The Steam-Driven Boy
and other strangers

First edition
Author	John Sladek
Illustrator	Colin Hay
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction collection
Publisher	Panther Books
Publication date	July 1973
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	189 pp
ISBN	978-0586038017
OCLC	822409

The Steam-Driven Boy and other strangers is a science fiction short story collection by John Sladek, published in 1973.

• "The Secret of the Old Custard" (1966) (also known as "The Babe in the Oven")
• "The Aggressor" (1969)
• "The Best-Seller" (1966)
• "Is There Death on Other Planets?" (1966)
• "The Happy Breed" (1967)
• "A Report on the Migrations of Educational Materials" (1968)
• "The Singular Visitor from Not-Yet" (1968)
• "The Short, Happy Wife of Mansard Eliot" (1971)
• "The Momster" (1969)
• "1937 A.D.!" (1967)
• "Secret Identity" (1970)
• "The Transcendental Sandwich" (1973)
• "The Steam-Driven Boy" (1972)

The Parodies:

• "The Purloined Butter...*dg*r *ll*n P**" (1972)
• "Pemberly's Start-Afresh Calliope or, The New Proteus...H.G. W*lls" (1971)
• "Ralph 4F...H*g* G*rnsb*ck (Hugogre N. Backs)" (1973)
• "Engineer to the Gods...R*b*rt H**nl**n (Hitler I.E. Bonner)" (1972)
• "Broot Force...*s**c *s*m*v (Iclick As-I-Move)" (1972)
• "Joy Ride...R*y Br*db*ry (Barry DuBray)" (1972)
• "The Moon Is Sixpence...*rth*r C. Cl*rk* (Carl Truhacker)" (1981)
• "Solar Shoe-Salesman...Ph*l*p K. D*ck (Chipdip K. Kill)" (1973)
• "One Damned Thing After Another...C*rdw**n*r Sm*th (A Co-ordainer's Myth)" (1981)
• "The Sublimation World...J.G. B*ll*rd (J.G. B----)" (1968)

• The Steam-Driven Boy and Other Strangers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database