| Distant Stars | |
| Author: | Samuel R. Delany |
| Illustrator: | John Pierard, John Collier, John Jude Palencar, Jeannette Adams, John Coffey, John Pound and Michael Sorkin |
| Cover Artist: | Michael Whelan |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Science fiction, fantasy |
| Release Date: | 1981 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Isbn: | 0-553-01336-X |
Distant Stars is a 1981 collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories by American writer Samuel R. Delany. Many of the stories originally appeared in the magazines The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Algol and New Worlds, while the novella Empire Star was originally published as an Ace Double with Tree Lord of Imeten by Tom Purdom.