Dangerous Vegetables ed. Keith Laumer, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Baen, December 1998, 0-671-57781-6, $5.99, 378pp, pb, oa, cover by Bob Eggleton)
Anthology of 22 stories, two original, featuring vegetables. A take-off on the “Dangerous Visions” anthologies. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Michael Bishop, and John D. MacDonald. The cover notes “Created by Keith Laumer”; Greenberg and Waugh are noted only in the copyright. The introduction by Ben Bova is about Laumer, and says the book was Laumer’s idea, but he died without doing it.
- 1 · Mostly About Keith Laumer · Ben Bova · in
- 5 · Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! · Ray Bradbury · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1962, as “Come Into My Cellar”
based on his tv script “Special Delivery,” broadcast on Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11/29/59.
- 25 · Pressure [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If June 1967, as “Berserker’s Prey”
- 39 · Rogue Tomato · Michael Bishop · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 5 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975
- 55 · The Ultimate Catalyst · John Taine · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1939
- 83 · Manna · John Christopher · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #33, March 1955
- 103 · The Potato · Bentley Little · ss Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1991
- 115 · Cannibal Plants from Heck · David Drake · ss Alien Pregnant by Elvis ed. Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1994
- 137 · Black Harvest of Moraine · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales January 1950
- 175 · No Harm Done · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1961
- 181 · The Cactus · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales January 1950
- 195 · Look, You Think You’ve Got Troubles · Carol Carr · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969
- 209 · The Pure Essence · Irwin Sonenfield · ss
- 219 · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982
- 233 · You Say Potato, I Say… Trouble · Lawrence Schimel · ss
- 241 · The Crime of Micah Rood · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Cosmopolitan January 1888
- 257 · Root of Evil · Edward Wellen · ss Science Stories #2, December 1953
- 263 · Step Into My Garden · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Worlds August 1942
- 285 · Cordle to Onion to Carrot · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1969
- 303 · Night Bloomer · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red by David J. Schow, Tor, 1990
- 327 · Strange Harvest · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales May 1953
- 355 · Pumpkin · Bill Pronzini · ss Halloween Horrors ed. Alan Ryan, Doubleday, 1986
- 365 · The White Fruit of Banaldar · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories September 1951
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