''Aliens from Analog'' is the seventh in a series of
anthologies
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of
science fiction
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stories drawn from ''
Analog'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
. It was first published in paperback by
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and hardcover by
The Dial Press
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The Dial Press shared a building with ''The Dial'' and Scofield Thayer worked with both. The first imprint was issued in 1924.
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in 1983.
The book collects eleven short stories, novelettes and novellas first published in ''Analog'' and its predecessor title ''Astounding'', together with an introduction by Schmidt.
Contents
*"Introduction" (
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
)
*"
First Contact
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...
" (
Murray Leinster)
*"Green-Eyed Lady" (
Alison Tellure)
*"The Children's Hour" (Lawrence O'Donnell (
Henry Kuttner
Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror.
Early life
Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...
and
C. L. Moore
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))
*"... And Comfort to the Enemy" (
Stanley Schmidt
Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine.
Biography
Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...
)
*"Now Inhale" (
Eric Frank Russell
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)
*"
Unhuman Sacrifice" (
Katherine MacLean
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Profile
Damon Kn ...
)
*"Big Sword" (
Paul Ash)
*"Wings of Victory" (
Poul Anderson)
*"The Waveries" (
Fredric Brown)
*"Hobbyist" (
Eric Frank Russell
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)
*"Petals of Rose" (
Marc Stiegler
Marc Stiegler (born 1 August 1954) is an American science fiction author and software developer. He co-authored ''Valentina: Soul in Sapphire'' (1984) with Joseph H. Delaney. The computer program, Valentina, was one of science fiction's earli ...
)
Notes
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1983 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
Stanley Schmidt anthologies
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