Another Kind

Another Kind is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Chad Oliver. It was issued in hardcover and paperback by Ballantine Books in 1955 and a German translation was issued in 1965.^[1] It was Oliver's first collection.

Another Kind

First edition
Author	Chad Oliver
Cover artist	Richard M. Powers
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	1955
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	190
OCLC	301196212

Contents

• "The Mother of Necessity", (original)
• "Rite of Passage", (Astounding 1954)
• "Scientific Method", (Science-Fiction Plus 1953)
• "Night", (If 1955)
• "Transformer", (F&SF 1954)
• "Artifact", (F&SF 1955)
• "A Star Above It", (original)

"Scientific Method" was originally published as "Hands Across Space".^[2]

Reception

The New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson faulted Oliver's "uniformly quiet, underwritten style," declaring the "cumulative effect" of the stories was "emotional monotony; too cerebral for more than mild entertainment, they are clever fugues written in a minor key."^[3] The Hartford Courant's George W. Earley praised Oliver's "excellent stories", saying he "has created some compellingly believable alien and earthly civilizations".^[4]