The Power of Illusion by Christopher Anvil (Baen, October 2010, 978-1-4391-3412-2, $12.00, 453pp, tp, co, cover by Bob Eggleton) [edited by Eric Flint]
Collection of 20 humorous SF adventure stories, including seven featuring problem solver Richard Verner, plus the novel The Day the Machines Stopped (1964).
- 1 · I. Research East
- 3 · A Taste of Poison [James Cardan] · Christopher Anvil · ss Astounding/Analog Science Fact & Fiction August 1960
- 23 · The Gold of Galileo [James Cardan] · Christopher Anvil · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1980
- 55 · The Day the Machines Stopped [James Cardan] · Christopher Anvil · n. 1964
- 185 · II. Solver of Problems
- 187 · Missile Smasher [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1966
- 195 · The Problem Solver and the Killer [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1966
- 207 · The Hand from the Past [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1972
- 213 · The Problem Solver and the Hostage [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1966
- 221 · The Problem Solver and the Defector [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1966
- 227 · Key to the Crime [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Shell Scott Mystery Magazine September 1966
- 241 · The Problem Solver and the Burned Letter [Richard Verner, heuristician] · Christopher Anvil · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1967
- 251 · III. Problems, Snafus, and Fubars
- 253 · Warped Clue · Christopher Anvil · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1966
- 259 · The Coward · Christopher Anvil · ss Adam March 1966
- 267 · A Sense of Disaster · Christopher Anvil · ss Fantastic Stories January 1979
- 285 · Destination Unknown · Christopher Anvil · ss Science Fiction Adventures March 1958
- 295 · High Road to the East · Christopher Anvil · ss Fantastic May 1968
- 301 · A Tourist Named Death [Dan Redman] · Christopher Anvil · nv If May 1960
- 337 · The Knife and the Sheath · Christopher Anvil · ss Future Kin ed. Roger Elwood, Doubleday, 1974
- 353 · The Anomaly · Christopher Anvil · ss
- 373 · In the Light of Further Data · Christopher Anvil · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1965
- 385 · Apron Chains · Christopher Anvil · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1970
- 395 · The Power of Illusion · Christopher Anvil · nv Jim Baen’s Universe October 2006
- 447 · Afterword · Eric Flint · aw
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