Circus World (1981) is a science fiction collection by Barry B. Longyear about a planet descended entirely from the population of a crashed spaceship carrying a circus. It comprises the following short stories:
- "The Tryouts" (1978)
- "The Magician's Apprentice" (1979)
- "The Second Law" (1979)
- "Proud Rider" (1979)
- "Dueling Clowns" (1979)
- "The Quest" (1979)
- "Priest of the Baraboo" (1979)
Famous quotes containing the words circus and/or world:
“Winter and summer till old age began
My circus animals were all on show,
Those stilted boys, that burnished chariot,
Lion and woman and the Lord knows what.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“O you mighty gods!
This world I do renounce, and in your sights
Shake patiently my great affliction off.
If I could bear it longer, and not fall
To quarrel with your great opposeless wills,
My snuff and loathed part of nature should
Burn itself out.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)