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Aliens!

Cover of first edition
Editors	Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
Illustrator	Jack Gaughan
Cover artist	Michael Whelan
Language	English
Series	Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois anthology series
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Pocket Books
Publication date	1980
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	xi, 305
ISBN	0-671-83155-0
Followed by	Unicorns!

Aliens! is a themed anthology of science fiction short works edited by American writers Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann. It is the first in a series of themed anthologies. It was first published in paperback by Pocket Books in April 1980. Subsequent volumes in the series were published by Ace Books.

Summary

The book collects fourteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, including four Draco Tavern stories by Larry Niven. It includes a general foreword and individual introductions to each piece by the editors, together with a bibliography of further reading.

Contents

• "Foreword" (Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann)
• "Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing" (Larry Niven)
• "Grammar Lesson" (Larry Niven)
• "The Subject Is Closed" (Larry Niven)
• "Cruel and Unusual" (Larry Niven)
• "We Purchased People" (Frederik Pohl)
• "Guesting Time" (R. A. Lafferty)
• "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" (James Tiptree, Jr.)
• "Angel's Egg" (Edgar Pangborn)
• "Oh, to Be a Blobel!" (Philip K. Dick)
• "Be Merry" (Algis Budrys)
• "Pattern" (Fredric Brown)
• "An Honorable Death" (Gordon R. Dickson)
• "The Reality Trip" (Robert Silverberg)
• "Rule Golden" (Damon Knight)
• "Alien-Human Relations - A Guide to Further Reading"