''Invaders!'' is a collection of

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stories by American writer

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. It was first published by

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in 1985 and was edited by

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. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines ''

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'', ''Cosmos'', ''Orbit'', ''

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'', '' If'', ''

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'' and ''Space Stories''.

* Introduction, by

* "The Error of Their Ways" * "Itco’s Strong Right Arm" * "Fellow of the Bees" * "Ricochet on Miza" * "The Law-Twister Shorty" * "An Ounce of Emotion" * "Roofs of Silver" * "The Invaders"

References

* * * * 1985 short story collections Short story collections by Gordon R. Dickson {{1980s-sf-story-collection-stub

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