Note: The original Gollancz and Bantam editions include an introduction by Brian W.Aldiss
Harrison's second collection of short stories, ten of them here, covering the period 1957-1964.
Dedication: To Robert P. Mills
London: Gollancz, May 1965, 191pp., hbk. Jacket art uncredited.
New York: Bantam, May 1968, 147pp., pbk. Cover art uncredited.
as: Bruder im All. Munich: Goldmanns, 1968, 151pp. Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichan. [German]
Four Square, 1973, pbk.
London: Sphere, July 1976, 157pp., pbk. Cover: Jim Burns. ISBN: 0-7221-4376-1. Reprinted February 1987.
in: Absolwenci (The Men from P.I.G. and R.O.B.O.T. and Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows). Poznañ: Dom Wydawniczy (Rebis), 1998, 201pp., ISBN:83-7120-428-0. Translated by Jaroslaw Kotarski and Radoslaw Kot. [Polish]
The Observer, 30th May 1965, p.27. Review "From
Monsters to Mannerism," by Kingsley Amis.
"With Harry Harrison's collection ... we return firmly to basics. The
stricken visitor from space, the horrifying toy, the simple, vulnerable
alien race are all familiar as they stand. Here they become freshened, give
rise to a lament for human helplessness, a warning about the perversion of
innocence, an angry but not fanatical polemic against religious
indoctrination. Mr. Harrison achieves this by being interested in what he's
saying; how he said it was secondary. (But I wish he'd work on his
punctuation.)"
