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The Star Road
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorGordon R. Dickson
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction short stories
PublisherDoubleday
Publication date
1973
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages229 pp
ISBN0-385-06811-5
OCLC609366
813/.5/4
LC ClassPZ4.D553 St PS3554.I328

The Star Road is a collection of science fiction stories by Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Doubleday in 1973. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Amazing Stories, Astounding, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Galaxy Science Fiction, Worlds of Tomorrow and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Contents

  • "Whatever Gods There Be"
  • "Hilifter"
  • "Building on the Line"
  • "The Christmas Present"
  • "Three-Part Puzzle"
  • "On Messenger Mountain"
  • "The Catch"
  • "Jackal’s Meal"
  • "The Mousetrap"

Reception

Theodore Sturgeon declared The Star Road to be "nine fine stories [from] one of the better, solid, reliable storytellers around."[1]

References

  1. ^ "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1973, p.88