Alternating Currents (short story collection) explained

Author:Frederik Pohl
Genre:Science fiction short stories
Pub Date:January 1, 1956
Publisher:Ballantine Books

Alternating Currents is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Frederik Pohl, first published by Ballantine Books in 1956.

Contents

"The Children of Night" (originally published in Galaxy Science Fiction of October 1964) replaces "Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus" in UK editions. Penguin Books,

Reception

Anthony Boucher found the stories to be "largely slight and hasty in view of Pohl's best work . . . [but] still reveal much wit and imagination."[1]

Notes and References

  1. "Recommended Reading," F&SF, July 1956, p.94.