Element 79 (anthology)

First edition
(publ. New American Library)
Cover art by Stanislaw Zagorski

Element 79 is a collection of science fiction short stories authored by English astronomer and writer Fred Hoyle^[1] and published in 1969. Included in the collection is the eponymous short story, Element 79. The collection takes its name from the atomic number of the seventy-ninth element, gold.

^ Major, Lee Elliot (23 August 2001). "Big enough to bury Darwin". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

[1] Major, Lee Elliot (23 August 2001). "Big enough to bury Darwin". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2011.

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