Distant Stars

Distant Stars

Cover from the first edition
Author	Samuel R. Delany
Illustrator	John Pierard, John Collier, John Jude Palencar, Jeannette Adams, John Coffey, John Pound and Michael Sorkin
Cover artist	Michael Whelan
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, fantasy
Publisher	Bantam Books
Publication date	1981
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	352
ISBN	0-553-01336-X

Distant Stars is a 1981 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction , Algol and New Worlds , while the novella Empire Star was originally published as an Ace Double with Tree Lord of Imeten by Tom Purdom.

Contents

• Of Doubts and Dreams
• "Prismatica"
• "Corona"
• "Empire Star"
• "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"
• "Omegahelm"
• "Ruins"
• "We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"

Sources

• "The Internet Speculative Fiction Database" . Retrieved January 2, 2008.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on December 30, 2007. Retrieved January 2, 2008.