Protostars (book)

''Protostars'' is an

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors. There are also thematic and g ...

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

short stories edited by

David Gerrold David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944)Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010)''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved June 23, 2013. is an American science fict ...

and

Stephen Goldin Stephen Charles Goldin (born February 28, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Biography Goldin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in Astronomy, he worked for the U.S. Navy a ...

. It was first published in paperback by

Ballantine Books Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. Ballantine was founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. Ballantine was acquired by Random House in ...

in October 1971, and has been reprinted a number of times since. The book collects sixteen novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, including a few by the editors, with an introduction by Gerrold.

*"A Sort of Introduction" (

) *"What Makes a Cage, Jamie Knows" ( Scott Bradfield) *"I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool is Empty" ( James Tiptree, Jr.) *"In a Sky of Daemons" ( L. Yep) *"The Last Ghost" (

) *"Afternoon with a Dead Bus" (

) *"Eyes of Onyx" (

Edward Bryant Edward Winslow Bryant Jr. (August 27, 1945 – February 10, 2017) was an American science fiction and horror fiction, horror writer sometimes associated with the Dangerous Visions series of anthologies that bolstered New Wave (science fiction), ...

) *"The World Where Wishes Worked" (

) *"Cold, the Fire of the Phoenix" ( Leo P. Kelley) *"Oasis" (

Pamela Sargent Pamela Sargent (born March 20, 1948) is an American feminist, science fiction author, and editor. She has an MA in classical philosophy and has won a Nebula Award. Sargent wrote a trilogy concerning the terraforming of Venus that is sometim ...

) *"Holdholtzer's Box" ( David R. Bunch) *"The Five-Dimensional Sugar Cube" ( Roger Deeley) *"And Watch the Smog Roll In..." ( Barry Weissman) *"Chances Are" ( Alice Laurance) *" The Naked and the Unashamed" ( Robert E. Margroff) *" My Country, Right or Wrong" ( Andrew J. Offutt) *"Side Effect" ( Pg Wyal) 1971 anthologies Science fiction anthologies Ballantine Books books {{1970s-sf-story-collection-stub

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