Protostars (book)


Protostars is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by David Gerrold and Stephen Goldin. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1971, and has been reprinted a number of times since.
The book collects sixteen novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, including a few by the editors, with an introduction by Gerrold.

Contents

  • "A Sort of Introduction"
  • "What Makes a Cage, Jamie Knows"
  • "I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool is Empty"
  • "In a Sky of Daemons"
  • "The Last Ghost"
  • "Afternoon with a Dead Bus"
  • "Eyes of Onyx"
  • "The World Where Wishes Worked"
  • "Cold, the Fire of the Phoenix"
  • "Oasis"
  • "Holdholtzer's Box"
  • "The Five-Dimensional Sugar Cube"
  • "And Watch the Smog Roll In..."
  • "Chances Are"
  • " The Naked and the Unashamed"
  • " My Country, Right or Wrong"
  • "Side Effect"