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Alpha 3

Cover of first edition
Editor	Robert Silverberg
Language	English
Series	Alpha
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	October 1972
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	277
ISBN	0-345-02883-X
OCLC	10805324
Preceded by	Alpha 2
Followed by	Alpha 4

Alpha 3 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Robert Silverberg. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1972.

The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor.

Contents

• "Introduction" (Robert Silverberg)
• "The Gift of Gab" (Jack Vance)
• "Beyond Lies the Wub" (Philip K. Dick)
• "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" (R. A. Lafferty)
• "Total Environment" (Brian W. Aldiss)
• "Day Million" (Frederik Pohl)
• "Aristotle and the Gun" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "Under Old Earth" (Cordwainer Smith)
• "The Shadow of Space" (Philip José Farmer)
• "Come to Venus Melancholy" (Thomas M. Disch)
• "Rescue Party" (Arthur C. Clarke)

Notes

1. Alpha 3 title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References

• Goodreads listing for Alpha 3
• MIT Science Fiction Society's Library Pinkdex Entry for Alpha 3

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Bibliography
Novels	Revolt on Alpha C Lest We Forget Thee, Earth Starman's Quest Collision Course The Seed of Earth The Silent Invaders Time of the Great Freeze Conquerors from the Darkness The Gate of Worlds Planet of Death Thorns Those Who Watch The Time Hoppers Hawksbill Station The Masks of Time The Man in the Maze Nightwings Across a Billion Years To Live Again Up the Line Downward to the Earth Tower of Glass Son of Man The Second Trip The World Inside A Time of Changes The Book of Skulls Dying Inside Shadrach in the Furnace Sailing to Byzantium Nightfall The Face of the Waters Kingdoms of the Wall The Positronic Man Starborne Roma Eterna Nidonian series The Shrouded Planet The Dawning Light Majipoor series Lord Valentine's Castle Majipoor Chronicles Valentine Pontifex Gilgamesh series Gilgamesh the King To the Land of the Living
Short story collections	The Cube Root of Uncertainty
Anthologies edited	Alpha series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Best of Randall Garrett Dawn of Time Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction Epoch Far Horizons Legends Legends II The Nebula Awards #18 Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 New Dimensions 1 New Dimensions II New Dimensions 3 New Dimensions IV New Dimensions 5 Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964 Strange Gifts Universe 1 Universe 2 Universe 3
Nonfiction	Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations

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