A classic collection of ten stories describing human-alien first contact. Published 1971, stories written between 1941 and 1959. Introduction by Editor Damon Knight. First Contact by Murray Leinster. Doomsday Deferred by Will F. Jenkins. The Hurkle Is A Happy Beast by Theodore Sturgeon. Not Final! by Isaac Asimov. The Blind Pilot by Charles Henneberg. The Silly Season by C. M. Kornbluth. Goldfish Bowl by Robert A. Heinlein. In Value Deceived by H. B. Fyfe. The Waveries by Fredric Brown. In the Abyss by H. G. Wells. A remarkable assemblage of well-known and lesser-known authors. Some humor, some horror, all well-written. Many now difficult to find.

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