The Mutant Season

Form: Short story

Year: 1973

Publication history:

• 1973 : Unfamiliar Territory (hc) , Scribner's, 212 pp.
• 1975 : Unfamiliar Territory (hc) , Gollancz (UK), 212 pp., 01919-0
• 1977 : Unfamiliar Territory (pb) , Coronet, 204 pp., 21978-5
• 1978 : Unfamiliar Territory (pb) , Berkley, 207 pp., ISBN 425-03882-3
• 1986 : Beyond the Safe Zone (hc) , Donald I Fine, 472 pp., 60-8
• 1987 : Beyond the Safe Zone (pb) , Warner, 565 pp., ISBN 0-446-30173-6
• 1989 : Beyond the Safe Zone (pb) , Warner, 565 pp., 30173-6
• 1995 : Beyond the Safe Zone (The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 3) (tpb) , HarperCollins UK (UK), 605 pp., ISBN 0-586-21371-6
• 1995 : Beyond the Safe Zone (pb) , Grafton (UK), ISBN 0586213716

This very short story is the kernel that sprouted into the novel of the same name. In a beachfront community, a year-round resident notices a change in the clientele who rent out the cabins along the waterfront during the holiday seasons. The new people have green skins and levitate, but so long as they don't bother anything, they're fine. But what if your daughter wanted to date one?