Final War and Other Fantasies

PB: Ace Double, 1969, 118 pages

From the cover blurb:

FINAL WAR is one of the most unusual stories that come along in science fiction which manage to remain off-trail from even the off-trail standards which have gone before. Indeed some may ask if it is science-fiction at all -- though definitely taking place in the future -- or some sort of reflective allegory on the present. The decision, at least of those who write science-fiction, was in favor of it being science-fiction -- and very good science-fiction at that. They nominated it for their Nebula Awars in its class -- and it came mighty close to winning.
K. M. O'Donnell, which is a pen-name for a man who has been editor of two of fantasy's professional newsstand magazines, as well as an agent, a writer, and a sharp critic, with a dozen books to his credit (in other lines of literature), brings a collection of fantasies here that show it is still possible to find something new under the imaginative sun.

Contents:

Introduction
Final War
Death to the Keeper
A Triptych
How I Take Their Measure
Oaten
The Ascension
The Major Incitement to Riot
Cop-Out
We're Coming Through the Window
The Market in Aliens
By Right of Succession

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