Laurence M. Janifer (also known as Larry Mark Harris) was a versatile contributor to mid-century American science fiction, with a reputation for sardonic wit and ideas that refused to go where readers expected. Wizard is a short science fiction work that typifies Janifer’s playful approach: the premise is inventive, the voice is dry, and the resolution subverts genre convention. Janifer collaborated frequently with Randall Garrett and shared his facility for intelligent, fast-moving prose.
This free EPUB brings Janifer’s work to any e-reader in a cleanly reformatted edition. Readers who appreciate the wry, idea-driven science fiction of the 1950s and 1960s — Frederik Pohl, Robert Sheckley, or Janifer’s own collaborations with Garrett — will find this a neat and entertaining piece from a writer who deserves rediscovery.