Collision Course (novel)

Collision Course
First edition cover
Author(s)	Robert Silverberg
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Avalon Books
Publication date	1961
Media type	Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages	224
OCLC Number	220438007

Collision Course is a novel by science fiction author Robert Silverberg first published in hardcover in 1958 by Avalon Books and reprinted in paperback as an Ace Double later that year. Ace reissued it as a stand-alone volume in 1977 and 1982; a Tor paperback appeared in 1988. An Italian translation was also published in 1961, and a German translation later appeared. Silverberg planned the novel as a serial for Astounding Science Fiction, but John W. Campbell rejected the work and Silverberg eventually sold a shorter version to Amazing Stories, where it appeared in 1959.^[1][2]

Collision Course details the response of the political leadership of Earth to an eventual collision of their aggressive expanding colonial empire with a newly-discovered alien race.

Reception

Galaxy reviewer Floyd C. Gale described the novel as "entertaining and deft", if glibly plotted, noting that it "benefits from [Silverberg's] sure control of pace."^[3]

References

1. ^ ISFDB bibliography
2. ^ Majipoor.com: The Works of Robert Silverberg (Silverberg-authorized bibliography)
3. ^ "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf," Galaxy, August 1961, p.155