Lost Collection

Many years ago I lent an anthology of short sci fi stories to a friend who
was moaning that the books supplied for his adult literacy classes were very
boring. Unfortunately, he moved away with it and it was never returned. I
can remember a few snippets of some of the stories and wonder if one of you
out there has read or knows of this particular book... here goes with the
snippets..



Fritz van Noone and his team of engineers land on a planet with variable
gravity, where 2+2=4.3896. Travel accomplished with sleds, just wait till
the direction you want to go in becomes down. The bridge fabricated in earth
orbit fails to fit together....

Another story has a lone terran saving strange blue aliens in a boat from a
massive flood, they were called Quogs as I remember...

Yet another has a stranded terran tries to use an alien spacecraft as
sanctuary, but the aliens needs are so far from ours that the thing nearly
kills him. Strong acids to soften the hide of the creature, oil baths to
cope with high G. The alien was black and triangular....

Can anyone help?

Pharm..


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leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being
attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and
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-- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

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- Benjamin Franklin, 1759




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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Returning monsters
    ... it had a major change in both setting and plot ... would have to slow down whenever it passes a planet, ... recall any major change in the settings of the stories. ... about the alien worlds as fighting the aliens. ...
    (rec.arts.drwho)
  • Re: 3 worst episodes
    ... rested on a premise that was peripheral to the actual plot). ... is a little naff but the Pertwee stories, ... "Doctor goes to a planet, gets caught up in internal power squabbles, ... the episode's adequate and had some nice ideas (aliens faking aliens, ...
    (rec.arts.drwho)
  • Re: Another pathetic plot resolution
    ... 'demon' body was really silly and unnecessary. ... So what were the other similar aliens we saw that were mistook for gods and ... pre-Big Bang) can survive another (the black hole). ... not coming up with better stories for this season on their hiatus. ...
    (rec.arts.drwho)
  • Re: Returning monsters
    ... I'll list off some sci-fi series. ... but the later stories ... Doctor Who ... about the alien worlds as fighting the aliens. ...
    (rec.arts.drwho)
  • Re: INVASION
    ... Who stories ... Plan' as the Ranting Megalomaniac with ambitions of Absolute Power. ... which would become another tedious ingredient in the Doctor Who ... the world wide take over of planet Earth by aliens collaborating ...
    (rec.arts.drwho)
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