Alpha 5

Editor	Robert Silverberg
Cover artist	Bruce Pennington
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ballantine Books
Publication date	August 1974
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	267
ISBN	0345241401
OCLC	934752
Preceded by	Alpha 4
Followed by	Alpha 6

Alpha 5 is a science fiction anthology edited by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1974.

Contents

• Introduction by Robert Silverberg
• "The Star Pit" by Samuel R. Delany
• "Baby, You Were Great" by Kate Wilhelm
• "Live, From Berchtesgaden" by George Alec Effinger
• "As Never Was" by P. Schuyler Miller
• "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick
• "Yesterday House" by Fritz Leiber
• "A Man Must Die" by John Clute
• "The Skills of Xanadu" by Theodore Sturgeon
• "A Special Kind of Morning" by Gardner R. Dozois