''Tiger by the Tail and Other Science Fiction Stories'' is the first collection of short works by
Alan E. Nourse
Alan Edward Nourse (; August 11, 1928 – July 19, 1992) was an American science fiction writer and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His SF works sometimes focus ...
, issued in hardcover by publisher Donald McKay in 1961. It was reprinted in paperback by MacFadden Books in 1964 and 1968. A British hardcover edition was published by Dennis Dobson in 1962, with a paperback reprint, retitled ''Beyond Infinity'', following from
Corgi Books
Transworld is a British publishing house in Ealing, London that is a division of Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company Bantam Books. It publi ...
in 1964.
Contents
* "Tiger by the Tail" (
''Galaxy'' 1951)
* "Nightmare Brother" (
''Astounding'' 1953)
* "PRoblem" (''Galaxy'' 1956)
* "The Coffin Cure" (''Galaxy'' 1957)
* "Brightside Crossing" (''Galaxy'' 1956)
* "The Native Soil" (''
Fantastic Universe
''Fantastic Universe'' was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishi ...
'' 1957)
* "Love Thy Vimp" (''
F&SF
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science-fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Bouche ...
'' 1952)
* "Letter of the Law" (
''If'' 1954)
* "Family Resemblance" (''Astounding'' 1953)
Reception
''Galaxy'' reviewer Floyd C. Gale rated the collection 4.5 stars out of five, declaring that "all nine of the stories rate fine to excellent and would be standouts in any company."
["Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf", ''Galaxy'', February 1962, p.191.]
References
External links
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* {{HathiTrust Catalog, id=003855401
1961 short story collections
Science fiction anthologies