Ace Double D-491 Paperback Original (1961). Cover Art by Ed Emshwiller
From the Introduction on the first page:
SCIENCE-FICTION WITH A DIFFERENCE
Have you ever wished your life were more serene? More tranquil? And if you were granted the one proverbial wish, would absolute peace be your request? Better not commit yourself until you've had a look at the completely tranquil world of "The Haunted Future!"
Or maybe you might have wished for eternal life, a chance to escape into the fourth dimension. Sounds good, doesn't it? Until you read "Damnation Morning" -- and then you can scratch that one off your list too.
But perhaps your wants are simpler. Maybe just a chance to solve the unsolvable? You've got it in "The Number of the Beast." In fact, whatever it is you want in the way of a surprising imagination-tingling short story -- a dash of fantasy, a drop of horror, a glimpse of the unknown -- you'll find it in Fritz Leiber's new collection THE MIND SPIDER AND OTHER STORIES.
Ace Double D-491 Paperback Original (1961). Cover Art by Ed Emshwiller
From the Introduction on the first page:
SCIENCE-FICTION WITH A DIFFERENCE
Have you ever wished your life were more serene? More tranquil? And if you were granted the one proverbial wish, would absolute peace be your request? Better not commit yourself until you've had a look at the completely tranquil world of "The Haunted Future!"
Or maybe you might have wished for eternal life, a chance to escape into the fourth dimension. Sounds good, doesn't it? Until you read "Damnation Morning" -- and then you can scratch that one off your list too.
But perhaps your wants are simpler. Maybe just a chance to solve the unsolvable? You've got it in "The Number of the Beast." In fact, whatever it is you want in the way of a surprising imagination-tingling short story -- a dash of fantasy, a drop of horror, a glimpse of the unknown -- you'll find it in Fritz Leiber's new collection THE MIND SPIDER AND OTHER STORIES.