This volume collects 9 classic science fiction stories by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Included are: The Rule of the Door, Petty Larceny, On the Dotted Line, Judgement Day, Secret Weapon, The Perfect Punishment, A Slight Case of Limbo, D.F.C., and Wings of Song. Also included is the original 1967 introduction by the author.
In The Rule of the Door: The owner had a positive mania for closets and doors. Along one entire wall of that spacious living room were closets, large, window-less closets. Their doors were structural monstrosities, fully two feet thick, that functioned strangely. They were hung with a strange type of hinge none of the carpenters had ever seen before. And the doors opened inward. Who ever heard of a closet with a door that opened inward? There were eleven of them, and the central closet was left unfinished and doorless...