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A Sense of Infinity

CoverTHE FUTURE WILL BE STRANGER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE . . .

• In a post-apocalyptic world, telepaths are common, but young Starn had no trace of telepathic ability, and was persecuted by those who had the talent—until he discovered he possessed an even more unusual ability.

• A criminal mastermind has been captured by the Space Patrol, and a Patrol ship is carrying him to a prison planet. Escape seems impossible, but he has a secret weapon. It's only water—but water with a very unusual property.

• In the afterlife, it turns out that one's existence is dependent on being remembered by the living. As you are forgotten, you shrink. How do you avoid this? Why, hire an unearthly public relations firm, of course.

These stories and more, including two full-length novels, fill a large volume of entertaining space adventure and humorous fantasy by a writer noted for original ideas developed with a sardonic wit.

"Howard Myers possessed a voice . . . witty and message-rich. . . . His rescue from the moldering pages of Analog and other 'zines of his day is a welcome treat. . . . What Myers might have accomplished with a longer life remains in doubt; the treasures he left behind are incontestable."
— Paul Di Filippo, Sci-Fi.com

Cover Art by Allan Pollack

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, July 2009

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-3278-4
ISBN-10: 1-4391-3278-X

Copyright© 2009 by Howard L. Myers
Editors' afterword copyright2008 by Eric Flint & Guy Gordon.

"The Infinity Sense" (writing as Verge Foray) was first published in Analog in November, 1968. "The Mind-Changer" was first published in Analog in July, 1969. "His Master'sVice" (writing as Verge Foray) was first published in Analog in May, 1968. "The Pyrophylic Saurian" was first published in Analog in January, 1970.

"Polywater Doodle" was first published in Analog in February, 1971.
"Ten Percent of Glory" (writing as Verge Foray) was first published in Fantastic in October, 1969. "Soul Affrighted" was first published in Amazing in January, 1971. "Bowerbird" (writing as Verge Foray) was first published in Fantastic in February, 1971. "Man Off a White Horse" was first published in Analog in July, 1972. "Cloud Chamber" was first published in 1977 by Popular Library.

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