Alpha 1

The first in a series of superb science fiction.

_Alpha 1_ is, aside from the first letter of the Greek alphabet, a term that denotes excellence and primacy in a variety of disciplines: in nuclear physics, for example, it is the name of a particle of unusually large mass and charge. It seemed a useful label to attach to this volume, the first of an intended series of collections of science fiction stories.

The Alpha series of anthologies will center on no particular theme except that of liter...