Alpha 9 | Eight Science Fiction Stories

Robert Silverberg (editor), Kate Wilhelm, Joanna Russ, Fred Saberhagen

ISBN 10: 0425038386 / ISBN 13: 9780425038383

Published by Berkley, New York, 1978

About this Item

Berkley Books, 1978. Mass market paperback. Final volume in this essential series of science fiction anthologies intended to "center on no particular theme except that of literary quality." Subsequent volumes appeared at roughly yearly intervals, switching from Ballantine to Berkley with volume 6, and lasting through volume 9. Stories included here:

"Dumb Waiter (1952) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
"The Monsters" (1953) by Robert Sheckley
"The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World" (1971) by Philip José Farmer
"The Funeral" (1972) by Kate Wilhelm
"The Book" (1953) by Michael Shaara
"Dusty Zebra" (1954) by Clifford D. Simak
"Goodlife" (1963) by Fred Saberhagen
"Nobody's Home" (1972) by Joanna Russ.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1764377075060

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alpha 9 | Eight Science Fiction Stories
• Publisher: Berkley, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425038386
• ISBN 13: 9780425038383
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 1W x 7H x 5D inches 1 inches width by 7 inches height by 5 inches depth
• Weight: 3.52 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • science fiction

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Berkley Books, 1978. Mass market paperback. Final volume in this essential series of science fiction anthologies. Stories included here:

“Dumb Waiter” (1952) by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
"The Monsters” (1953) by Robert Sheckley
"The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World” (1971) by Philip José Farmer
"The Funeral” (1972) by Kate Wilhelm
"The Book” (1953) by Michael Shaara
"Dusty Zebra” (1954) by Clifford D. Simak
"Goodlife” (1963) by Fred Saberhagen
"Nobody's Home” (1972) by Joanna Russ