J A Lawrence

The Other Side of the Surface J A Lawrence

Everydays, Somedays, and Neverwhens...

"The short stories of J. A. Lawrence were among the best science fiction of her time, and here they are collected at last.

The keystone of the collection is "The Other Side of the Surface," her dazzling re-imagination of her late husband James Blish's classic story "Surface Tension." It is an extraordinary companion piece and a superb work in its own right. But nothing in this fine volume will fail to repay the reader's attention."


-Robert Silverberg

Contents include...



Introduction




Rumors from the Discontinuum

The Other Side of the Surface

Opening Problem

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat

This is My Beloved

Nothing But

Natural History

Wild Rose

Heir

The Naughty Little Unicorn

The Persistence of Memory

Jungle Fever

Natural Causes

Nothing, to be Afraid of

Turns of the Screwdriver

The Prillian Crisis

On the Furside

The Case of the Lost Lake

Going Where in a What?

Present Tensions

My Father's Eyes

A Decrystallization of Emeralds

Apple Trees

Do Not Go Gentle

Too Long a Sacrifice

Dark Secrets

Some Are Born Great

Somewhen in Europe

Shadows

The Chasm

The Inkle Weavers of Middleborough

★★★★★★??? (Greek Snacks, to be Consumed With Wine Or Ouzo)

The Haunting of Ano Paleopolis

The Bridal Path

The Unknown Islands

The Complete Greek Myth

The Speech

For the Very Young

Starstuff

The Peepee Monster

The Purple Hippopotamus

Appendix

Surface Tension by James Blish