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Time Is the Traitor

Alfred Bester

First published September 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A man who is the only one on Earth who can make good decisions given the vast quantities of data and interconnections, is found to have a deep psychological scar which his friend attempts to heal.

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Publications (26)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1953 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1953 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 103
February 1954 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1954 Mellifont Press Ltd. MAGAZINE 103
November 1954 The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 Frederick Fell Anthology 190
1955 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, No. 2 Consolidated Press Ltd MAGAZINE 67
May 1964 The Dark Side of the Earth Signet / New American Library Collection 7
May 1964 The Dark Side of the Earth Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 7
1967 An Alfred Bester Omnibus Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
November 1969 The Dark Side of the Earth Pan Books Collection 7
October 1970 The Dark Side of the Earth Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 7
December 1974 Space Odysseys Futura Anthology 106
March 1975 Space Odysseys Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology
February 1976 Science Fiction: The Great Years, Volume II Ace Books Anthology 155
May 1976 Space Odysseys: A New Look at Yesterday's Futures Doubleday Anthology 81
July 1976 Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume II Berkley/Putnam Collection 19
December 1976 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 219
1977 The Dark Side of the Earth Pan Books Collection 7
July 1977 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion Omnibus 237
February 1978 Star Light, Star Bright Gollancz Collection
April 1978 Space Odysseys Berkley Books Anthology 81
1979 Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 2 Fontana Collection 22
December 1986 The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) DAW Books Anthology 250
December 1986 The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) DAW Books Anthology 250
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books Collection 136
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Topeka Bindery Collection
August 1998 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books / SFBC Collection
May 2013 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Byron Preiss Visual Publications Collection |9