''Analog's Expanding Universe'' is the tenth in a series of

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stories drawn from ''

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'' magazine and edited by then-current ''Analog'' editor

Stanley Schmidt Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact''. Biography Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated from th ...

. It was first published in hardcover by

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for

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in 1986. The book collects fourteen short stories, novelettes and novellas first published in ''Analog'' and its predecessor title ''Astounding'', together with an introduction by Schmidt.

*"Introduction" (

) *"Downeast Encounter" ( Thomas A. Easton) *" The Parasite Planet" ( Stanley G. Weinbaum) *"Sunspot" (

Hal Clement Harry Clement Stubbs (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003), better known by the pen name Hal Clement, was an American people, American science fiction writer and a leader of the hard science fiction subgenre. He also painted astronomically oriented ...

) *"A Flash of Darkness" (

) *"Desertion" ( Clifford D. Simak) *"Saturn Alia" ( Grant D. Callin) *"Meet Me at Apogee" ( Bill Johnson) *"The Pacifists" ( Jayge Carr) *" With Morning Comes Mistfall" (

George R. R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948) also known by the initials G.R.R.M. is an American author, television writer, and television producer. He is best known as the author of the unfinished series of Hi ...

) *"Pathway" ( Edward A. Byers) *" Nightfall" (

Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov ( ; – April 6, 1992) was an Russian-born American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. H ...

) *"Starfog" (

Poul Anderson Poul William Anderson ( ; November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American fantasy and science fiction author who was active from the 1940s until his death in 2001. Anderson also wrote historical novels. He won the Hugo Award seven times an ...

) *"Beer Run" ( Michael McCollum) *"Heart's Desire and Other Simple Wants" ( W. Macfarlane)

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