Element 79 by Fred Hoyle

A somewhat uneven collection of 15 short stories covering the entire range of the author's interests, from the astrophysicist's "hard" speculative fiction to fairly ordinary absurdist comedy. "Zoomen" and "Blackmail" may be the best known items from this book.
Genre: Science Fiction

9 • Zoomen • (1967) • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
32 • Pym Makes His Point • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
41 • The Magnetosphere • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
49 • A Play's the Thing • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
58 • Cattle Trucks • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
65 • Welcome to Slippage City • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
81 • The Ax • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
86 • Agent 38 • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
93 • The Martians • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
120 • Shortsighted • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
123 • A Jury of Five • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
142 • Blackmail • (1967) • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
148 • Element 79 • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
157 • The Judgment of Aphrodite • shortstory by Fred Hoyle
172 • The Operation • shortstory by Fred Hoyle