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Robots and Changelings

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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print

Originally published
  
1957

Publisher
  
Ballantine Books

Country
  
United States of America

Publication date
  
1957

Pages
  
175 pp

Author
  
Lester del Rey

Cover artist
  
Richard M. Powers

Genres
  
Fantasy, Short story, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
Lester del Rey books, Science Fiction books

Robots and Changelings is the second collection of fantasy and science fiction stories by Lester del Rey, published by Ballantine Books in 1957.

Contents

Contents

  • "The Pipes of Pan" (Unknown 1940)
  • "Little Jimmy" F&SF 1957)
  • "The Coppersmith" (Unknown 1939)
  • "No Strings Attached" (If 1954)
  • "The Still Waters" (Fantastic Universe 1955)
  • "Kindness" (Astounding 1944)
  • "Stability" (Vortex 1953)
  • "Keepers of the House" (Fantastic Universe 1956)
  • "Uneasy Lies the Head" (Ten Story Fantasy 1951)
  • "The Monster" (Argosy 1951)
  • "Into Thy Hands" (Astounding 1945)

    • "The Coppersmith" was originally published as "Ellowan Coppersmith". "The Still Waters was originally published as "In the Still Waters."

    Reception

    Floyd C. Gale wrote that all of the stories "have the stamp of [del Rey's] compassion [for the unhuman]". Damon Knight found the stories "memorable for their quiet compassion." Newspaper reviewer Earl Heath described the book as "good and different stories [which] will amuse you, arouse you, and perhaps chill you a bit."

    References

    Robots and Changelings Wikipedia
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