Keep the Giraffe Burning

Keep the Giraffe Burning

First edition cover
Author	John Sladek
Illustrator	Peter Goodfellow
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction collection
Publisher	Panther Books
Publication date	1977
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	205 pp
ISBN	0-586-04757-3
Dewey Decimal	823.91

Keep the Giraffe Burning is a 1977 collection of science fiction short stories by John Sladek.

Contents

• Foreword
• Elephant with Wooden Leg
• The Design
• The Face
• The Master Plan
• Flatland
• A Game of Jump
• The Hammer of Evil, or Career Opportunities at the Pascal Business School
• The Locked Room
• Another Look
• Space Shoes of the Gods: An Archaeological Revelation
• The Poets of Millgrove, Iowa
• The Commentaries
• Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias (overall title for 15 short-short stories)
  • Getting There Is (n-1/n)th the Fun
  • The Bright Side
  • Mr. and Ms. America
  • Empty Promise
  • The Paradise Problem
  • What Changed Doyster's Mind
  • Handout
  • Assessment
  • Art News
  • Pax Gurney
  • A Fable
  • Utopia: A Financial Report
  • Utopiary
  • Luck
  • A Picnic
• Scenes from Rural Life
• The Secret of the Old Custard
• Undecember
• The Great Wall of Mexico
• Afterword

External links

• Keep the Giraffe Burning title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database