One Was Stubborn

Coming to us with three short stories the initial thoughts I had on the book itself were: Unusual though pleasant with the addition of glossary and history of pulp fiction. Like a blast from the past - having a sample chapter from another book. That said I'll be reviewing the stories separately and i......more

This is a very fun imaginative yarn conceived around a 'what if' of Christian Science tenets of reality being an illusion and a Stubborn old coot Shellback who cussedly struggles to disagree and keep some reality intact creating one of the most imaginative stories I have read. To have the physical u......more

I received this book for free as a part of the Good Reads First Reads program. One Was Stubborn is conceived about a solitary essential belief that the actual material world is all delusion and all is mind or spirit and if that thought caught on what would take place? Think and make the world be the......more

Interesting look at a bygone era in science fiction writing. Funny... some intentional and some not. Works originally published in the 1930's and '40's, these short stories provide insight into the ideas taking hold at the time. Good for some laughs. I received this book for free through Goodreads.......more