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Keep the Giraffe Burning

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Keep the Giraffe Burning
First edition cover
AuthorJohn Sladek
IllustratorPeter Goodfellow
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction collection
PublisherPanther Books
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages205 pp
ISBN0-586-04757-3
823.91

Keep the Giraffe Burning is a 1977 collection of science fiction short stories by John Sladek.

Contents

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  • Foreword
  • Elephant with Wooden Leg
  • The Design
  • The Face
  • The Master Plan
  • Flatland
  • A Game of Jump
  • The Hammer of Evil, or Career Opportunities at the Pascal Business School
  • The Locked Room
  • Another Look
  • Space Shoes of the Gods: An Archaeological Revelation
  • The Poets of Millgrove, Iowa
  • The Commentaries
  • Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias (overall title for 15 short-short stories)
    • Getting There Is (n-1/n)th the Fun
    • The Bright Side
    • Mr. and Ms. America
    • Empty Promise
    • The Paradise Problem
    • What Changed Doyster's Mind
    • Handout
    • Assessment
    • Art News
    • Pax Gurney
    • A Fable
    • Utopia: A Financial Report
    • Utopiary
    • Luck
    • A Picnic
  • Scenes from Rural Life
  • The Secret of the Old Custard
  • Undecember
  • The Great Wall of Mexico
  • Afterword

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