Title: Stranger Station

Title: Stranger Station Title Record # 40903
Author: Damon Knight
Date: 1956-12-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English

Synopsis: One man is sent to collect a consignment of life-extending drug from an alien. He isn't allowed to know much about the mission, but has heard some ugly rumours. As the drug is slowly extracted from the alien, the man realises what is happening, and why the aliens give the drug to humanity.

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Year	Language	Title
1959^ⓘTranslated by Catherine Grégoire	French	Contact avec l'inconnu
1976^ⓘTranslated by Eddy Masuzzi.	Italian	Stazione alieni
1977^ⓘTranslated by Ef Leonard	Dutch	Buitenpost
1977^ⓘTranslated by Marcial Souto Tizón and José María Aroca.	Spanish	Estación de extranjeros
1982	Swedish	Främlingsstationen

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1956	1956-12-00	ed. Anthony Boucher	Fantasy House, Inc.		$0.35^?$: US dollar	132	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Kelly Freas
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Second Annual Volume	1957-06-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	B110	$0.35^?$: US dollar	320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Richard Powers
SF:'57: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy	1957-07-00	ed. Judith Merril	Gnome Press		$3.95^?$: US dollar	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	W. I. Van der Poel
SF: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy: Second Annual Volume	1957-11-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	B110	$0.35^?$: US dollar	320	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Richard Powers
Fiction, #64	1959-03-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F140^?F: French frank	148	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Jean-Claude Forest
In Deep	1963-05-00	Damon Knight	Berkley Medallion	F760	$0.50^?$: US dollar	158	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Richard Powers
In Deep	1964-00-00	Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (2))	X24	15/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	158	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Spectrum IV	1965-00-00	ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest	Harcourt, Brace & World		$4.50^?$: US dollar	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Spectrum IV	1965-00-00	ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (1))		21/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
In Deep	1965-04-00	Damon Knight	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	96	6/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	158	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Griffiths
In Deep	1966-00-00	Damon Knight	Corgi	GS7399	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	174	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Spectrum 4	1966-03-00	ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest	The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)			320	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Spectrum 4	1966-08-00	ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest	Berkley Medallion	S1272	$0.75^?$: US dollar	287+ [1]	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Paul Lehr
Earthmen and Strangers	1966-09-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Duell, Sloan and Pearce		$3.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Spectrum IV	1967-00-00	ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest	Pan Books	0-330-20193-X	£0.30^?£: UK pound	335	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Spectrum IV	1967-00-00	ed. Kingsley Amis, Robert Conquest	Pan Books	M193	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	335	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Earthmen and Strangers	1967-05-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Meredith Press / Duell, Sloan and Pearce		$3.95^?$: US dollar	240	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
SF: The Best of the Best	1967-11-00	ed. Judith Merril	Delacorte Press		$6.50^?$: US dollar	438	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Earthmen and Strangers	1968-07-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Dell	2206	$0.50^?$: US dollar	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Jeff Jones
Earthmen and Strangers	1968-07-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Dell	2206	C$0.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Jeff Jones
SF: The Best of the Best	1968-08-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	0508	$0.95^?$: US dollar	438	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Adams
SF: The Best of the Best	1968-08-00	ed. Judith Merril	Dell	0508	C$0.95^?C$: Canadian dollar	438	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Adams
SF The Best of the Best Part One	1970-00-00	ed. Judith Merril	Mayflower	0-583-11725-2	5/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Josh Kirby
In Deep	1972-00-00	Damon Knight	Manor Books	75-444	$0.75^?$: US dollar	176	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Bug-Eyed Monsters	1972-00-00	ed. Anthony Cheetham	Sidgwick & Jackson	0-283-97864-3		280	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Modern Science Fiction	1974-00-00	ed. Norman Spinrad	Anchor Press / Doubleday	0-385-02263-8 / A978	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 540	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Modern Science Fiction	1974-00-00	ed. Norman Spinrad	Anchor Press / Doubleday	0-385-02263-8	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xiv+ 540	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Bug-Eyed Monsters	1974-06-00	ed. Anthony Cheetham	Panther	0-586-03990-2	£0.40^?£: UK pound	255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Bruce Pennington
