Publication: Alpha 4

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Publication: Alpha 4Publication Record # 297421
Editor: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1973-10-00
ISBN: 0-345-23564-9 [978-0-345-23564-0]
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 279
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Alpha 4 by Bruce Pennington (variant of Space, Time and Nathaniel 1971)
Notes:
- "First Printing: October, 1973"
- No printing number line in book.
- Copyright © 1973 by Robert Silverberg.
- SBN 345-23564-9-125 on copyright page and spine.
- Individual stories' copyright and publication data on copyright page.
- "Printed in the United States of America" on copyright page.
- "Brian M. Aldiss" on ToC and story title page, but copyright data states "Brian W. Aldiss". Also back cover states "Brian W. Aldiss". No pseudonym created for this typo.
- "Edited by Robert Silverberg" on title page, bottom front cover and spine.
- Cover illustration is in Ultraterranium, and was also used on the NEL edition of Space, Time and Nathaniel
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 864670
- Reginald-1: 13082

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Anthology Title: Alpha 4 • [Alpha (Robert Silverberg) • 4] • anthology by Robert Silverberg

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

1 • Introduction (Alpha 4) • (1973) • essay by Robert Silverberg
3 • Casablanca • (1967) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
23 • Dio • (1957) • novelette by Damon Knight
63 • Eastward Ho! • (1958) • short story by William Tenn
81 • Judas Danced • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
97 • Angel's Egg • (1951) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
137 • In His Image • short story by Terry Carr (variant of In Man's Image 1971)
147 • All Pieces of a River Shore • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
165 • We All Die Naked • (1969) • novelette by James Blish
205 • Carcinoma Angels • (1967) • short story by Norman Spinrad
215 • Mother • (1953) • novelette by
Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
245 • 5,271,009 • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester

Primary Verifications

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Dragoondelight	2009-09-12 09:33:38	Permanent	2010-09-05
Marc Kupper	2010-03-13 22:11:29	Permanent	2024-02-08
Willem H.	2010-11-01 15:51:20	Permanent	2023-12-12
Don Erikson	2013-12-12 16:45:46	Permanent	2020-03-29
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Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Dragoondelight	2009-09-12 09:33:38
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-14 23:16:34
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-14 23:16:34
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2012-08-14 23:16:34
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-31 17:50:49
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-31 17:50:49
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-31 17:50:49
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-31 17:50:49
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-31 17:50:49
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2012-08-14 23:16:34
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2012-08-14 23:16:34
Tuck	N/A	Dragoondelight	2009-09-12 09:33:38

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