Someone Like You (short story collection)
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Author | Roald Dahl |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Mystery Horror Science fiction short stories |
Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | 1953 |
Media type | Print (Hardback) |
Pages | 359 pp |
Someone Like You is a collection of short stories by Roald Dahl. It was published in 1953 by Alfred Knopf.
Contents
- "Dip in the Pool"
- "Galloping Foxley"
- "Lamb to the Slaughter"
- "Man from the South"
- "Mr. Feasey"
- "Mr. Hoddy"
- "My Lady Love, My Dove"
- "Neck"
- "Nunc Dimittis"
- "Poison"
- "Rummins"
- "Skin"
- "Taste"
- "The Great Automatic Grammatizator"
- "The Ratcatcher"
- "The Soldier"
- "The Sound Machine"
- "The Wish"
Reception
Boucher and McComas praised the collection's "subtly devastating murder stories [as well as] two biting science-fantasties, plus a few unclassifiable gems" and concluded the volume "belong[ed] on your shelves somewhere in the Beerbohm/Collier/Saki section."[1]
Awards
- Edgar Award, 1954[1]
References
Further reading
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 125. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
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