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Alpha 3 (Robert Silverberg anthology)

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Country
  
United States

Series
  
Alpha

Media type
  
Print (paperback)

Originally published
  
October 1972

Publisher
  
Ballantine Books

OCLC
  
10805324

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
October 1972

Pages
  
277 pp

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Preceded by
  
Alpha 2

Authors
  
Thomas M. Disch, Arthur C. Clarke, L. Sprague de Camp

Jack Vance books
  
Trullion: Alastor 2262, Araminta Station, Cugel's Saga, The Dirdir, Suldrun's Garden

Alpha 3 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Robert Silverberg. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1972.

The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor.

Contents

  • "Introduction" (Robert Silverberg)
  • "The Gift of Gab" (Jack Vance)
  • "Beyond Lies the Wub" (Philip K. Dick)
  • "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" (R. A. Lafferty)
  • "Total Environment" (Brian W. Aldiss)
  • "Day Million" (Frederik Pohl)
  • "Aristotle and the Gun" (L. Sprague de Camp)
  • "Under Old Earth" (Cordwainer Smith)
  • "The Shadow of Space" (Philip José Farmer)
  • "Come to Venus Melancholy" (Thomas M. Disch)
  • "Rescue Party" (Arthur C. Clarke)

    • References

    Alpha 3 (Robert Silverberg anthology) Wikipedia
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