And the gods laughed Book

If you pick up the hardback edition, don't let the crap cover of glasses on a unidentified flying citrus fruit put you off. This is good stuff -- especially if you want to read some hard-core SF ca. 1959. A few of the stories have a Twilight Zone flavor to them, but the majority are about the meeting of humans and aliens -- which can be painful, but always interesting.



Dickson does a good job of making the aliens "alien-y" and yet believable. I look forward to reading more short stories from this author. NOT novels. (although I vaguely recall liking The George and the Dragon.) Two novels of his I read Timestorm and The Way of the Pilgrim were bloody AWFUL.