Alpha 3 is an anthology of science fiction short works edited by Robert Silverberg. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books in October 1972.^[1]

The book collects ten novellas, novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with an introduction by the editor.

• "Introduction" (Robert Silverberg)
• "The Gift of Gab" (Jack Vance)
• "Beyond Lies the Wub" (Philip K. Dick)
• "Nine Hundred Grandmothers" (R. A. Lafferty)
• "Total Environment" (Brian W. Aldiss)
• "Day Million" (Frederik Pohl)
• "Aristotle and the Gun" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "Under Old Earth" (Cordwainer Smith)
• "The Shadow of Space" (Philip José Farmer)
• "Come to Venus Melancholy" (Thomas M. Disch)
• "Rescue Party" (Arthur C. Clarke)

• Goodreads listing for Alpha 3
• MIT Science Fiction Society's Library Pinkdex Entry for Alpha 3