The James White Information Site

The Aliens Among Us

Cover art: Paul Lehr · Ballantine Books, New York, April 1969 · Image: ISFDB

  • Collection
  • First published 1969
  • 85,000 words

"...most of James White's writing has been concerned with the reconciliation of human to alien, and of human with human. The theme may be common to many writers. But White's stories of medicine as it may be practiced several hundred years in the future are uniquely imaginative, demonstrating again and again the fertility of his ideas and the humanity -- or should one say, the alienity -- of his approach?" (blurb).

Contents: 'Countercharm'; 'To Kill or Cure'; 'Red Alert'; 'Tableau'; 'The Conspirators'; 'The Scavengers'; 'Occupation: Warrior' (see under Short Stories).

Synopsis by Graham Andrews

English editions

Publisher Date Format Printing ISBN
The Aliens Among Us, Ballantine, 1969 cover
Ballantine Books, New York April 1969 Paperback
The Aliens Among Us, Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers, 1970 cover
Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers June 1970 Paperback 9780552084611
The Aliens Among Us, Ian Henry Publications, 1979 cover
Ian Henry Publications April 1979 Hardback 9780860251408
The Aliens Among Us, Ballantine, 1981 cover
Ballantine Books, New York April 1981 Paperback Reprint 9780345291714
The Aliens Among Us, Del Rey / Ballantine, 1981 cover
Del Rey April 1981 Paperback 9780345291714
The Aliens Among Us, Futura/Orbit, 1988 cover
Futura/Orbit, London March 1988 Paperback 9780708882580
The Aliens Among Us, Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers, 1970 cover
Corgi, London, UK

Translations

German

Title Translator Publisher Date
Brüder im Kosmos, Moewig, 1972 cover
Brüder im Kosmos Walter Brumm Moewig September 1972

References

Data sources
James White Information (original site). Synopsis by Graham Andrews.
ISFDB title record (CC BY 4.0).