Shaggy BEM Stories Author:Mike Resnick (Editor) Who better to parody science fiction than science fiction authors themselves? In this classic collection of stories, compiled by Mike Resnick (winner of five Hugos, plus a plethora of other awards in multiple categories), such prominent authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Barry Malzberg and a host of others take their pens and wits ... more »to make fun of themselves and the genre they live for.
This collection was compiled exclusively for the 1988 Worldcon (Nolacon II). Seventy-five percent of the original edition sold out over the Worldcon weekend and the rest disappeared soon after.
The collection now available re-titled: Bug-Eyed Monsters and Bimbos, published by Phoenix Pick Sep2011.
Contents:
Introduction (Shaggy B.E.M. Stories) • essay by Mike Resnick
The Swordsmen of Varnis (1950) • shortstory by Clive Jackson [as by Geoffrey Cobbe]
Backstage Lensman (1978) • novelette by Randall Garrett
Masters of the Metropolis (1956) • shortstory by Randall Garrett and Lin Carter
Grebzlam's Game (1974) • shortstory by Richard A. Lupoff [as by Ova Hamlet]
The Smooth Universe by R***** S********* • shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
The Barbarian (1956) • shortstory by Poul Anderson
John Carper and His Electric Barsoom (1959) • shortstory by Gene DeWeese and Robert Coulson
Queen of Borr • shortstory by R. C. Walker
At the Mountains of Murkiness (1940) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
Miss McWhortle's Weird (1970) • shortstory by Donald A. Wollheim
Engineer to the Gods by Hitler I. E. Bonner • shortstory by John Sladek (variant of Engineer to the Gods...R*b*rt H**nl**n (Hitler I.E. Bonner) 1972)
Broot Force by Iclick as-i-move • shortstory by John Sladek (variant of Broot Force...*s**c *s*m*v (Iclick As-I-Move) 1972)
The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline [Thiotimoline • 1] (1948) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
Junkmail • shortstory by Janet Kagan
Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera (1986) • shortstory by Mike Resnick
Jabberwocky for Fandom (1954) • poem by Robert Bloch
The Nine Billion Puns of God (1981) • shortfiction by Ralph Roberts (variant of The Nine Billion Heavenly Puns)
The Chicago Plan to Save a Species (1976) • shortfiction by Thomas A. Easton
Land of the Great Horse Laughs (1980) • shortstory by Larry Tritten
The Star Sneak (1974) • shortstory by Larry Tritten
Love's Prurient Interest (1983) • shortstory by Cathy Ball
"Balloon, Oh Balloon!" • shortstory by Algis Budrys
Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson [Maureen Birnbaum] (1982) • shortstory by George Alec Effinger
Maureen Birnbaum at the Earth's Core [Maureen Birnbaum] (1986) • shortstory by George Alec Effinger
The Works of M. M. Moamrath (1975) • shortstory by Bill Wallace and Joseph F. Pumilia
Cthu'lablanca and Other Lost Screenplays • shortstory by Howard Waldrop (variant of Moamrath in Hollywood: Cthu'lablanca and Other Lost Screenplays 1976)
Two Sort-of Adventures (1978) • shortstory by Richard A. Lupoff [as by Ova Hamlet]