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100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories Richard Wilson,Alexei Panshin,Laurence M. Janifer,Anthony Boucher,Mildred Downey Broxon,Stephen Goldin,Nelson Slade Bond,Grant Carrington,Martin H. Greenberg,Lee Killough,Duane Ackerson,Reginald Bretnor,Joseph D. Olander,Bob Shaw,Ambrose Bierce,Alfred Bester,Ralph Milne Farley,William F. Nolan,Henry Slesar,Joe L. Hensley,Ben Bova,Robert Sheckley,Frederik Pohl,George R. R. Martin,Donald E. Westlake,Damon Knight,Karen Anderson,David Bischoff,Martin Gardner,Fritz Leiber,Steven Utley,Bill Pronzini,E. Michael Blake,Fred Saberhagen,Thomas F. Monteleone,Gregory Benford,Larry Niven,Isaac Asimov,James Blish,Robert Emmett Toomey Jr.,Jerome Bixby,Walter S. Tevis,Robert L. Fish,Charles E. Fritch,Roger Zelazny,Cyril M. Kornbluth,Ray Russell,James E. Gunn,Joanna Russ,Bruce McAllister,Barry N. Malzberg,Edward D. Hoch,Edward Wellen,Paul Dellinger,Alan Edward Nourse,F. M. Busby,Keith Laumer,Hayford Peirce,Dannie Plachta,Edward Rager,Jeffrey S. Hudson,James Edward Sutherland,Maggie Nadler,Robert T. Kurosaka,James E. Thompson,Paul Bond,Daniel A. Darlington,Walt Liebscher,K. W. MacAnn A loint of paw / Isaac Asimov -- The advent on Channel Twelve / C.M. Kornbluth -- Plaything / Larry Niven -- The misfortune cookie / Charles E. Fritch -- I wish I may, I wish I might / Bill Pronz… OL14958898W
Hallucination Orbit Hallucination Orbit Randall Garrett,Edward W. Ludwig,Christopher Anvil,J. T. McIntosh,Martin H. Greenberg,Robert Silverberg,Donald E. Westlake,Charles G. Waugh,John Brunner,C. L. Moore,Fred Saberhagen,Roald Dahl,Isaac Asimov,Jerome Bixby,Henry Kuttner Twelve science fiction stories which explore the complexities and limitations of the human mind as it responds to unusual situations, bizarre societies, and unorthodox problems. Includes a brief anal… OL14959154W
The Hunter (aka Point Blank and Payback) The Hunter (aka Point Blank and Payback) Donald E. Westlake You probably haven't ever noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits,… OL15024601W
Philip Philip Donald E. Westlake Where does a youngster living in a city apartment find dirt for his new dump truck? Philip discovers a variety of places but all of them displease the doorman. OL15107326W
Transgressions Transgressions Lawrence Block,Stephen King,Ed McBain,Donald E. Westlake,John Farris,Jeffery Deaver,Anne Perry,Walter Mosley,Joyce Carol Oates,Sharyn McCrumb Contains: Walking around money / by Donald Westlake Hostages / by Anne Perry The corn maiden / by Joyce Carol Oates Archibald lawless, anarchist at large / by Walter Mosley The resurrection … OL16482733W
Backflash Backflash Donald E. Westlake The master thief, Parker, plots to rob a floating casino on the Hudson River. He puts together a team of robbers, ensures weapons are smuggled on board, and arranges for a getaway boat. The planning … OL1814907W
The Black Ice Score (Allison & Busby American Crime Series) The Black Ice Score (Allison & Busby American Crime Series) Donald E. Westlake Emissaries from a small African nation ask Parker to help them steal back half of their country's wealth in diamonds. OL1814909W
Breakout Breakout Donald E. Westlake Parker's back in jail, but not just any old jail; it's the correctional center, where people without bail wait before and during their trial. So Parker's first order of business is to build a network… OL1814910W
Deadly Edge (Violent World of Parker, No 6) Deadly Edge (Violent World of Parker, No 6) Donald E. Westlake It begins with a rock concert - Parker and his fellow thieves are ripping off the box office - and then moves to a mysterious problem - colleagues turning up dead. OL1814911W
Dirty Money Dirty Money Donald E. Westlake "[One] of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Richard Stark, real name Donald Westlake...His Parker books form a genre all their own." --John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of … OL1814913W
The Jugger (Allison & Busby American Crime Series) The Jugger (Allison & Busby American Crime Series) Donald E. Westlake A Parker novel, which has the main character in Sagamore, Nebraska, at the request of Joe Sheer, a retired safe cracker who carries many of Parker's criminal secrets. OL1814917W
The Seventh The Seventh Donald E. Westlake The seventh book in the Parker series, this describes the aftermath of a brilliant heist at a college football game. OL1814930W
Butcher's Moon Butcher's Moon Donald E. Westlake Stark's antihero Parker attempts to retrieve money he had to leave in an amusement park, but the money is gone. He enlists Alan Grofield to assist, but when Grofield is taken hostage, Parker assemble… OL1814936W
The Dame The Dame Donald E. Westlake Foul Play Press, an imprint of The Countryman Press, published four paperback reprints of Westlake's Grofield books. OL1814945W
Slay-ground Slay-ground Donald E. Westlake A dark and memorable account of Parker trapped in a fenced-in amusement park that has closed for the winter. OL1814953W
The outfit The outfit Donald E. Westlake You probably haven't ever noticed them. But they've noticed you. They notice everything. That's their job. Sitting quietly in a nondescript car outside a bank making note of the tellers' work habits,… OL1814956W
The score The score Donald E. Westlake The fifth Parker novel has the main character planning a score that involves a dozen professional crooks ready to take over a rich, remote North Dakota town. OL1814957W
The mourner The mourner Donald E. Westlake The fourth Parker novel has the main character coming up against the KGB while on the trail of a small statue stolen from a fifteenth-century French tomb. OL1814959W
Cops and Robbers Cops and Robbers Donald E. Westlake Note: Internet Archive eBook is missing pages 22-23 (damaged scans of pages 24-25 are shown instead). OL19113W
What's the worst that could happen? What's the worst that could happen? Donald E. Westlake It started with a ring. A cheap ring. The yellow metal said brass, not gold, and the sparkly bits were certainly not diamonds. But the ring belonged to May's horse-playing uncle, who swore it brought… OL19126W
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