The Hills of Home

By Alfred Coppel

“Normality” is a myth; we’re all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common. And some types (providing the subject is not suffering so extreme a case as to have crossed the border into psychosis) can be not only useful, but perhaps necessary for certain kinds of work....

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Mar 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781515404880

Alfred Coppel

Alfred Coppel (1921-2004) was an American author and writer of science fiction and historical fiction. He was born in New York City and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II, where he flew 150 combat missions as a navigator and bombardier. After the war, Coppel pursued a career in writing and published his first short story in 1947. He went on to write over 40 novels and numerous short stories, many of which were published in science fiction magazines such as Galaxy and Astounding Science Fiction. Coppel's work often explored themes of war, politics, and the human condition. Some of his notable works include "The Burning Mountain," "The Hills of Home," and "The Glory Boys." He also wrote several historical novels under the pseudonym Robert Cham Gilman. Throughout his career, Coppel received several awards for his writing, including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Short Story in 1955. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 82.

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The Hills of Home

By Alfred Coppel

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The Hills of Home

Normality is a myth; we’re all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common. And some types (providing the subject is not suffering so extreme a case as to have crossed the border into psychosis) can be not only useful, but perhaps necessary for certain kinds of work....

The river ran still and deep, green and gray in the eddies with the warm smell of late summer rising out of the slow water. Madrone and birch and willow,