The Compleat Werewolf, and Other Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction,

by Anthony Boucher

Book Overview

This collection by eminent mystery and science fiction critic Anthony Boucher assembles the best of his short fictions. The title story is a classic mix of lycanthropy, private eyes, fiendish Nazi... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671203827
• ISBN13: 9780671203825
• Release Date: December 1969
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A master of ideas and character

For his characters alone in this book, Anthony Boucher deserves awards. They are other-worldly (a ghost who gets killed--?); an air-breathing squid-like Martian who is a brilliant bartender of mixes for two humans who revolutionize the use of robotics and androids; some mummified creatures who have a cannibalistic way of coming alive when unexpected; a Lilliputian demon who can't manage the simplest of tasks when asked; and of course, the title player, a college professor-turned-werewolf for love. Not enough? How about a murder that costs the killer more than his life by summoning a creature from his own imagination? Just ask Gorgo, Dugg Quinby, Wolfe Wolf, Guzub, and Snulbug (but don't ask the latter for tomorrow's newspaper. He might bring it and a lot of surprises too.)