title: The Adventures of Crusty the Crab
author: Michael Malott
description: Michael Malott is a San Francisco based author. He is best known as the co-author of the "Let's Explore" children's book series (www.zachscorporation.com) which he writes with his son, Zachary. This is his second solo children's book project which he has written and published. In the spring of 2010, Michael and his son, Zachary lived in an apartment on Columbus Avenus in San Francisco's Italian district above the most acclaimed Italian restaurant in North Beach. Zachary and the owner hit it off and he became one of Zachary's best buddies. As a token of appreciation for the kindness and friendship he showed Michael and his son, Michael wrote this delightful children's book featuring the resturant and its owner.
zlib_text: FREDRIC BROWN J 
  CAROL CARR 
  TERRY CARR ■ 
  DAMON KNIGHT 
  ROBERT SILVERBERp 
  WILLIAM TENN 
  JAMES WHITE
  
  Science fiction offers us a unique way of 
  examining the problems and dilemmas of 
  our society more closely by projecting 
  them against strange and unfamiliar back- 
  drops.
  So writes author-anthologist Robert 
  Silverberg in his introduction to this new 
  and exciting collection of science-fiction 
  stories. Under his auspices, the reader is 
  invited to meet:
  George, the spherical gorgon whom the
  Earthmen don’t know how to punish;
  The furry, hop-hopping Marshie of 
  Mars, who unaccountably befriends 
  the invaders of his planet;
  Earthman Conway, who is in love with 
  an outsized crab from planet Melf 
  Four;
  Hector and Sadie Trumbnick’s new son- 
  in-law the cauliflower;
  The Eaters, balls of jelly on chicken legs 
  who give thanks for their food, and 
  Tom Two Ribbons, who must decide 
  whether or not to exterminate them.
  Face to face with such beings, the men 
  of earth must learn to think in ne