The Star Road

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The Star Road

Dust-jacket from the first edition
Author	Gordon R. Dickson
Cover artist	Bill Naegels
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Doubleday
Publication date	1973
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	229
ISBN	0-385-06811-5
OCLC	609366
Dewey Decimal	813/.5/4
LC Class	PZ4.D553 St PS3554.I328

The Star Road is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. It was first published by Doubleday in 1973. The stories originally appeared in the magazines Amazing Stories, Astounding, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Galaxy Science Fiction, Worlds of Tomorrow and Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Contents

• "Whatever Gods There Be"
• "Hilifter"
• "Building on the Line"
• "The Christmas Present"
• "Three-Part Puzzle"
• "On Messenger Mountain"
• "The Catch"
• "Jackal’s Meal"
• "The Mousetrap"

Reception

Theodore Sturgeon declared The Star Road to be "nine fine stories [from] one of the better, solid, reliable storytellers around."

References

Sources

• "Library of Congress Online Catalog". Retrieved 2008-01-17.
• Clute, John; Peter Nicholls (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. p. 332. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
• Contento, William G. "Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections". Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
• Russ, Joanna (February 1974), "Books", The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mercury Publications: 71
• Sturgeon, Theodore (September 1973), "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Magazine, 34 (8): 88