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| Author | edited by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull |
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| Cover artist | Manny Paul |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) (Paperback) |
| Pages | xviii + 268 |
| ISBN | 0-312-78420-1 |
Tales from the Planet Earth is a 1986 anthology of science fiction stories edited by Frederik Pohl and Elizabeth Anne Hull[1] It presents 19 stories, sharing a common background developed by Pohl and Hull, by 18 authors from 18 different countries; each author's story is set in his native country,[2] plus one extra story by Pohl. According to its cover, it contains stories about aliens which came to "occupy our bodies and inhabit our souls" and they "must find humans capable of hosting personalities and thoughts transmitted across the cosmos".[3]
The collection was dedicated for the memory of A. Bertram Chandler and Janusz A. Zajdel.[4]
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