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The Specimen

Tim Stout

First published 1979
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A young boy is seized by an ancient alien ship hiding beneath the Earth's surface which periodically emerges to sample the dominant life forms, and meets the being who controls the ship.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1979 Cover Space 5 Hutchinson Anthology 44
October 1988 Cover Science Fiction Stories Kingfisher Anthology 67
July 1991 Science Fiction Stories Kingfisher Anthology 67
1993 Cover Science Fiction Stories Kingfisher (US) Anthology 67
March 1993 Cover Science Fiction Stories Kingfisher (US) Anthology 67
April 1997 Cover Science Fiction Stories Kingfisher Anthology 67
September 2008 Cover Out of This World: Science Fiction Stories Kingfisher Anthology 71