The Human Angle is the second collection of science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 stories by William Tenn

William Tenn

William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass , a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements.-Early life:...

, published simultaneously in hardcover

Hardcover

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 and paperback

Paperback

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 by Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

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 in 1956. Ballantine reprinted the collection in 1964 and 1968.

Contents

The Human Angle contains the following stories.

• "Project Hush" (Galaxy
  Galaxy Science Fiction
  Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
  
   1954)
• "The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway" (Galaxy 1955)
• "Wednesday’s Child" (Fantastic Universe
  Fantastic Universe
  Fantastic Universe was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately...
  
  1956)
• "The Servant Problem" (Galaxy 1955)
• "Party of the Two Parts" (Galaxy 1954)
• "The Flat-Eyed Monster" (Galaxy 1955)
• "The Human Angle" (Famous Fantastic Mysteries
  Famous Fantastic Mysteries
  Famous Fantastic Mysteries was a fantasy fiction magazine offering reprints of science-fiction and fantasy classics from earlier decades. It ran from 1939 to 1953 for a total of 81 issues....
  
  1948)
• "A Man of Family" (original)

Reception

New York Times reviewer Villiers Gerson praised the stories as "Mordant and suave, cruel and clever, saturnine and sentimental," noting that "if [Tenn] has a fault, it is that his writing is sometimes too clever, exhibiting too many fireworks."