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Distant Stars

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Distant Stars
Cover from the first edition
AuthorSamuel R. Delany
IllustratorJohn Pierard, John Collier, John Jude Palencar, Jeannette Adams, John Coffey, John Pound and Michael Sorkin
Cover artistMichael Whelan
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction, fantasy
PublisherBantam Books
Publication date
1981
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages352
ISBN0-553-01336-X

Distant Stars is a 1981 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Algol and New Worlds, while the novella Empire Star was originally published as an Ace Double with Tree Lord of Imeten by Tom Purdom.

Contents

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  • Of Doubts and Dreams
  • "Prismatica"
  • "Corona"
  • "Empire Star"
  • "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones"
  • "Omegahelm"
  • "Ruins"
  • "We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line"

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