"Di Filippo is a joyful writer...insightful...skillful." -Washington PostThis collection presents PAUL DI FILIPPO at his best and most creative-an astonishing, multiverse-spanning selection of 19 of his very best tales, from humorous to serious, from otherworldly to in-your-backyard (and in-your-face)! Here are: ProvidenceArgus BlinkedLife in the AnthropoceneBombs Away!Cockroach LoveWaves and Smart MagmaTo See Infinity BareThe End of the Great ContinuityFjaerlandThe HPL Commonplace BookProfessor Fluvius's Palace of Many WatersYes We Have No BananasA Partial and Conjectural History of Dr. Mueller's Panoptical Cartoon EngineThe New CyberiadiCityReturn to the 20th CenturyMurder in GeektopiaThe Omniplus Ultra!WikiworldIntroduction by Rudy Rucker