These are the People.Marooned on this planet by the crash of their interstellar vehicle in the distant past, The People are never free of a sense of strangeness in this world and a yearning for the home they have half-forgotten.These are the chronicles of their arrival on this world, their estrangement from it, and their ultimate acceptance of their poignant The Book of The People is one of the most unforgettable works in all of science fiction.The "People" stories included in this (1952)Gilead (1954)Pottage (1955)Wilderness (1956)Captivity (1958)Jordan (1959)

First time in paperback

Collection of 17 stories, one never before published, about “the People,” along with the bridging material from the collections Pilgrimage: the Book of the People and The People: No Different Flesh. This expands the earlier omnibus The People Collection (Corgi 1991). Includes a summary of the series by Henderson, a new introduction by Priscilla Olson, and a chronology of the stories by the editors. Introduction by Priscilla Olson Lea 1" Ararat" Lea 2" Gilead" Lea 3" Pottage" Lea 4" Wilderness" Lea 5" Captivity" "Lea 6" "Jordan" "No Different Flesh" "Mark & Meris 1" "Deluge" "Mark & Meris 2" "Angels Unawares" "Mark & Meris 3" "Troubling of the Water" "Mark & Meris 4" "Return" "Mark & Meris 5" "Shadow on the Moon" "Tell Us a Story" "That Boy" "Michael Without" "The Indelible Kind" "Katie-Mary’s Trip" The People Series Chronology of the People stories by Mark & Priscilla Olson