The Drabble Project edited by Rob Meades & David B Wake

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This is an extremely rare copy of The Drabble Project , edited by Rob Meades and David B. Wake. It is a collection of 100 short stories by 100 authors, limited to being exactly 100 words each. It is a hardcover published in 1988 by Beccon publication, and limited to 1000 numbered copies (of which this is #734). Both the book and dust jacket are in fine condition. About The Drabble Project (from ): How It All Began ' Drabble ' originated at Birmingham University in the early eighties and grew from a simple game played at the University SF Society into three hardbacked books published to raise money for charity. The first book, edited by Rob Meades and David B. Wake and published by Roger Robinson of Beccon Publications , appeared in Easter 1988. Entitled The Drabble Project , it was largely SF based and won the British National Science Fiction Convention award in the category Best Short Text. Drabble Rules: The One Hundred Word Variant by David B. Wake Introduction Drabble is played sitting around a fire, while sipping brandy and partaking of pleasant conversation with friends. The first person to finish a novel wins. A Doubtful History The first game of Drabble, a name coined in a 'Monty Python' sketch, was played at the beginning of the last century. The winner was Mary Shelley with 'Frankenstein' and Polidori, who didn't actually finish during that stormy weekend, came second with 'The Vampyre.' The Rules 'One hundred words' must be EXACTLY one hundred words: not a syllable more, not a letter less. In addition, up to fifteen words (title, sub-titles and the like) are allowed. Hyphenated-words-are-argued-about. The End +*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ The table of contents and list of contributors is: Robert Holdstock A Letter from Robert Holdstock Brian Aldiss Happiness and Suffering, the Triumph of La Vie over Death Christopher Wilson Yesterday's Problem David Wingrove Avenging Lepanto - the Long View Dave Hardy Fast Rewind Isaac Asimov The Turning Point Josephine Saxton Too Late Robert L. Forward IIXXT- Marcus L. Rowland After The Flying Mutant Killer Gerbils Destroyed London and Squashed The Prime Minister Garry Kilworth A Journey to the Last Wonder of the World Brian Stableford Going to the Dogs E. C. Tubb The Very Small Knife Patrick Tilley TO WHOEVER FINDS THIS NOTEHOLE DUG BEHIND HOUSEPLEASE SHOVEL EARTH BACK IN Larry Niven Next Time David B. Wake Rubbish E. C. Tubb As It Really Was Mike Abbott The Bomb had been Dropped W. P. Dodd An Apple from the Teacher Helen Conner Faith Mike Ibeji The Least of my Children Jane Stableford Why There are No Angels on this Planet Sam Lundwall A Moderately Dull Day In the Life Of a Bored Demi-God. A Short Moral Tale David Elworthy The Gateless Gate Graham McKinnon Said One Man Barrington J. Bayley When They Asked Him What Happens R. A. Fox The Cohen-Dolby Intelligent Noise Filter Ray Thompson The Pruesome Gun Colin Greenland Off the Case Helen Conner Away from it all K. C. Mann A Tale the English Used to Tell Alice Kohler The Innocent Mike Tebby Tea for One John Grant On and on and on and on and... Patrick Curzon The Striker Struck Nigel Robson Once Upon a Time, Long, Long Ago... Colin Greenland The Disemboguement Mike Abbott Ghost Soldier Ray Girvan The Mantra Phil Rogers A French Family of Cats... Amy Jones The Last Resort Jonathan Wylie The Young Rosie, Convinced by Bees Allman Eyes Shining Bright Terry Pratchett Incubust Helen Conner Rosé Brût Ian Cresswell A Short Disservice to the Uncertainty Principle Mike Tebby Cosmic Solitude Mike Tebby Burn Graham McKinnon For Her Ray Girvan To the Onlie Begetter Mike Roberts Gottle of Geer John Gribbin The Moment of Creation Gene Wolfe Read Me Christopher Wilson If You Believe in the Future, It Might Come True Leo Stableford Close Encounter Nigel Dorrington The Court Martial Jaine Weddell 10 Metres per Second pre Second Geoffrey Pitchford Barrier Alex Stewart Starsong Harry Harrison The Curse of the Unborn Living Dead Storm Constantine They Hunt... James Steel Th... read more

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