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Chrysalis

Ray Bradbury

First published July 2004
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

During a holiday at a Californian beach in a time that resembles the 1940s a young coloured man makes friends with a young white man. Whilst the white man tries to get a tanned skin by intensive sun-bathing, the coloured man uses special lotions which are supposed to make his skin lighter. They both suffer hefty sun-burn and also have to deal with a racist hot-dog stand owner.

A different story than the 1946 one as per Bradbury's introduction in his collection The Cat's Pajamas, in which he explains that the story was written in the 1940s but remained unpublished until 2004. He re-used the title from the 1946 story for this story simply because he liked the title. DO NOT MERGE.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 2004 Cover The Cat's Pajamas William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 1
February 2005 Cover The Cat's Pajamas William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection
March 2005 Cover Der Katzenpyjama Edition Phantasia Collection 19
August 2005 Cover The Cat's Pajamas Harper Perennial Collection
May 2008 Cover The Cat's Pajamas Paw Prints Collection 1
December 2009 Cover Léviathan 99 Denoël Collection 21
March 2013 Cover Léviathan 99 Denoël Collection 25
April 2013 Cover The Cat's Pajamas: Stories William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |1
June 2018 Cover The Cat's Pajamas Recorded Books Collection |1