Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction

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The Bridge SeriesThe stories in this book are by some of the best-known authors of Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Star Ducks by Bill Brown tells a humorous tale of strange visitors from another planet. The Machine that Won the War by Isaac Asimov takes the theme of the war of the worlds and gives it an ironic twist.R26|5/PSY and I by Michael G. Coney is an amusing story about a man and a robot.Who can replace a Man? by Brian W. Aldiss suggests what might happen if machines with human-type minds found themselves in control of the world.Weapon by John Christopher makes fun of a scientific world that thinks it can find miracle solutions to problems.Now Wakes the Sea by J.G. Ballard is a disturbing story of a prehistoric sea which returns but is only seen by one man.The Golden Brick by P.M. Hubbard is about a mysterious boat and the strange happenings inside the boat.Fag' by George P. Elliott hints at some of the worlds which exist within our own world and about which we know nothing.The True Worth of Ruth Villiers by Michael G. Coney has the terrifying quality of Orwell's 1984 where people are treated as numbers and a rigid system controls the whole of life.