Goat Song (novelette)

"Goat Song"
Short story by Poul Anderson
First publication
Cover art by Bert Tanner
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Publication typeMagazine
PublisherMercury Press, Inc.
Media typePrint
Publication dateFebruary 1972

"Goat Song" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Poul Anderson. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction issue of February 1972, it was later included in the anthologies Nebula Award Stories Eight and The Hugo Winners Volume 3,[1] as well as in Anderson's collection Homeward and Beyond.[2]

This story has strong parallels to the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice

  1. ^ Goat Song title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ "Publication: Homeward and Beyond". isfdb.org.