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They Don't Make Life Like They Used to

Alfred Bester

First published October 1963
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

The last man and woman left in postapocalyptic New York City have difficulties creating a relationship until a major new external factor forces them together.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1964 Hugo Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1963 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1963 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 100
1964 The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF Simon & Schuster Anthology 59
1964 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Thirteenth Series Doubleday Anthology 153
May 1964 The Dark Side of the Earth Signet / New American Library Collection 125
May 1964 The Dark Side of the Earth Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 125
July 1964 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Thirteenth Series Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 153
March 1965 The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 59
May 1965 9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F Dell Anthology 59
May 1965 9th Annual Edition: The Year's Best S-F Dell Anthology 59
1966 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Thirteenth Series Gollancz Anthology 153
1967 An Alfred Bester Omnibus Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
1967 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 13th Series Ace Books Anthology 150
1967 9th Annual S-F Mayflower-Dell Anthology 59
1968 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Number 13 Panther Anthology 131
November 1969 The Dark Side of the Earth Pan Books Collection 133
1970 The Best of Science Fiction 9 Mayflower Anthology 59
October 1970 The Dark Side of the Earth Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 125
July 1976 Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume II Berkley/Putnam Collection 109
December 1976 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 294
1977 The Dark Side of the Earth Pan Books Collection 133
July 1977 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion Omnibus 321
February 1978 Star Light, Star Bright Gollancz Collection
1979 Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 2 Fontana Collection 100
July 1992 The Great SF Stories #25 (1963) DAW Books Anthology 254
January 1993 The Great SF Stories #25 (1963) DAW Books / SFBC Anthology 254
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books Collection 191
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
March 2005 Sci Fiction, March 2, 2005 SciFi.com MAGAZINE
May 2013 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Byron Preiss Visual Publications Collection |12