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1. This story involves a prognostication machine, the end of the Universe and the vital necessity that the line "I'll be a pie-eyed emu" is not uttered.
The title of the story is "The Push of a Finger", who was the author?
2. The landing is history, as is the killing of the humanoid alien who had uttered one sentence, in perfect English, "I am Klaatu and this is Gnut", indicating his robot companion. The story was 'adapted' to make a classic SF movie.
The story is entitled "Farewell to the Master", but who wrote it?
3. I don't have to invent a time machine, I can pick one up in the future! All I have to do is get me to the time machine. Well, Bob Wilson has to kidnap Bob Wilson...
A problem with authors is that they have been known to use pseudonyms. This story, originally published under the name Anson Macdonald, is called "By His Bootstraps"; the author is better known as?
4. It's a friendly town. However, there can be grumpy furniture in the nicest towns. The man responds to a help note he finds in the Tall People's Bank, thereby saving a waif from a really mean old wardrobe.
Who wrote this charming story called "The Man Doors Said Hello To"?
5. I don't know if it was the first attempt to describe a chess game from the viewpoint of the pieces, but this author picked an early classic in The Immortal Game.
"The Immortal Game" is also the name of the story, but who was the author?
6. Elephant wants to visit 'the most unusual planet', so he asks the Outsiders. He does set some constraints but not on danger. The planet IS unusual and Elephant wants to land. His pilot is more paranoid and refuses. Elephant gets even grumpier when the pilot proves to be right.
Elephant is the "Flatlander" of the title but who wrote the story?
7. The Ganae found a dead planet. They had a machine that could revive the dead. The first revival was a Pharaoh, the second a drunk, the third sat up and asked if they had a system - he took an atomic bomb to kill. The fourth sat up - and vanished! Who wrote "The Monster"?
8. The Bustler is notified of an inspection by a spit & polish Admiral, they check everything on the ship's inventory. All items are present and correct apart from "V1098, Offog, one". Oh, "V1101, Cushion, foam rubber, to fit sleeping basket, one of" is half chewed away.
The story is "Allamagoosa", who wrote it?
9. A little different, this is the first story about the robots Trurl and Klapaucius, the constructors. Friends and rivals, they can construct almost any machine. In this story Trurl builds a machine that can create anything beginning with N.
The story is entitled "How the World Was Saved", who was the author?
10. This story, about a selenologist who finds a 'pyramidal structure' on the Moon, was written for a competition. It was rejected. First published as "Sentinel of Eternity", it changed the author's career. It is more commonly known as "The Sentinel", who wrote it?
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