The Metallic Muse

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The Metallic Muse
File:The Metallic Muse.jpg
First edition cover
AuthorLloyd Biggle, Jr.
Cover artistEd Nuckolls
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDoubleday Books
Publication date
1972
Publication placeUnited States
Pages228
OCLC2780647

The Metallic Muse is a collection of science fiction stories by Lloyd Biggle, Jr., published in hardcover by Doubleday Books in 1972. It was reprinted in paperback by DAW Books in 1973.

Contents

  • "The Tunesmith" (If 1957)
  • "Leading Man" (Galaxy 1957)
  • "Spare the Rod" (Galaxy 1958)
  • "Orphan of the Void" (Fantastic 1960)
  • "Well of the Deep Wish" (If 1961)
  • "In His Own Image" (F&SF 1968)
  • "The Botticelli Horror" (Fantastic 1960)

"Orphan of the Void" was originally published as "The Man Who Wasn't Home."[1]

Reception

Theodore Sturgeon noted that Biggle's stories "are usually constructed around an idea or solution withheld until the punchline. . . . a valid technique, except where the reader gets to the punchline first."[2]

References

  1. Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
  2. "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy, January 1973, p.171