# Alpha 4 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alpha_4 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alpha_4.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_4 > Source revision: 1335744150 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1973 anthology edited by Robert Silverberg Alpha 4 Editor Robert Silverberg Cover artist Bruce Pennington Language English Genre Science fiction Publisher Ballantine Books Publication date October 1973 Publication place United States Media type Print (paperback) Pages 279 ISBN 0345235649 OCLC 864670 Preceded by Alpha 3 Followed by Alpha 5 ***Alpha 4*** is a [science fiction](/source/Science_fiction) [anthology](/source/Anthology) edited by American writer [Robert Silverberg](/source/Robert_Silverberg), first published in 1973. ## Contents - Introduction by [Robert Silverberg](/source/Robert_Silverberg) - "Casablanca" by [Thomas M. Disch](/source/Thomas_M._Disch) - "Dio"' by [Damon Knight](/source/Damon_Knight) - "Eastward Ho!" by [William Tenn](/source/William_Tenn) - "Judas Danced" by [Brian W. Aldiss](/source/Brian_W._Aldiss) - "Angel's Egg" by [Edgar Pangborn](/source/Edgar_Pangborn) - "In His Image" by [Terry Carr](/source/Terry_Carr) - "All Pieces of a River Shore" by [R.A. Lafferty](/source/R.A._Lafferty) - "We All Die Naked" by [James Blish](/source/James_Blish) - "Carcinoma Angels" by [Norman Spinrad](/source/Norman_Spinrad) - "Mother" by [Philip José Farmer](/source/Philip_Jos%C3%A9_Farmer) - "[5,271,009](/source/5%2C271%2C009)" by [Alfred Bester](/source/Alfred_Bester) ## References - [Goodreads listing for *Alpha 4*](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1419082.Alpha_4) - [MIT Science Fiction Society's Library Pinkdex Entry for *Alpha 4*](http://mitsfs.mit.edu/pinkdex/index?title_id=80117) v t e Robert Silverberg Bibliography Novels Revolt on Alpha C Lest We Forget Thee, Earth Starman's Quest Collision Course The Seed of Earth The Silent Invaders Time of the Great Freeze Conquerors from the Darkness The Gate of Worlds Planet of Death Thorns Those Who Watch The Time Hoppers Hawksbill Station The Masks of Time The Man in the Maze Nightwings Across a Billion Years To Live Again Up the Line Downward to the Earth Tower of Glass Son of Man The Second Trip The World Inside A Time of Changes The Book of Skulls Dying Inside Shadrach in the Furnace Sailing to Byzantium Nightfall The Face of the Waters Kingdoms of the Wall The Positronic Man Starborne Roma Eterna Nidonian series The Shrouded Planet The Dawning Light Majipoor series Lord Valentine's Castle Majipoor Chronicles Valentine Pontifex Gilgamesh series Gilgamesh the King To the Land of the Living Short story collections The Best of Robert Silverberg The Cube Root of Uncertainty Anthologies edited Alpha series 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The Best of Randall Garrett Dawn of Time Deep Space: Eight Stories of Science Fiction Epoch Far Horizons Legends Legends II The Nebula Awards #18 Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 New Dimensions 1 New Dimensions II New Dimensions 3 New Dimensions IV New Dimensions 5 Robert Silverberg Presents the Great SF Stories: 1964 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964 Strange Gifts Universe 1 Universe 2 Universe 3 Nonfiction Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations This article about a collection of science fiction short stories published in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1970s-sf-story-collection-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1970s-sf-story-collection-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1970s-sf-story-collection-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alpha 4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_4) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_4?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.