Collector's Item

Name: Collector's Item
ISBN: 9781649741509

Evelyn E Smith

Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · September 21, 2021

Being trapped in the steaming h—l of Venus is no excuse for forgetting one’s manners—but anyone abducted, marooned, tricked, kept from tea might well crack under the strain!

Short Stories (Single Author)Funny Sci-Fi Satire short story

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Genres: Funny Sci-Fi, Satire, Short Stories (Single Author)
Published: Start Publishing LLC, September 21, 2021

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About this book

Being trapped in the steaming h—l of Venus is no excuse for forgetting one’s manners—but anyone abducted, marooned, tricked, kept from tea might well crack under the strain! A wonderful and amusing satire of the modern cosmetics industry. Evelyn E. Smith is best known as the author of the Miss Melville mysteries.

From 1952 to 1969 she wrote dozens of science fiction and fantasy short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy, Super Science Fiction, and Fantastic Universe. Her stories were witty, well written, often humorous, and always unforgettable.

Where it sits

Short Stories (Single Author)	76%
Funny Sci-Fi	55%
Satire	45%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi Adventure
Space Opera

Authors: Evelyn E Smith
Publisher: Start Publishing LLC
Published: September 21, 2021
Format: Hardcover
Reading lane: Sci-Fi