Technical Slip contains 14 excellent short stories and one tedious novella by the author of The Midwich Cuckoos, the basis of the Village of the Damned movies.
The stories vary from science fiction to fantasy and even to comedy. All would be excellent choices for Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Indeed, Jizzle, about a monkey a bit too good at drawing was selected to appear on the classic series. Each story has a twist or irony about it keeping the reader reading. The sole exception was the novella, which was overly long and just fizzled out at the end.
As the introduction mentions, there is a bit of casual racism included, mostly archaic, hurtful labels and stereotypes. The sexism is rampant throughout the stories too. Thank goodness we have evolved from those ideas now.
Overall, the short stories within Technical Slip are definitely worth the readers time. Just skip the novella. 3.5 stars.
Thanks to NetGalley and Modern Library for providing me with a review copy.