Another Kind
| File:NTHRKND1955.jpg Dust-jacket from the first edition | |
| Author | Chad Oliver |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Richard Powers |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction short stories |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 190 pp |
| OCLC | 301196212 |
Another Kind is the first collection of short stories by science fiction writer Chad Oliver. It was issued in hardcover and paperback by Ballantine Books in 1955 and a German translation was issued in 1965.[1]
Contents
- "The Mother of Necessity", (original)
- "Rite of Passage", (Astounding 1954)
- "Scientific Method", (Science-Fiction Plus 1953)
- "Night", (If 1955)
- "Transformer", (F&SF 1954)
- "Artifact", (F&SF 1955)
- "A Star Above It", (original)
"Scientific Method" was originally published as "Hands Across Space".[2]
Reception
New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson faulted Oliver's "uniformly quiet, underwritten style," declaring the "cumulative effect" of the stories was "emotional monotony; too cerebral for more than mild entertainment, they are clever fugues written in a minor key."[3] The Hartford Courant's George W. Earley praised Oliver's "excellent stories", saying he "has created some compellingly believable alien and earthly civilizations".[4]
References
- ^ ISFDB Bibliography
- ^ Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections
- ^ "In the Realm of the Spaceman", The New York Times Book Review, October 23, 1955, p. 30
- ^ "Science Fiction", The Hartford Courant, October 16, 1955, p. SM22