Publication: The Alien Condition

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Publication: The Alien ConditionPublication Record # 35078
Editor: Stephen Goldin
Date: 1973-04-00
ISBN: 0-345-03212-8 [978-0-345-03212-6]
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: xiv+206
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: The Alien Condition by Mati Klarwein
Notes:
- "First Printing: April 1973" on the copyright page, no number line.
- "Cover art by Mati Klarwein" on the copyright page, no visible signature on the cover.
- This record's ISBN is derived from the SBN as stated on the copyright page and spine: "345-03212-8-125"
- Catalog number "03212•8•125" printed on the front cover.
- Each story is preceded by a short introduction (a page or less), presumably by the editor.
- Printed in the US
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 716644
- Reginald-1: 06088

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Anthology Title: The Alien Condition • anthology by Stephen Goldin

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

ix • Introduction (The Alien Condition) • essay by Stephen Goldin
1 • Lament of the Keeku Bird • short story by Kathleen Sky
21 • Wings • short story by Vonda N. McIntyre
39 • The Empire of T'ang Lang • short story by Alan Dean Foster
49 • A Way Out • short story by Miriam Allen deFord
63 • Gee, Isn't He the Cutest Little Thing? • short story by Arthur Byron Cover
71 • Deaf Listener • short story by Rachel Cosgrove Payes
81 • Nor Iron Bars a Cage • short story by Stephen Goldin and C. F. Hensel
93 • Routine Patrol Activity • short story by Thomas Pickens
105 • Call from Kerlyana • short story by William K. Carlson and Alice Laurance [as by William Carlson and Alice Laurance]
121 • The Safety Engineer • novelette by William E. Cochrane [as by S. Kye Boult]
183 • Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
203 • The Latest from Sigma Corvi • short story by Edward Wellen

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