The Star Road
Encyclopedia
The Star Road is a collection of science fiction
stories by Gordon R. Dickson
. It was first published by Doubleday in 1973. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Amazing Stories
, Astounding, Analog Science Fiction and Fact
, Galaxy Science Fiction
, Worlds of Tomorrow and Fantasy and Science Fiction.
declared The Star Road to be "nine fine stories [from] one of the better, solid, reliable storytellers around."
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 1973. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
, 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...
, Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
, Worlds of Tomorrow and Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Contents
- "Whatever Gods There Be"
- "Hilifter"
- "Building on the Line"
- "The Christmas Present"
- "Three-Part Puzzle"
- "On Messenger Mountain"
- "The Catch"
- "Jackal’s Meal"
- "The Mousetrap"
Reception
Theodore SturgeonTheodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon was an American science fiction author.His most famous novel is More Than Human .-Biography:...
declared The Star Road to be "nine fine stories [from] one of the better, solid, reliable storytellers around."