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The Saliva Tree

Brian W. Aldiss

First published September 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

In the late nineteenth century, a modern-thinking young man and friend of H. G. Wells's resides in the old-fashioned town of Cottersall. When a meteor lands in a pond in the neighbouring farming district, the man decides to investigate the odd occurrences in the area, where the farmer family of his beloved comes into danger courtesy of the stranded alien(s).

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1966 Nebula Award Novella Winner

Publications (33)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1965 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1965 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 4
1966 The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths Faber and Faber Collection 9
September 1966 Nebula Award Stories 1965 Doubleday Anthology 219
October 1966 Nebula Award Stories 1965 Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 219
March 1967 Nebula Award Stories 1 Gollancz Anthology 188
June 1967 The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
November 1967 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 178
1968 The Saliva Tree and Other Growths Sphere Books Collection 7
1968 The Saliva Tree and Other Growths Sphere Books Collection 7
October 1968 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 178
October 1968 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 178
1969 A Brian Aldiss Omnibus Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
April 1969 Nebula Award Stories 1 New English Library Anthology 166
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 178
December 1969 Nebula Award Stories Pocket Books Anthology 178
1970 Dimension X Simon & Schuster Anthology 233
1970 Dimension X Simon & Schuster Anthology 233
1971 The Saliva Tree and Other Growths Sphere Books Collection 7
March 1971 Dimension X Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 203
March 1972 Dimension X Gollancz Anthology 233
June 1974 Elsewhere X 3 Coronet Books Anthology 79
1979 The Saliva Tree and Other Growths Sphere Books Collection 7
1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 49
February 1981 The Saliva Tree and Other Strange Growths Gregg Press Collection 9
November 1981 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume Four Gollancz Anthology 49
March 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon Anthology 49
October 1982 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume III Avon / SFBC Anthology 46
April 1988 Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Gollancz Collection 81
December 1988 Born with the Dead / The Saliva Tree Tor Anthology 1
May 1989 Man in His Time: Best SF Stories VGSF Collection 81
September 1989 Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Atheneum / Macmillan Collection 81
October 1990 Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Collier / Macmillan Collection 81
February 2001 Nebula Award Stories Stealth Press Anthology 227