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The Seedling Stars by James Blish is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Seedling Stars about?
196 pages, Gnome Press 1957The Seedling Stars is a 1957 collection of science fiction short stories by American writer James Blish. It was first published by Gnome Press in 1957 in an edition of 5,000 copies. The stories concern the adaptation of humans to alien environments (a process Blish called pantropy).Contents "Seeding Program" (F&SF 1956) "The Thing in the Attic" (If 1954) "Surface Tension" (Galaxy 1952) "Watershed" (If 1955)"Seeding Program" was originally published under the title "A Time to Survive". "Surface Tension" was revised from its magazine publication, and here incorporates material from Blish's earlier story "Sunken Universe", published in Super Science Stories in 1942.[1] The four stories are termed 'Book One', 'Book Two', etc. and some editions refer to this as a standard novel in four sections, rather than an actual short story collection.
Who reads The Seedling Stars?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- James Blish
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Published
- 1957
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Science Fiction, High Tech & Hard Sci Fi
- Rating
- 3.88 / 5 (376 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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