Aliens!

by Jack Dann (Editor), Gardner Dozois (Editor), Gordon R. Dickson (Contributor)

Cover art by Jack Gaughan. This anthology contains: Oh To Be a Blobel by Philip K. Dick; Four Vignettes by Larry Niven; We Purchased People by Frederik Pohl; Guesting Time by R. A. Lafferty; And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side by James Tiptree Jr.; Angel's Egg by Edgar Pangborn; Be Merry by Algis Budrys; Pattern by Fredric Brown; An Honorable Death by Gordon R. Dickson; The Reality Trip by Robert Silverberg; and Rule Golden by Damon Knight.

Contents
ix • Foreword (Aliens!) • (1980) • essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
3 • Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing! • [Draco Tavern] • (1978) • shortstory by Larry Niven
9 • Grammar Lesson • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • shortstory by Larry Niven
15 • The Subject is Closed • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • shortstory by Larry Niven
19 • Cruel and Unusual • [Draco Tavern] • (1977) • shortstory by Larry Niven
23 • We Purchased People • (1974) • shortstory by Frederik Pohl
41 • Guesting Time • (1965) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
51 • And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
63 • Angel's Egg • (1951) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
103 • Oh, to Be a Blobel! • (1964) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
125 • Be Merry • (1966) • novelette by Algis Budrys
173 • Pattern • (1954) • shortstory by Fredric Brown
177 • An Honorable Death • (1961) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
201 • The Reality Trip • (1970) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
223 • Rule Golden • (1954) • novella by Damon Knight
297 • Alien-Human Relations - A Guide to Further Reading • (1980) • essay by uncredited

Genres: Science Fiction, Aliens, Anthologies

305 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1980

Reviews

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazingly good anthology of stories about aliens, with both good and not-so-good intentions -- a wonderful variety. My favorites were "Rule Golden" by Damon Knight, "The Reality Trip" by Robert Silverberg, "We Purchased People" by Frederick Pohl, and "Oh, To Be a Blobel!" by Philip K. Dick.

[Earl Truss · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fairly routine stories of alien contact, a couple of good stories.

[Beta · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dieses Buch ist aus den frühen 80ern. Ich muss es als Teenager schonmal gelesen haben, an manche Geschichten habe ich mich dumpf erinnert. Es ist immer noch genial.