Prime Number (short story collection)

{{Short description|1970 short story collection by Harry Harrison}}

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Prime Number published in 1970, is a collection of science fiction stories{{Cite web|url=https://webmail.email.hosting/|title=Roundcube Webmail :: Welcome to Roundcube Webmail|website=webmail.email.hosting}} by American writer Harry Harrison.

Contents

  • "Mute Milton"
  • "The Greatest Car in the World"
  • "The Final Battle"
  • "The Powers of Observation"
  • "The Ghoul Squad"
  • "Toy Shop"
  • "You Men of Violence"
  • "The Finest Hunter in the World"
  • "Down to Earth"
  • "Commando Raid"
  • "Not Me, Not Amos Cabot!"
  • "The Secret of Stonehenge"
  • "Incident in the IND"
  • "If"
  • "Contact Man"
  • "The Pad: a Story of the Day After Tomorrow"
  • "A Civil Service Servant"
  • "A Criminal Act"
  • "Famous First Words"

Reception

Dave Pringle reviewed Prime Number for Imagine magazine, and stated that "These early stories are mostly light and bright".{{cite journal | last = Pringle|first = Dave| author-link = David Pringle| title =Book Review | type = review | journal = Imagine | issue = 7| pages =37 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=October 1983}}

Reviews

  • Review by Charlie Brown (1970) in Locus, #64 September 30, 1970{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?38050|title = Title: Prime Number}}
  • Review by Nik Morton (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 4

References