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Time Capsule Found on the Dead Planet

Margaret Atwood

First published October 2011
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A hypothetical summary of human history to be left in a time capsule for aliens to find after humans become extinct.

According to 'In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination' this was "printed" in Guardian, 26 September 2009 (probably first publication).

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 2011 Cover I'm with the Bears Verso Anthology 191
October 2011 Cover In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination Nan A. Talese / Doubleday Nonfiction 229
October 2011 Cover In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination Signal Nonfiction
October 2011 Cover In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination Virago Nonfiction 229
August 2012 Cover In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination Anchor Books Nonfiction 229
September 2015 Cover Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction Saga Press Anthology 556
September 2015 Cover Loosed Upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction Saga Press Anthology 556