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Pi in the Sky

Fredric Brown

First published February 1945
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

To scientists' amazement, a certain number of stars have started moving across the sky. These unexplained movements will turn out to be meaningful…

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1996 Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette Runner-up

Publications (21)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1945 Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945 Standard Magazines, Inc. MAGAZINE 46
July 1951 Space on My Hands Shasta Collection 41
1953 Space on My Hands Corgi Collection 36
January 1953 Space on My Hands Bantam Books Collection 36
January 1953 Space on My Hands Bantam Books Collection 36
July 1953 Fantastic Story Magazine, July 1953 Best Books, Inc. MAGAZINE 40
1968 Daymares Lancer Books Collection 287
January 1977 The Best of Fredric Brown Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 86
May 1977 The Best of Fredric Brown Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 91
October 1978 Science Fiction of the Forties Avon Anthology 207
May 1980 Space on My Hands Bantam Books Collection 36
July 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 DAW Books Anthology 342
July 1982 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 7, 1945 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 342
September 1982 The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown New English Library Collection 42
June 1993 Space on My Hands Lightyear Press Collection
February 2001 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press Collection 236
October 2001 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 236
July 2002 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press Collection 236
June 2011 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press Collection 236
November 2013 The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy Wildside Press Collection
July 2014 The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy Wildside Press Collection