The Aliens of Earth is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Nancy Kress. It was released in 1993 and was the author's first book published by Arkham House . It was published in an edition of 3,520 copies. Most of the stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine.

The Aliens of Earth
Dust-jacket illustration by Ed Paschke.
AuthorNancy Kress
IllustratorJane Walker
Cover artistEd Paschke
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherArkham House
Publication date
1993
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pagesviii, 327
ISBN0-87054-166-8
OCLC27683053
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3561.R46 A64 1993

Contents

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The Aliens of Earth contains the following stories:

  1. "The Price of Oranges"
  2. "Glass"
  3. "People Like Us"
  4. "Cannibals"
  5. "To Scale"
  6. "Touchdown"
  7. "Down Behind Cuba Lake"
  8. "In A World Like This"
  9. "Philippa's Hands"
  10. "Inertia"
  11. "Phone Repairs"
  12. "The Battle of Long Island"
  13. "Renaissance"
  14. "Spillage"
  15. "The Mountain to Mohammed"
  16. "Craps"
  17. "And Wild For To Hold"
  18. "In Memoriam"

Sources

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  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 59.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. pp. 163–164. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 138. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
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