Aliens from Analog

Schmidt Analog Anthologies #7

by Stanley Schmidt

First Contact by Murray Leinster Green-Eyed Lady by Alison Tellure (variant of Green-Eyed Lady, Laughing Lady) The Children's Hour by Lawrence O'Donnell] ... And Comfort to the Enemy by Stanley Schmidt Now Inhale by Eric Frank Russell Unhuman Sacrifice by Katherine MacLean Big Sword by Paul Ash] Wings of Victory by Poul Anderson The Waveries by Fredric Brown "Hobbyist" by Eric Frank Russell (variant of Hobbyist) Petals of Rose by Marc Stiegler

Genres: Anthologies

Paperback

First published December 1, 1983

About the author

Stanley Schmidt is an American science fiction author. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact magazine.

Reviews

[William Oarlock · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contents:

"First Contact" by Murray Leinster
"Green-Eyed Lady" by Allison Tellure
"The Children's Hour" by Lawrence O'Donnell (Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore)
"...And Comfort to the Enemy" by Stanley Schmidt
"Now Inhale" by Eric Frank Russell
"Unhuman Sacrifice" by Katherine MacLean
"Big Sword" by Pauline Ashwell
"Wings of Victory" by Poul Anderson
"The Waveries" by Fredric Brown
"Hobbyist" by Eric Frank Russell
"Petals of Rose" by Marc Stiegler

[Norman Cook · Rating 4 out of 5]

“The Children’s Hour” by Lawrence O’Donnell (C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner), Astounding Science Fiction, March 1944 - novelette.
Read from a scanned copy on Internet Archive.

The writing style of this story is superior to most of what was published in 1944, with lots of descriptive language and allegory. Using hypnosis, a man tries to regain the memories of his encounter with a mysterious woman two years in the past. What he finally remembers seems too fantastic to be real, or is it? At the end of the day, though, there's nothing much of lasting impact from this story.

I did not read any of the other stories in this anthology.

[Richard Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty nifty group of stories.