Aliens!

Anthology of science fiction short stories

Aliens!

Cover of first edition

Editors| Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
Illustrator| Jack Gaughan
Cover artist| Michael Whelan
Language| English
Series| Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois anthology series
Genre| Science fiction
Publisher| Pocket Books

Publication date

| 1980
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (paperback)
Pages| xi, 305
ISBN| 0-671-83155-0
Followed by| Unicorns!

Aliens! is a themed anthology of science fiction short works edited by American writers Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann. It is the first in a series of themed anthologies. It was first published in paperback by Pocket Books in April 1980.[1] Subsequent volumes in the series were published by Ace Books.

## Summary

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The book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, including four Draco Tavern stories by Larry Niven.It includes a general foreword and individual introductions to each piece by the editors, together with a bibliography of further reading.

## Contents

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* "Foreword" (Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann)
* "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing" (Larry Niven)
* "Grammar Lesson" (Larry Niven)
* "The Subject Is Closed" (Larry Niven)
* "Cruel and Unusual" (Larry Niven)
* "We Purchased People" (Frederik Pohl)
* "Guesting Time" (R. A. Lafferty)
* "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" (James Tiptree, Jr.)
* "Angel's Egg" (Edgar Pangborn)
* "Oh, to Be a Blobel!" (Philip K. Dick)
* "Be Merry" (Algis Budrys)
* "Pattern" (Fredric Brown)
* "An Honorable Death" (Gordon R. Dickson)
* "The Reality Trip" (Robert Silverberg)
* "Rule Golden" (Damon Knight)
* "Alien-Human Relations - A Guide to Further Reading"

## Notes

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1. ^ Aliens! title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database