| Synopsis: |
This new collection of stories by Christopher Anvil, the master of humorous science fiction adventure, features the full-length novel, "The Day the Machines Stopped" - and what happens, not just to civilization, but to humanity and its chances of survival when all the machines stop working at once? Plus, for the first time in book form, Anvil's stories of Richard Verner, who is called in to solve apparently insoluble problems, such as explaining why experimental missiles keep failing for no apparent reason, or locating a kidnapped judge, or even solving an inexplicable murder that's interrupting his vacation. |