''The Human Angle'' is the second collection of
science fiction stories by American writer
William Tenn, published simultaneously in hardback and paperback by
Ballantine Books
Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains ...
in 1956. Ballantine reprinted the collection in 1964 and 1968.
[Tuck, ''Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy'', p. 254.]
Contents
''The Human Angle'' contains the following stories.
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Project Hush
( ''Galaxy'' 1954)
*
The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway
(''Galaxy'' 1955)
* "Wednesday’s Child" (''Fantastic Universe
''Fantastic Universe'' was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishin ...
'' 1956)
*
The Servant Problem
(''Galaxy'' 1955)
*
Party of the Two Parts
(''Galaxy'' 1954)
*
The Flat-Eyed Monster
(''Galaxy'' 1955)
* "The Human Angle" (''Famous Fantastic Mysteries
''Famous Fantastic Mysteries'' was an American science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine published from 1939 to 1953. The editor was Mary Gnaedinger. It was launched by the Munsey Company as a way to reprint the many science fiction and fanta ...
'' 1948)
* "A Man of Family" (original)
Reception
'' New York Times'' reviewer Villiers Gerson praised the stories as "Mordant and suave, cruel and clever, saturnine and sentimental," noting that "if enn
ENN may refer to:
People
* Enn (given name)
* Hans Enn (born 1958), Austrian alpine skier
Other uses
* ENN Group, a Chinese natural gas distribution company
* ENN TV, a Pakistani news television channel
* Escapist News Network, a parody newsc ...
has a fault, it is that his writing is sometimes too clever, exhibiting too many fireworks."["Spacemen's Realm," New York Times, November 18, 1956]
Footnotes
Sources
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Science fiction short story collections
1954 short story collections
Books with cover art by Richard M. Powers
Ballantine Books books
Works by William Tenn
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