Hannibal's Elephants
- Form
- Short story
- Year
- 1988
Publication history
- 1988: Omni October 1988, Magazine
- 1992: Pluto in the Morning Light (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1), Grafton Trade paperback, 396 pp.
- 1992: Secret Sharers (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1), Bantam Trade paperback, 546 pp.
- 1992: Secret Sharers (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 1), Bantam Hard cover book, 546 pp.
- 1996: Les Eléphants d'Hannibal, Denol Mass market paperback, in French as Les éléphants d'Hannibal
- 2000: Fictionwise, Fictionwise On-line
- 2001: Les Elphants d'Hannibal, Gallimard Mass market paperback, 365 pp., in French as Les éléphants d'Hannibal
- 2003: Voile vers Byzance: Nouvelles au fil du temps, tome 3, 1981-1987, Flammarion Trade paperback, 768 pp., in French as Les éléphants d'Hannibal
Blurb
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Comments
This is one of Silverberg's rare humorous stories (not that Silverberg lacks humor, but it's somewhat unusual for the main thrust of a story to be comedic), a comic tale of alien invasion. On 5 May, 2003, an alien ship materializes in New York's Central Park. The aliens float around the park, curiously checking things out. The next day, another set of aliens appears, huge behemoths who give the story its title. Much jollity ensues.
Other resources
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