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Brian W. Aldiss

First published January 1955
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Six people live a mundane existence entirely in one house, receiving daily supplies via a room they refer to as "the store." One morning, one of the men begins to wonder as to their predicament.

Publications (31)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1955 Cover New Worlds Science Fiction, January 1955 Nova Publications Ltd. MAGAZINE 29
September 1956 Cover Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories Faber and Faber Anthology 39
1957 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel Faber and Faber Collection 176
September 1958 Cover Best SF Two The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
1960 Cover Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 39
1962 Cover Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 39
1964 Cover Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 39
1965 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian Aldiss Faber and Faber Collection 47
1965 Cover Second Orbit: A New Science Fiction Anthology for Schools John Murray Anthology
1966 Cover Who Can Replace a Man? Harcourt, Brace & World Collection 47
May 1966 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel Four Square Books Collection 134
November 1967 Cover Who Can Replace a Man? Signet / New American Library Collection 41
1968 Cover Best SF Two Faber and Faber Anthology 39
March 1971 Cover Brian Aldiss Omnibus 2 Sidgwick & Jackson Omnibus
May 1971 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel New English Library Collection 134
September 1971 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber Collection 38
1972 Cover Who Can Replace a Man? Signet Collection 41
March 1972 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel New English Library Collection 134
July 1972 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Faber and Faber Collection
September 1974 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel New English Library Collection 134
July 1976 Cover Who Can Replace a Man? Signet / New American Library Collection 41
November 1976 Cover No Time Like Tomorrow Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 91
1979 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel Panther / Granada Collection 162
1979 Cover Science Fiction: English and American Short Stories Progress Publishers Anthology 150
1979 Space, Time and Nathaniel Panther / Granada Collection 162
1985 Cover Space, Time and Nathaniel Panther / Granada Collection 162
April 1988 Cover Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Gollancz Collection 9
May 1989 Cover Man in His Time: Best SF Stories VGSF Collection 9
September 1989 Cover Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Atheneum / Macmillan Collection 9
October 1990 Cover Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Collier / Macmillan Collection 9
February 2002 Sci Fiction, February 6, 2002 SciFi.com MAGAZINE