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A Saucer of Loneliness

Theodore Sturgeon

First published 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A friendless young woman is given a message by a small alien craft. Attempts by the government and others to learn what it told her only drive her further into isolation.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2004 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (36)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1953 E Pluribus Unicorn Abelard Press Collection 49
1953 E Pluribus Unicorn Nelson, Foster & Scott Collection 49
1955 Galaxy Science Fiction Omnibus Grayson & Grayson Anthology
November 1956 E Pluribus Unicorn Ballantine Books Collection 39
1960 E Pluribus Unicorn Abelard-Schuman Collection 49
March 1961 E Pluribus Unicorn Panther Collection 42
June 1963 The Worlds of Science Fiction The Dial Press Anthology 187
June 1963 E Pluribus Unicorn Panther Collection 42
1964 The Worlds of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 187
June 1965 E Pluribus Unicorn Ballantine Books Collection 39
June 1965 E Pluribus Unicorn Ballantine Books Collection 39
July 1965 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 155
July 1965 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 155
1966 The Worlds of Science Fiction Panther Anthology 159
October 1967 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 155
1968 Flying Saucers in Fact and Fiction Lancer Books Anthology 88
1968 E Pluribus Unicorn Panther Collection 42
1969 E Pluribus Unicorn Panther Collection 42
January 1970 E Pluribus Unicorn Ballantine Books Collection 39
July 1970 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 155
July 1970 The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 155
1971 Science Fictions University Tutorial Press (London) Anthology 99
August 1977 E Pluribus Unicorn Pocket Books Collection 39
August 1977 E Pluribus Unicorn Pocket Books Collection 39
November 1979 E Pluribus Unicorn Pocket Books Collection 39
February 1984 E Pluribus Unicorn Timescape / Pocket Books Collection 39
December 1991 New Stories from The Twilight Zone Avon Books Anthology 261
August 1992 New Stories from the Twilight Zone Warner Books UK Anthology 261
1993 New Stories from the Twilight Zone Warner Books UK Anthology 369
July 1997 The New Twilight Zone MJF Books Anthology 261
October 2000 A Saucer of Loneliness North Atlantic Books Collection 1
November 2001 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books Anthology 80
September 2002 A Saucer of Loneliness North Atlantic Books Collection 1
March 2004 Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century Ace Books Anthology 80
April 2013 A Saucer of Loneliness North Atlantic Books Collection |1
September 2013 A Saucer of Loneliness Gateway / Orion Collection