The Alien Condition

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First edition, cover by Mati Klarwein

The Alien Condition is a science fiction short story collection edited by Stephen Goldin and published in 1973 by Ballantine Books.

Stories

• "Lament of the Keeku Bird" by Kathleen Sky
• "Wings" by Vonda N. McIntyre
• "The Empire of T'ang Lang" by Alan Dean Foster
• "A Way Out" by Miriam Allen deFord
• "Gee, Isn't He the Cutest Little Thing?" by Arthur Byron Cover
• "Deaf Listener" by Rachel Cosgrove Payes
• "Nor Iron Bars a Cage" by C.F. Hensel and Stephen Goldin
• "Routine Patrol Activity" by Thomas Pickens
• "Call from Kerlyana" by Alice Laurance and William K. Carlson
• "The Safety Engineer" by William E. Cochrane, writing as S. Kye Boult
• "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" by James Tiptree Jr.
• "The Latest from Sigma Corvi" by Edward Wellen