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Synopsis

This sparkling sequel to WIZARDS OF ODD once again turns logic on its head, with a galaxy of star writers and stories. Terry Pratchett, the arch-priest of the genre, leads off with the eccentric figure of DEATH, on new and curious mission, Roald Dahl plays havoc with country superstition, and Arthur C. Clarke shows the funny side of cosmic doom. Add to these dazzling contributions from masters such as Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Angela Carter, C.S. Lewis, P.G. Wodehouse and Michael Moorcock, and you have a blend of comic fantasy, supernatural extravaganza and sf, that is almost literally in orbit. The title of the book stems from the fact that many of the stories feature characters who can fly - either under their own power or by machines - or they simply run into trouble with aerial objects of one sort or another. Bringing together some of the best fantasy available, THE FLYING SORCERERS is a gloriously bizarre, wonderfully varied collection of stories.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1997) - essay by Peter Haining
• Turntables of the Night - (1989) - short story by Terry Pratchett
• A Slice of Life - [Adrian Mulliner] - (1926) - short story by P. G. Wodehouse
• The Better Mousetrap - [Gavagan's Bar] - (1950) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• Sam Small's Better Half - [Sam Small] - (1941) - short story by Eric Knight
• Danse Macabre - (1963) - short story by Mervyn Peake
• The Shoddy Lands - (1956) - short story by C. S. Lewis
• Harrison Bergeron - (1961) - short story by Kurt Vonnegut
• Possible to Rue - (1963) - short story by Piers Anthony
• The Right Side - (1934) - short story by John Collier
• Nasty - (1959) - short story by Fredric Brown
• The Gripes of Wraith - [Squaredeal Sam McGhee] - (1949) - short story by Nelson Bond
• The Roaches - (1965) - short story by Thomas M. Disch
• The Lady of the House of Love - (1975) - short story by Angela Carter
• The Stone Thing: A Tale of Strange Parts - (1974) - short story by Michael Moorcock (variant of The Stone Thing)
• The Shrink and the Mink - (1983) - short story by Robert Bloch
• Ah Sweet Mystery of Life - (1974) - short story by Roald Dahl
• The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future - (1911) - short story by Stephen Leacock
• Female of the Species - (1937) - short story by John Wyndham (variant of The Perfect Creature)
• A Good Shellacking - [The Cyberiad] - (1974) - short story by Stanislaw Lem
• From Gustible's Planet - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - (1962) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
• Specialist - (1953) - short story by Robert Sheckley
• The Adventure of the Martian Moons - [Sam Space] - (1997) - short story by William F. Nolan
• The Golden Years of the Stainless Steel Rat - [The Stainless Steel Rat] - (1993) - short story by Harry Harrison
• No Morning After - (1954) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke

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