The Steam-Driven Boy and other Strangers

and other strangers

The Steam-Driven Boy and other strangers is a science fiction short story collection by John Sladek, published in 1973.

Contents

• "The Secret of the Old Custard" (1966) (also known as "The Babe in the Oven")
• "The Aggressor" (1969)
• "The Best-Seller" (1966)
• "Is There Death on Other Planets?" (1966)
• "The Happy Breed" (1967)
• "A Report on the Migrations of Educational Materials" (1968)
• "The Singular Visitor from Not-Yet" (1968)
• "The Short, Happy Wife of Mansard Eliot" (1971)
• "The Momster" (1969)
• "1937 A.D.!" (1967)
• "Secret Identity" (1970)
• "The Transcendental Sandwich" (1973)
• "The Steam-Driven Boy" (1972)

The Parodies:

• "The Purloined Butter...dgr lln P**" (1972)
• "Pemberly's Start-Afresh Calliope or, The New Proteus...H.G. W*lls" (1971)
• "Ralph 4F...Hg Grnsbck (Hugogre N. Backs)" (1973)
• "Engineer to the Gods...Rbrt Hnln (Hitler I.E. Bonner)" (1972)
• "Broot Force...s**c smv (Iclick As-I-Move)" (1972)
• "Joy Ride...Ry Brdb*ry (Barry DuBray)" (1972)
• "The Moon Is Sixpence...rthr C. Clrk (Carl Truhacker)" (1981)
• "Solar Shoe-Salesman...Phlp K. D*ck (Chipdip K. Kill)" (1973)
• "One Damned Thing After Another...Crdw**nr Sm*th (A Co-ordainer's Myth)" (1981)
• "The Sublimation World...J.G. Bllrd (J.G. B----)" (1968)