Aliens!

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Aliens!
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Cover of first edition
Editors Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
Illustrator Jack Gaughan
Cover artist Michael Whelan
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois anthology series
Genre Science fiction
Publisher Pocket Books
Publication date
1980
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pagesxi, 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, 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.

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Summary

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

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