''The Toynbee Convector'' is a short story collection by American writer
Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
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Contents
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The Toynbee Convector
"The Toynbee Convector" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. First published in ''Playboy'' magazine in 1984, the story was subsequently featured in a 1988 short story collection also titled '' The Toynbee Convector' ...
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* "Trapdoor"
* "On the Orient, North"
* "One Night in Your Life"
* "West of October"
* "The Last Circus"
* "The Laurel and Hardy Love Affair"
* "I Suppose You Are Wondering Why We Are Here?"
* "Lafayette, Farewell"
* "Banshee"
* "Promises, Promises"
* "The Love Affair"
* "One for His Lordship, and One for the Road!"
* "At Midnight, in the Month of June"
* "Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned"
* "By the Numbers!"
* "A Touch of Petulance"
* "Long Division"
* "Come, and Bring Constance!"
* "Junior"
* "The Tombstone"
* "The Thing at the Top of the Stairs"
* "Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy"
References
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1988 short story collections
Short story collections by Ray Bradbury
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