The Wondersmith & 4 Other Tales
- ISBN-10
- 151920423X
- ISBN-13
- 9781519204233
- Pages
- 136
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-11-09
- Publisher
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Author
- Fitz-James O'Brien
Description
The Wondersmith The Diamond Lens The Golden Ingot My Wifes Temper Who Was It? ... a handful of brilliantly original science fiction stories, which were influential not only on subsequent sf but also on the development of the short-story genre.
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