Synopsis
A professor is kidnapped by aliens with a one-way matter transfer beam. The alien abhor the flat-eyed monster who doesn't even communicate. They don't know that even when the professor can't send thoughts, he receives them very well and understands what the aliens are saying to themselves. And soon the flat-eyed monster is on loose and rampaging through a peaceful city.
Publications (12)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1955 | Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1955 | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | MAGAZINE | 6 |
| November 1955 | Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 32 | Strato Publications | MAGAZINE | 4 |
| August 1956 | The Human Angle | Ballantine Books | Collection | 98 |
| August 1956 | The Human Angle | Ballantine Books | Collection | 98 |
| April 1964 | The Human Angle | Ballantine Books | Collection | 98 |
| April 1964 | The Human Angle | Ballantine Books | Collection | 98 |
| June 1968 | The Human Angle | Ballantine Books | Collection | 98 |
| February 2001 | Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 | NESFA Press | Collection | 83 |
| July 2001 | Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 | NESFA Press | Collection | 83 |
| September 2002 | Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume 1 | NESFA Press / SFBC | Collection | 83 |
| February 2013 | The Human Angle | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |
| January 2016 | Worst Contact | Baen Books | Anthology | 37 |