Aliens have been a major theme in science fiction literature from the very beginnings of the genre...though they seem to have morphed over the decades from humanoids (six-limbed and blue though they might be!) to the utterly incomprehensible to noncorporeal energy beings - and everything in between! This collection focuses on aliens as depicted in many different forms over many different decades. While in no way comprehensive - I'm not sure a "definitive" book of alien stories could ever be assembled - we think this one is, at the very least, a lot of fun. Included are:
THROUGH MUD ONE PICKS A WAY, by Tim Sullivan
LABORATORY, by Jerome Bixby
BEULAH, by Talmage Powell
ALIEN STILL LIFE, by John Gregory Betancourt
DEAD RINGER, by Lester del Rey
ESCAPE TO EARTH, by Manly Banister
LESSON IN SURVIVAL, by Frank Belknap Long
SCIENTIFIC METHOD, by Chad Oliver
THE BEES OF DEATH, by Robert Moore Williams
THE BIG FIX, by Richard Wilson
THE CARNIVORE, by Katherine MacLean
THE LARGE ANT, by Howard Fast
"THIS WORLD IS OURS!" by Emil Petaja
RAINBOW JADE, by Gardner E. Fox
A CITY NEAR CENTAURUS, by Bill Doede
THE MENACE FROM ANDROMEDA, by Arthur Leo Zagat & Nat Schachner
THE BIRDS OF LORRANE, by Bill Doede
CONES, by Frank Belknap Long
ALIEN OFFER, by Al Sevcik
THE GOOD NEIGHBORS, by Edgar Pangborn
THE SOUTH WATERFORD RUMPLE CLUB, by Richard Wilson
THE TEACHER FROM MARS, by Eando Binder
BELIEVE IN TANGIBLES, by Everil Worrell
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE, by Charles V. De Vet
TRADER'S RISK, by Roger Dee
UTTER SILENCE, by Edward Wellen
