''Robots and Changelings'' is the second collection of
fantasy and
science fiction stories by
Lester del Rey, published by
Ballantine Books
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in 1957.
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
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* Argosy spaceship in ''Escap ...
'' 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
el Rey's
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compassion
or the unhuman.
found the stories "memorable for their quiet compassion." Newspaper reviewer Earl Heath described the book as "good and different stories
hichwill amuse you, arouse you, and perhaps chill you a bit."
["The Rambler", ]
The Stanstead Journal
', February 20, 1958, p.4
References
{{Reflist
1957 short story collections
Fantasy short story collections
Science fiction short story collections
Books with cover art by Richard M. Powers
Ballantine Books books