{"product_id":"alpha-9-robert-silverberg-9798362634834","title":"Alpha 9","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ninth in a series of superb science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Alpha series of anthologies center on no particular theme except that of literary quality and importance to the science fiction genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ALPHA series-now in its ninth volume-has by now become an eight-inch shelf of the best in short science-fiction stories. Our editorial bias is doggedly middle-of-the-road, or so we like to think; that is, (writes renowned editor Robert Silverberg) I try to avoid the worst excesses of the avant-garde on the one hand, and the blast-and-slash foolishness of pulp adventure fiction on the other. Of course, one reader's traditional and staid is another's wild experimentalism-very likely the fans of Hugo Gernsback's pioneering Amazing Stories of the 1920's muttered angrily in their soup over the gaudy innovations of John Campbell's Astounding Science Fiction in 1939-and so the best I can do is provide a sampler of the sort of science fiction that pleases \u003ci\u003eme, \u003c\/i\u003e that defines by example what \u003ci\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e think science fiction ought to be, and hope that others will agree.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerewith, another such treasury of bright, sparkling, imaginative fiction!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Note, Alpha 9 is the final volume produced.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDUMB WAITER: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe war was over, but nobody had bothered to tell the machines...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FUNERAL: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was quite a ceremony; after all, it was a world that had died...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SLICED-CROSSWISE ONLY-ON-TUESDAY WORLD: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMan could travel between the stars, but not between the Days...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGOODLIFE: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Starship was as ancient as Time itself, but it still remembered its mission: DESTROY MAN!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DUSTY ZEBRA: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are certain problems involved in setting up an inter-dimensional trading post...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNOBODY'S HOME: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe children are tired of chasing the sun. They want cruelty, glory and dirt...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd mo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Silverberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798362634834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Silverberg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089221136639,"sku":"9798362634834","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da3891cc-88cb-4e96-9d77-7f42725b7f5f.jpg?v=1769108907","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alpha-9-robert-silverberg-9798362634834","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}