''The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination'' is a

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anthology edited by

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and published by

Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese sci ...

on February 19, 2013.

The collection contains the following stories: # Foreword by Chris Claremont # "Professor Incognito Apologizes: An Itemized List" by

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# "Father of the Groom" by

Harry Turtledove Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American author who is best known for his work in the genres of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and mystery fiction. He is a student of history and completed hi ...

# "Laughter at the Academy" by

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# "Letter to the Editor" by David D. Levine # "Instead of a Loving Heart" by Jeremiah Tolbert # "The Executor" by Daniel H. Wilson # "The Angel of Death Has a Business Plan" by Heather Lindsley # "Homo Perfectus" by

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# "Ancient Equations" by L. A. Banks # "Rural Singularity" by

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# "Captain Justice Saves the Day" by

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# "The Mad Scientist’s Daughter" by Theodora Goss # ''

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'' by

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# "Harry and Marlowe Meet the Founder of the Aetherian Revolution" by

Carrie Vaughn Carrie Vaughn (born January 28, 1973) is an American writer, the author of the urban fantasy '' Kitty Norville'' series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and ...

# "Blood & Stardust" by Laird Barron # "A More Perfect Union" by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. # "Rocks Fall" by

Naomi Novik Naomi Novik (born April 30, 1973) is an American author of speculative fiction. She is known for the ''Temeraire'' series (2006–2016), an alternate history of the Napoleonic Wars involving dragons, and her ''Scholomance'' fantasy series (2020 ...

# "We Interrupt This Broadcast" by

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# "The Last Dignity of Man" by Marjorie M. Liu # "The Pittsburgh Technology" by

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# "Mofongo Knows" by Grady Hendrix # "The Food Taster’s Boy" by Ben H. Winters

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