Looking Ahead	1975-03-00	ed. Dick Allen, Lori Allen	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich	0-15-551184-X	$5.50^?$: US dollar	viii+ 408	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Alex Harsley
Les univers de Damon Knight	1976-02-10	Damon Knight	OPTA (Club du Livre d'Anticipation #60)	2-7201-0045-5		486	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Robot - Rivista di Fantascienza, #1	1976-04-00	ed. Vittorio Curtoni	Armenia Editore		Lit 700^?Lit: Italian lira	128	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	John Schoenherr
Modern Science Fiction	1976-06-00	ed. Norman Spinrad	Gregg Press (The Gregg Press Science Fiction Series)	0-8398-2339-8	$25.00^?$: US dollar	x+ xiv+ 540	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Earthmen and Strangers	1977-00-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Manor Books	0-532-15228-1	$1.50^?$: US dollar	xii+ 240	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Elseviers SF omnibus	1977-00-00	ed. Aart C. Prins	Elsevier (Elsevier SF)	90-10-01892-X	ƒ12.50	294	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Los mundos de Damon Knight	1977-00-00	Damon Knight	Acervo (Acervo ciencia/ficción #23)	84-7002-228-8		488	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	El Cubri
In Deep	1978-00-00	Damon Knight	Magnum	0-417-02220-4	£0.75^?£: UK pound	172	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Chris Moore
Bug-Eyed Monsters	1980-03-00	ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini	Harvest / HBJ	0-15-614789-0	$4.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 273	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Ruby Mazur
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction	1980-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Priam Books / Arbor House	0-87795-266-3	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 754	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction	1980-04-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Arbor House	0-87795-246-9	$19.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 754	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Antler & Baldwin, Inc.
Nova Science Fiction - 3 1982	1982-00-00	ed. John-Henri Holmberg, Per W. Insulander	Laissez faire	467-3	skr 19.75^?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	100	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	mag	Don Maitz
Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century	1987-11-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Avenel Books	0-517-64124-0	$8.98^?$: US dollar	x+ 726	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Romas
The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956)	1988-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #754)	0-88677-289-3 / UE2289	$4.50^?$: US dollar	366	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Robert André^?Robert Andre
The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956)	1988-08-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #754)	0-88677-289-3	C$5.50^?C$: Canadian dollar	366	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Robert André^?Robert Andre
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	1989-01-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown / BOMC	0-316-34941-0		xix+ 1083	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	1989-02-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown	0-316-34941-0	$22.95^?$: US dollar	xix+ 1083	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton
Earthmen and Strangers	1989-02-00	ed. Robert Silverberg	Bart Books	1-55785-081-X	$3.50^?$: US dollar	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	F. Rubio
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	1989-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown / QPBC		$12.95^?$: US dollar	xix+ 1083	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bob Eggleton
Far Out / In Deep / Off Centre / Turning On	2014-08-14	Damon Knight	Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus)	978-0-575-11121-9	£20.00^?£: UK pound	xii+ 530	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	omni	Chris Moore
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection	2016-07-12	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-1-101-91009-2	$25.00^?$: US dollar	xxxi+ 1178	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bruce Pennington
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection	2016-07-12	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books	978-1-101-91010-8	$25.00^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Bruce Pennington
The Big Book of Science Fiction: The Ultimate Collection	2016-07-12	ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer	Vintage Crime/Black Lizard / SFBC	14-1016912	$19.55^?$: US dollar	xxxi+ 1178	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Bruce Pennington
The World Treasury of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. David G. Hartwell	Little, Brown / BOMC			xix+ 1083	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Bob Eggleton

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