Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets

by Peter Davison (Editor), H.B. Fyfe, Ray Bradbury

What sort of worlds would a Time Lord know?Distant planets of constant night, and burning stars. Far-off spheres of horrific heat or deadly cold? Lands of awe and wonder, magic and dread. Better worlds than ours — and worse.Now Peter Davison, TV's Doctor Who, takes you on a voyage to the deepest, most terrifying corners of the galaxy.* Homecoming by Stephen David* Grenville's Planet by Michael Shaara* Exile by Edmond Hamilton* The Star by Arthur C. Clarke* All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury* Protected Species by H.B. Fyfe* History Lesson by Arthur C. Clarke* The Pits Beneath the World by Mary Gentle

Genres: Science Fiction, Doctor Who, Anthologies

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Peter Davison (born Peter Moffett) is an English actor, best known for his roles as Tristan Farnon in the television version of James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small and the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who.

Reviews

[Nicholas Whyte]

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/peter-davisons-book-of-alien-monsters-and-peter-...

Peter Davison's Book of Alien Planets (1983), on the other hand, contains eight stories, only two of which are original – one by the editor, and one by Mary Gentle, who at that time was still a newcomer with just one novel, A Hawk in Silver, to her name; this seems to be her first published short fiction, but she had two more stories published in Asimov's that year (1983), and of course has never looked back. The others are all classics by the likes of Edmond Hamilton, Ray Bradbury and two by Arthur C. Clarke, "The Star" and "History Lesson". From Davison's foreword, it appears that these were very much chosen by him as personal favourites. Most of them have a grim twist at the end. It is the more solid of the two anthologies, but you are more likely to already have most of the stories in it.

[Kitap Yakıcı]

I remember that this book included Arthur C. Clarke's brilliant story "The Star," and the impact of that story alone on my life thenceforth made this book worth reading.

[Chris Griffin]

Surprisingly excellent. Reminds me why I love SF short stories. Exile was the pick of the bunch, but not a dud in the collection!