Ancient, My Enemy
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Ancient, My Enemy is a collection of science fiction
stories by Gordon R. Dickson
. It was first published by Doubleday in 1974. The stories originally appeared in the magazines If
, Astounding, Analog Science Fiction and Fact
, Space Stories and Fantasy and 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...
stories by Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author.- Biography :Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937...
. It was first published by Doubleday in 1974. The stories originally appeared in the magazines If
If (magazine)
If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Quinn hired Paul W. Fairman to be the first editor, but early circulation figures were disappointing, and Quinn fired Fairman after only three issues. Quinn then took over the...
, Astounding, Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2011, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre...
, Space Stories and Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Contents
- "Ancient, My Enemy"
- "The Odd Ones"
- "The Monkey WrenchThe Monkey WrenchThe Monkey Wrench is a science fiction short story by Gordon R. Dickson.In this story, Lowland society lawyer Cary Harmon drops in unannounced on the weather station of meteorologist Burke McIntyre, high in the Lonesome Mountains, a jagged chain of the deserted shorelands of Venus's Northern Sea...
" - "Tiger Green"
- "The Friendly Man"
- "Love Me True"
- "Our First Death"
- "In the Bone"
- "The Bleak and Barren Land"