Daylight At Last
The Incredible Umbrella (Incredible Umbrella, volume 1)
By Marvin Kaye
30 Nov, 2025
Because My Tears Are Delicious To You
1979’s secondary universe comedic fantasy fix-up The Incredible Umbrella is the first volume in Marvin Kaye’s Incredible Umbrella tetralogy.
James Adrian Fillmore traveled for research. The trip was a failure, as the records on which he hoped to base his dissertation were denied to him. Worse yet, he returned to his small American college to discover that he had lost his thesis advisor to promotion, leaving Fillmore with two unpromising potential replacements.
One solution would be to arrive at some brilliant new thesis with which to impress his superiors. Fillmore makes a good effort at that. Another solution would be to purchase an enchanted umbrella that would sweep him off to another universe. In this second alternative, Fillmore enjoys total (but unexpected) success.