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ANOTHER KIND ...
New York: Ballantine Books, [1955]. Small octavo, cloth. First edition. "Seven proficient SF stories by this anthropologist author. Most of them, such as "Rite of Passage," make imaginative use of his academic specialty. Oliver's first collection, it was highly praised in its day." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 15. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-831.
SHADOWS IN THE SUN.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1985]. Octavo, boards. Later edition. A reissue of this classic novel, first published in book form by Ballantine Books in 1954. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-833. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1898-1901.
SHADOWS IN THE SUN.
London: Max Reinhardt, [1955]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. The author's first novel. "A field anthropologist learns that the South Texas community he has been studying is a colony of a galactic civilization..." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-833. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-833. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1898-1901.
THE SHORES OF ANOTHER SEA ...
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1984]. Octavo, boards. First U.S. hardcover edition. "Scientists studying baboons in Africa come into contact with aliens who are studying them. A pleasant tale which effectively utilizes its author's experience of anthropology and of Africa." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 326. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-579.
UNEARTHLY NEIGHBORS.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., [1984]. Octavo, boards. First hardcover edition (and first printing of the revised text). An anthropologist works desperately to establish communication with the first human-like aliens encountered by Mankind.