A patient in a psychiatric hospital believes everyone is an actor or a robot devoted to making him believe in "reality", and only in his dreams can he see through the delusion.
per Between Time and Terror: ©1941 by Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; copyright renewed ©1968 by Robert A. Heinlein. Reprinted by permission of the Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| April 1941 |
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Unknown Fantasy Fiction, April 1941 | Street & Smith Publications, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 84 |
| August 1951 |
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World of Wonder | Twayne Publishers | Anthology | 218 |
| October 1951 |
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World of Wonder | Twayne Publishers | Anthology | 218 |
| January 1955 |
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Science Fiction Terror Tales | Gnome Press | Anthology | 214 |
| March 1955 |
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Science Fiction Terror Tales | Pocket Books | Anthology | 214 |
| April 1955 |
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Terror in the Modern Vein | Hanover House | Anthology | 55 |
| 1959 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Gnome Press | Collection | 185 |
| August 1961 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 138 |
| September 1963 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 138 |
| 1964 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Dennis Dobson | Collection | |2 |
| 1964 | The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Burns & MacEachern | Collection | ||
| 1965 |
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The Dark Side | Doubleday | Anthology | 13 |
| February 1965 |
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The Dark Side | Doubleday / SFBC | Anthology | 13 |
| March 1965 | 6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 138 | |
| August 1965 | The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Dennis Dobson / SFBC (UK) | Collection | |2 | |
| November 1966 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Penguin Books | Collection | 159 |
| 1967 |
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The Dark Side | Corgi | Anthology | 21 |
| 1969 |
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The Others | Fawcett Gold Medal | Anthology | 175 |
| 1969 |
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The Dark Side | Curtis Books | Anthology | 18 |
| June 1969 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 138 |
| September 1969 |
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Science Fiction Terror Tales | Pocket Books | Anthology | 214 |
| April 1970 | Science Fiction Terror Tales | Pocket Books | Anthology | 214 | |
| 1971 |
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Science Fiction: The Future | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | Anthology | 91 |
| May 1971 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 138 |
| 1972 |
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Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology | Goodyear Publishing | Anthology | 209 |
| 1972 |
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Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology | Goodyear Publishing | Anthology | 209 |
| October 1972 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 157 |
| October 1972 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 157 |
| January 1974 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 157 |
| February 1975 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 157 |
| February 1975 |
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6 x H | Pyramid Books | Collection | 157 |
| February 1976 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 152 |
| July 1976 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | New English Library | Collection | 138 |
| 1978 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 152 |
| March 1978 |
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Rod Serling's Other Worlds | Bantam Books | Anthology | 3 |
| April 1980 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Berkley Medallion | Collection | 152 |
| November 1980 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | New English Library | Collection | 138 |
| December 1980 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Berkley Books | Collection | 152 |
| 1983 | The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Berkley Books | Collection | 152 | |
| June 1984 |
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Philosophy and Science Fiction | Prometheus Books | Anthology | 88 |
| January 1987 |
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PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions | The British Psychological Society | Anthology | 93 |
| September 1987 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | New English Library | Collection | 138 |
| 1988 |
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Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond | Galahad Books | Anthology | 212 |
| March 1989 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Ace Books | Collection | 152 |
| December 1989 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | Ace Books | Collection | 152 |
| September 1992 |
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Foundations of Fear | Tor | Anthology | 41 |
| October 1992 | Foundations of Fear | Tor / BOMC | Anthology | 41 | |
| 1993 |
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Unknown Worlds: Tales from Beyond | Bristol Park Books | Anthology | 212 |
| July 1993 | Foundations of Fear | Tor / QPBC | Anthology | 41 | |
| June 1994 |
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Shadows of Fear | Tor Horror | Anthology | 85 |
| April 1995 |
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Between Time and Terror | Roc / New American Library | Anthology | 138 |
| 1997 |
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The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag | The Easton Press | Collection | |
| October 2005 |
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Off the Main Sequence: The Other Science Fiction Stories of Robert A. Heinlein | Science Fiction Book Club | Collection | 53 |
| November 2010 |
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Creating a Genre | The Virginia Edition | Collection | 263 |
| October 2016 |
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The Phoenix Pick Anthology of Classic Science Fiction: Second Edition | Phoenix Pick | Anthology |