ISBN10: 0345363566, ISBN13: 9780345363565, [publisher: Del Rey Books] Softcover Del Rey Books Science Fiction Novels (Del Rey Books) Metrognome and Other Stories, The (VG)Manufacturer: Del Rey BooksProduct Line: Science Fiction Novels (Del Rey Books)Type: Novel - SoftcoverCopyright Date: 1990Author: Alan Dean FosterPage Count: 242Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is VG. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description:Forget what you thought you knew about the universe and enter the fantastic world of master storyteller Alan Dean Foster . . .OPERATOR ASSISTED CALLS ARE CHARGED AT A HIGHER RATE. Mr. Parkworthy had a score to settle with the telephone company, and he was a man used to getting his own way. But he should have remembered that it is not polite to be rude to a lady . . . especially when the lady is Ma Bell.THE METROGNOME. Charlie Dimsdale was only a little man in the company that ran New York City's subways . . . until some odd little denizens of the city's subterranean tunnels showed him who was really in charge!THE TESSELATED TETRAHEXAHEDRAL YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS. Country people in America are a fair but mighty independent bunch. So when some government scientists rudely demanded that the Shattucks turn over the ...