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Ingathering: The Complete People Stories is a comprehensive 1995 collection edited by Mark L. Olson and Priscilla Olson for NESFA Press. It compiles every story Henderson wrote about the People—benevolent humanoid aliens struggling to fit in on Earth—including the earlier collections Pilgrimage (1961) and The People: No Different Flesh (1966), four post-1966 additions, and the previously unpublished "Michal Without." The volume also features an essay by Henderson, an introductory note by Priscilla Olson, and a chronology by the Olsons. The stories were originally published in *The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction* between 1952 and 1980, and the collection earned a second‑place Locus Award nomination for Best Collection in 1996.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Zenna Henderson
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