Alternating Currents (short story collection)

Alternating Currents is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Frederik Pohl, first published by Ballantine Books in 1956.

Contents

"Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus"
"The Ghost Maker"
"Let the Ants Try"
"Pythias"
"The Mapmakers"
"Rafferty’s Reasons"
"Target One"
"Grandy Devil"
"The Tunnel under the World"
"What to Do Until the Analyst Comes "

"The Children of Night" replaces "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus" in UK editions. Penguin Books,

Reception

Anthony Boucher found the stories to be "largely slight and hasty in view of Pohl's best work... still reveal much wit and imagination."