 First edition cover | |
| Author | William Tenn |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Richard M. Powers |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1956 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 152 pp |
The Human Angle is the second collection of science fiction stories by American writer William Tenn, published simultaneously in hardback and paperback by Ballantine Books in 1956. Ballantine reprinted the collection in 1964 and 1968. [1]
The Human Angle contains the following stories. [1]
New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson praised the stories as "Mordant and suave, cruel and clever, saturnine and sentimental," noting that "if [Tenn] has a fault, it is that his writing is sometimes too clever, exhibiting too many fireworks." [3]
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