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The John Collier Reader

John Collier

First published 1972
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages xv+571
Price $10.00
ISBN 039446186X


• "First Edition" so stated on copyright page. Currey • Contains 47 short stories, two chapters from the novel Defy the Foul Fiend and the complete novel His Monkey Wife.

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Page Title Author(s) Type
1 His Monkey Wife, or Married to a Chimp John Collier Novel
159 Chapters 8 and 9 from Defy the Foul Fiend or the Misadventures of a Heart John Collier Short Fiction
185 Bottle Party John Collier Short Story
192 Evening Primrose John Collier Short Story
203 Witch's Money John Collier Short Story
214 Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early? John Collier Short Story
218 Fallen Star John Collier Short Story
229 Three Bears Cottage John Collier Short Story
234 Pictures in the Fire John Collier Short Story
248 Wet Saturday John Collier Short Story
255 Squirrels Have Bright Eyes John Collier Short Story
260 Halfway to Hell John Collier Short Story
266 The Lady on the Gray John Collier Short Story
274 Incident on a Lake John Collier Short Story
279 Over Insurance John Collier Short Story
284 The Frog Prince John Collier Short Story
289 Season of Mists John Collier Short Story
296 Without Benefit of Galsworthy John Collier Short Story
301 The Devil George and Rosie John Collier Novelette
319 Ah, the University! John Collier Short Story
322 Back for Christmas John Collier Short Story
327 Another American Tragedy John Collier Short Story
334 Collaboration John Collier Short Story
340 Gavin O'Leary John Collier Short Story
349 If Youth Knew, If Age Could John Collier Short Story
359 Thus I Refute Beelzy John Collier Short Story
364 Special Delivery John Collier Novelette
379 Rope Enough John Collier Short Story
385 Green Thoughts John Collier Short Story
399 Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives John Collier Short Story
403 Bird of Prey John Collier Short Story
410 Variation on a Theme John Collier Short Story
421 Night! Youth! Paris! and the Moon! John Collier Short Story
426 The Steel Cat John Collier Short Story
433 Sleeping Beauty John Collier Short Story
448 Interpretation of a Dream John Collier Short Story
454 Mary John Collier Short Story
466 Hell Hath No Fury John Collier Short Story
471 In the Cards John Collier Short Story
476 Spring Fever John Collier Short Story
484 Youth from Vienna John Collier Novelette
503 Possession of Angela Bradshaw John Collier Short Story
508 The Chaser John Collier Short Story
511 Mademoiselle Kiki John Collier Short Story
520 Son of Kiki John Collier Short Story
526 A Matter of Taste John Collier Short Story
534 A Dog's a Dog John Collier Short Story
544 Man Overboard John Collier Novelette
566 The Tender Age John Collier Short Story
xi Introduction (The John Collier Reader) Anthony Burgess Essay