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Title:

Exceptions to Reality (Collection)
 

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Genres:

Science Fiction
Short Stories

Editions:

# Date Publisher Binding Cover
1 2008-07-01 Del Rey  

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Blurb: 
As is evident in his many thrilling novels, Alan Dean Foster is a master at creating other worlds in an array of genres. Now he turns his imagination to the short story in these spectacular tales of outer space, cyberspace, ancient gods, modern demons, and mortal horror, including

Contents:

The Muffin Migration
Chauna
At Sea
A poor Scandinavian captain forced into running drugs is shown a way out of his desperate straits with the help of five beautiful blondes who are simply out-of-this-world.
The Killing of Bad Bull
A man with a knack for getting gambling's one-armed bandits to give it up finds himself at the top-of several hit lists.
Rate of Exchange
Wait-a-While
The Short, Labored Breath of Time
A Fatal Exception Has Occurred at
Basted
A lowly, hen-pecked Egyptian discovers that the Pharaoh's tomb holds exactly what he needs for a whole new life.
Serenade
Redundancy
Panhandler
A predatory lawyer encounters a fabled boyhood hero and falls victim to the less innocent intrigues of eternal youth.
The Last Akialoa
Growth
Not even his minidrag Pip can save Flinx from the overly intimate advances of an intruder who goes entirely too far.