1953, and reprinted several times in various anthologies, including 1955 collection ''Of all Poss ...

" - short story - '' Future Science Fiction'', May 1953 * "Eastward Ho!" - short story - ''F&SF'', Oct. 1958 * "Null-P" - short story - ''Worlds Beyond'', Jan. 1951 * "The Masculinist Revolt" - novelette - ''F&SF'', Aug. 1965 *
Brooklyn Project
- short story - '' Planet Stories'', Fall 1948 * "Child's Play" - novelette - ''Astounding'' March 1947 * "Wednesday's Child" - short story - ''

Fantastic Universe ''Fantastic Universe'' was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishin ...

'', Jan. 1956 * "My Mother Was a Witch" - ''

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'', Aug. 1966 * "The Lemon-Green Spaghetti-Loud Dynamite-Dribble Day ("Did Your Coffee Taste Funny This Morning?") - short story - ''Cavalier'', Jan. 1967 * "The Tenants" - short story - ''F&SF'', April 1954 * "Generation of Noah ("The Quick and the Bomb") - short story - ''Suspense'', Spring 1951 *
Down Among the Dead Men
- novelette - ''Galaxy'', June 1954 * "Time in Advance" - novelette - ''Galaxy'', Aug. 1956 * "The Sickness" - novelette - ''Infinity Science Fiction'', Nov. 1955 *
The Servant Problem
- novelette - ''Galaxy'', April 1955 * "A Man of Family" - short story - '' The Human Angle'', Ballantine, 1956 * "The Jester" - short story - ''

Thrilling Wonder Stories ''Wonder Stories'' was an early American science fiction magazine which was published under several titles from 1929 to 1955. It was founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1929 after he had lost control of his first science fiction magazine, ''Amazing Stor ...

'', Aug. 1951 *
Project Hush
- short story - ''Galaxy'', Feb. 1954 * "Winthrop Was Stubborn" ("Time Waits for Winthrop") - novella - ''Galaxy'', Aug. 1957 *
The Dark Star
- short story - ''Galaxy'', Sep. 1957 * "Consulate" - short story - ''

'', June 1948 * "The Last Bounce" - novelette - ''

Fantastic Adventures ''Fantastic Adventures'' was an American pulp fantasy and science fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1953 by Ziff-Davis. It was initially edited by Raymond A. Palmer, who was also the editor of ''Amazing Stories'', Ziff-Davis's other scien ...

'', Sep. 1950 *
Venus Is a Man's World
- novelette - ''Galaxy'', July 1951 * "Alexander the Bait" - short story - ''Astounding'' May 1946 * "The Custodian" - novelette - ''If'', Nov. 1953 * "

On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi ''On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi!'' is a 1974 science fiction novella, novelette by William Tenn. At an Interstellar Neozionist Congress convened on Venus, weirdly-looking aliens claim that they are Jews. This legal quagmire was ingeniously resolv ...

" - novelette - '' Wandering Stars'', ed. Jack M. Dann,

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, 1974

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