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The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Originally published
  
1956

Publisher
  
Bantam Books

Genres
  
Short story, Fantasy

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Publication date
  
1956

Pages
  
210 pp

Author
  
Ray Bradbury

Country
  
United States of America

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Ray Bradbury books, Fantasy books

The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories was an anthology of fantasy stories edited by Ray Bradbury and published in 1956. Many of the stories had originally appeared in various magazines including The New Yorker, Charm, Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, Harper's, and Unknown.

Contents

  • Introduction, by Ray Bradbury
  • "The Circus of Dr. Lao", by Charles G. Finney
  • "The Pond", by Nigel Kneale
  • "The Hour of Letdown", by E. B. White
  • "The Wish", by Roald Dahl
  • "The Summer People", by Shirley Jackson
  • "Earth’s Holocaust", by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Busby’s Petrified Woman", by Loren Eiseley
  • "The Resting Place", by Oliver La Farge
  • "Threshold", by Henry Kuttner
  • "Greenface", by James H. Schmitz
  • "The Limits of Walter Horton", by John S. Sharnik
  • "The Man Who Vanished", by Robert M. Coates

    • References

    The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories Wikipedia
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