which can be disregarded). But what if intelligent and carnivorous plants fed on animals, eh?" Publication history Sidewise in Time, edited by Murray Leinster, Shasta, 1950 Conquest of the Stars, Malian Press, 1952 Monsters and Such, edited by Murray Leinster, Avon, 1959 Before the Golden Age, edited by Isaac Asimov, Doubleday, 1974 The Best of Murray Leinster, edited by Brian Davis, Corgi, 1976 The Best of Murray Leinster, edited by J.J. Pierce, Del Rey, 1978 The Road to Science Fiction 2: From Wells to Heinlein, edited by James Gunn, Mentor, 1979 First Contacts, edited by Joe Rico, NESFA Press, 1998 References External links "Proxima Centauri" on the Internet Archive Fiction set around Proxima Centauri Science fiction short stories 1935 short stories Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Works by Murray Leinster