Overlay (1972)

by Barry N. Malzberg

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Earth was a planet of incompetents, but Simmons was the greatest loser of all. It seemed as if the powers of the Universe were concentrated on grinding his small soul into ultimate insignificance, until the aliens came. To them, Simmons was the most important human on the planet-for only through his mind could they overcome this world.… (more)

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Barry Malzberg's SF novel set in the world of horse racing (or more precisely race betting) is a one-trick pony. Though witty at times it's both notably short and longer than it needs to be. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Barry N. Malzberg	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Feibush, Ray	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Walotsky, Ron	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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In the year 1978 (433 Galactic) the attention of the Bureau fell to the planet Earth which, Headquarters decided, had reached a point where it presented a clear and present danger to the cause of Galactic Unity.

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Earth was a planet of incompetents, but Simmons was the greatest loser of all. It seemed as if the powers of the Universe were concentrated on grinding his small soul into ultimate insignificance, until the aliens came. To them, Simmons was the most important human on the planet-for only through his mind could they overcome this world.

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