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{{short description|1970 science fiction and fantasy story collection by Howard Fast}}
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| name          = The General Zapped an Angel
| image         = GeneralZapped.jpg
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| caption = First edition
| author        = [[Howard Fast]]
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  = Peter Bramley
| country       = [[United States]]
| language      = [[English language|English]]
| series        = <!--n/a-->
| genre         = [[Science fiction]] and [[fantasy]]
| publisher     = [[William Morrow and Company|William Morrow]]
| release_date  = 1970
| media_type    = [[Printing|Print]] ([[Hardcover]], [[Paperback]])
| pages         = 159
| isbn          =
| oclc          = 55249
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'''''The General Zapped an Angel''''' is a collection of nine [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] stories  by American writer  [[Howard Fast]], published by [[William Morrow and Company]] in 1970.   A paperback edition from [[Ace Books]] followed later that year.  The Ace paperback was reissued in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?28752|title=Title: The General Zapped an Angel|website=isfdb.org}}</ref> The contents of this collection were incorporated into Fast's 1975 omnibus, ''Time and the Riddle''.
Fast described the stories as "about the general childishness of man, the only form of life that refuses to grow up."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.trussel.com/hf/plots/t41.htm | title=Howard Fast: The General Zapped an Angel; new stories of fantasy and science fiction }}</ref>
[[James Blish]] gave the collection an unfavorable review, saying the stories "are all too obvious parables, with all too obvious morals."<ref>"Books", ''[[F&SF]]'', September 1970, p. 18-9</ref> [[Kirkus Reviews]], however, gave ''General'' a brief four-star review, singling out the title story for praise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/howard-fast-11/the-general-zapped-an-angel/|title=Kirkus Reviews}}</ref>
The second episode of the 2007 TV series ''[[Masters of Science Fiction]]'', "The Awakening", was adapted from the title story of this book.
==Contents==
* "The General Zapped an Angel"
* "The Mouse"
* "The Vision of Milty Boil"
* "The Mohawk"
* "The Wound"
* "Tomorrow's Wall Street Journal"
* "The Interval"
* "The Movie House"
* "The Insects"
All stories were original to the collection except "The Mouse", which first appeared in ''[[F&SF]]'' in November 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?40457|title=Publication: The General Zapped an Angel|website=isfdb.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philsp.com/homeville/ISFAC/t43.htm*A934|title=Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:1970 short story collections]]
[[Category:Science fiction short stories]]
[[Category:William Morrow and Company books]]
== External links ==
* [[iarchive:generalzappedang0000unse/mode/1up|The General Zapped an Angel]] at archive.org
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