Publication: Alpha 5

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Publication: Alpha 5Publication Record # 260882
Editor: Robert Silverberg
Date: 1974-08-00
ISBN: 0-345-24140-1 [978-0-345-24140-5]
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Price:
$1.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: x+267
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Alpha 5 by Bruce Pennington (variant of Quest for the Future 1972)
Notes:
- "First Printing: August 1974" on copyright page; no number line
- The artist is not credited, no visible signature. Cover illustration was used on the NEL edition of Quest for the Future
- SBN: 345-24140-1 on spine; ISBN: 0-345-24140-X on copyright page which has a bad checksum
- "Printed in the United States of America"
External IDs:
- LCCN: 74-10768
- OCLC/WorldCat: 934752
- Reginald-1: 13083

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Anthology Title: Alpha 5 • [Alpha (Robert Silverberg) • 5] • anthology by Robert Silverberg

Contents (view Concise Listing)

ix • Introduction (Alpha 5) • (1974) • essay by Robert Silverberg
1 • The Star Pit • (1967) • novella by Samuel R. Delany
71 • Baby, You Were Great • (1967) • short story by Kate Wilhelm (variant of Baby, You Were Great!)
88 • Live, from Berchtesgaden • (1972) • short story by George Alec Effinger [as by Geo. Alec Effinger]
102 • As Never Was • (1944) • short story by P. Schuyler Miller
122 • We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • (1966) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
147 • Yesterday House • (1952) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
176 • A Man Must Die • (1966) • short story by John Clute
192 • The Skills of Xanadu • (1956) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
223 • A Special Kind of Morning • (1971) • novelette by Gardner Dozois [as by Gardner R. Dozois]

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
DESiegel60	2008-04-22 07:54:21	Permanent	2012-08-05
Bluesman	2009-09-06 21:25:14	Permanent	2018-12-13
Dragoondelight	2010-08-22 16:10:57	Permanent	2010-09-05
Willem H.	2010-11-02 12:01:00	Permanent	2022-09-07
Don Erikson	2013-12-12 16:47:57	Permanent	2020-03-29
Spacecow	2022-02-16 07:18:40	Permanent	2022-09-05

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-21 00:03:14
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-11-18 12:59:32
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2012-11-18 12:59:32
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2012-11-18 12:59:32
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-06-21 00:03:14
Currey	Verified	Bluesman	2009-06-21 00:03:14
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-21 00:03:14
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-06-21 00:03:14
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2015-03-11 17:39:35
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2012-11-18 12:59:32
Reginald3	N/A	Dragoondelight	2010-08-22 16:10:57
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-31 18:02:41

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