Tales From Gavagan's Bar (Expanded edition) (illustrated)

Tales From Gavagan's Bar (Expanded edition) (illustrated)
Authors
Camp, L. Sprague de & Pratt, Fletcher
Publisher
Bantam Books
Tags
fantasy , science fiction
ISBN
9780553131277
Date
1953-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.03 MB
Lang
en
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The Gavagan's Bar stories fall into the genre of barroom tall tales, though in this instance most of the tall tales turn out to be true, or at least possibly true. The authors patterned them after Lord Dunsany's "Jorkens" stories. The Gavagan's stories are widely considered classics.

Contents:

· Preface · pr

· Elephas Frumenti [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss F Gavagan’s Bar] · ss Weird Tales Nov ’51

· One Man’s Meat [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss F Gavagan’s Bar] · ss Fantastic Universe Jan ’59

· The Rape of the Lock [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss F&SF Feb ’52

· Bell, Book, and Candle [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss Fantastic Universe Oct ’59

· All That Glitters [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss Tales from Gavagan’s Bar, Twayne, 1953

· Gin Comes in Bottles [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss Tales from Gavagan’s Bar, Twayne, 1953

· There’d Be Thousands in It [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss *

· The Black Ball [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss F&SF Oct ’52

· The Green Thumb [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss F&SF Feb ’53

· Caveat Emptor [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss Weird Tales Mar ’53

· The Weissenbroch Spectacles [Gavagan’s Bar] · ss F&SF Nov ’54