Bird in the Hand (#45)


DateSettingTypePublishedI.U.C.
1970-10Svetz Short StoryFantasy and Science Fiction, October 1970
s. 3


ReprintsCharactersNotes
anthology, World's Best Science Fiction 1971, edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr;
anthology, Phoenix Feathers, edited by Barbara Silverberg;
Flight of the Horse, The
Rainbow Mars
Hanville Svetz;
Ra Chen;
Zeera Southworth
Svetz, cars and Rocs. Niven's published bibliographies mistakenly list the publication year as 1969, not 1970.


Summary
First appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1970. Svetz returns with an Ostrich to the Institute of Temporal Research. When the Palace Veterinarians try a little gene manipulation to create the legendary Roc, the results are disastrous.