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Angel's Egg

Edgar Pangborn

First published June 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A secret diary of a man who adopts "an angel", which is a member of an incredibly advanced race. The race is also so ethical that it used million year pondering if it is ethical to travel in space. It looks like a small naked fairy. It is able to record and absorb a personality of another being.

Publications (46)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 19
March 1952 Invaders of Earth Vanguard Press Anthology 255
1953 Invaders of Earth - More Tales of Space and Time Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 182
1955 Invaders of Earth - More Tales of Space and Time Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology
July 1955 Invaders of Earth Pocket Books Anthology 178
June 1956 Invaders of Earth Pocket Books Anthology 178
September 1956 Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 49
September 1958 Best SF Two The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
1960 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 49
1962 Enemies in Space Digit / Brown, Watson Limited Anthology 80
1962 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 49
June 1962 A Century of Science Fiction Simon & Schuster Anthology 215
July 1962 A Century of Science Fiction Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 215
September 1962 Invaders of Earth Tempo Books Anthology 289
February 1963 A Century of Science Fiction Dell Anthology 233
November 1963 A Century of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 215
1964 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 49
January 1964 A Century of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 215
June 1964 Enemies in Space Digit Books Anthology 79
September 1964 Invaders of Earth Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 289
1966 A Century of Science Fiction Pan Books Anthology 271
1968 Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 49
April 1971 A Century of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 215
1972 Good Neighbors and Other Strangers Macmillan Collection 127
1972 A Century of Science Fiction BCA - Book Club Associates Anthology 215
1973 Good Neighbors and Other Strangers Collier Books Collection 127
October 1973 Alpha 4 Ballantine Books Anthology 97
October 1973 Alpha 4 Ballantine Books Anthology 97
April 1980 Aliens! Pocket Books Anthology 63
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 1
April 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction Arbor House Anthology 1
April 1980 Aliens! Pocket Books Anthology 63
May 1981 First Voyages Avon Anthology 255
July 1985 The Great SF Stories #13 (1951) DAW Books Anthology 88
November 1987 Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century Avenel Books Anthology 1
February 1988 Encounters Headline Anthology 316
1996 An Anthology of Angels Glorya Hale Books / Random House Value Publishing Anthology 185
May 2012 The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories Wildside Press Anthology 559
February 2016 The Edgar Pangborn Megapack Wildside Press Collection |3
March 2016 Angel's Egg Project Gutenberg Chapbook
March 2016 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |11
March 2016 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |11
April 2018 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |11
July 2022 Alpha 4 ReAnimus Press Anthology |97
July 2022 Alpha 4 ReAnimus Press Anthology 97
July 2022 Alpha 4 ReAnimus Press Anthology 97