...And Some Were Human is a collection of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by author Lester del Rey

Lester del Rey

Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey was the author of many of the Winston Science Fiction juvenile SF series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books, along with his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey.-Birth...

. The collection was first published in 1948

1948 in literature

The year 1948 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:* The Pulitzer Prize for the Novel is renamed the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction....

 by Prime Press

Prime Press

Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Williams, Alfred C. Prime, and Armand E. Waldo who were all members of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. The founders originally intended...

 in an edition of 3,050 copies of which 50 were specially bound, slipcased and signed by the author. The stories first appeared in the magazines Astounding and Unknown

Unknown (magazine)

Unknown was an American pulp fantasy fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1943 by Street & Smith, and edited by John W. Campbell. Unknown was a companion to Street & Smith's science fiction pulp, Astounding Science Fiction, which was also edited by Campbell at the time; many authors and...

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Contents

• Foreword
• "Hereafter, Inc."
• "The Day Is Done"
• "Forsaking All Others"
• "The Coppersmith"
• "The Luck of Ignatz"
• "The Faithful"
• "Dark Mission"
• "Helen O’Loy
  Helen O’Loy
  "Helen O’Loy" is a science fiction short story by Lester del Rey originally published in 1938 in Astounding Science Fiction.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "The Stars Look Down"
• "The Renegade"
• "The Wings of Night"
• "Nerves"

Reception

Astounding reviewer P. Schuyler Miller

P. Schuyler Miller

Peter Schuyler Miller was an American science fiction writer and critic.-Life:Miller was raised in New York's Mohawk Valley, which led to a life-long interest in the Iroquois Indians. He pursued this as an amateur archaeologist and a member of the New York State Archaeological Association.He...

 treated the collection favorably, noting that the stories had been popular with reader when originally published, and "five to ten years later, they hold up equally well."

Publication history

• 1948, USA, Prime Press
  Prime Press
  Prime Press, Inc. was a science fiction and fantasy small press specialty publishing house founded in 1947. It was founded by Oswald Train, James A. Williams, Alfred C. Prime, and Armand E. Waldo who were all members of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society. The founders originally intended...
  
   , Pub date 1948, Hardback
• 1957, Spain, Nebula, Pub date 1957, Paperback, as y algunos eran humanos, omits "Helen O’Loy"
• 1961, USA, Ballantine Books
  Ballantine Books
  Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and remains part of that company today. Ballantine's logo is a...
  
  , Pub date 1961, Paperback, omits 4 stories