Alternating Currents (short story collection)

Alternating Currents is a collection of science fiction stories by Frederik Pohl first published by Ballantine Books in 1956 (ISBN #B000BH7ANM)

Contents

• "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus" - Alternating Currents '56
• "The Ghost Maker" - Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jan. '54
• "Let the Ants Try" - Planet Stories '49
• "Pythias" - Galaxy Science Fiction Feb. '55
• "The Mapmakers" - Galaxy Science Fiction July '55
• "Rafferty’s Reasons" - Fantastic Universe Oct. '55
• "Target One" - Galaxy Science Fiction April '55
• "Grandy Devil" - Galaxy Science Fiction June '55
• "The Tunnel under the World" - Galaxy Science Fiction Jan. '55
• "What to Do Until the Analyst Comes (Everybody’s Happy But Me!)" - Imagination Feb. '56 as "What to Do Till the Analyst Comes"

"The Children of Night" - Galaxy Science Fiction Oct. '64 - replaces "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus" in UK editions. Penguin Books, (ISBN 0-14-002452-2)

Reception

Anthony Boucher found the stories to be "largely slight and hasty in view of Pohl's best work . . . [but] still reveal much wit and imagination."