The Feeling of Power
| First published | February 1958 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
In the future, when arithmetic skills are forgotten because computers perform all mathematical tasks for everybody, a programmer rediscovers the processes by reverse engineering computer algorithms.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
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| February 1958 |
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If, February 1958 | Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.; Buffalo, NY | MAGAZINE | 4 |
| February 1959 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Doubleday | Collection | |
| June 1959 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Doubleday / SFBC | Collection | 75 |
| July 1960 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Bantam Books | Collection | 55 |
| July 1960 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Bantam Books | Collection | 55 |
| 1962 |
|
The Mathematical Magpie | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 3 |
| September 1962 |
|
Spectrum II | Gollancz | Anthology | |
| 1963 |
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Spectrum II | Harcourt, Brace & World | Anthology | 165 |
| 1963 | Spectrum II | Doubleday Canada | Anthology | ||
| 1963 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Dennis Dobson | Collection | |
| December 1963 | Spectrum II | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Anthology | ||
| July 1964 |
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Spectrum II | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 155 |
| December 1964 |
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Nine Tomorrows | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Collection | |
| 1965 |
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Spectrum II | Pan Books | Anthology | 173 |
| 1966 |
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Science Fiction Through the Ages 2 | Panther | Anthology | 49 |
| 1966 |
|
Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| 1967 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| May 1967 |
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Spectrum II | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 155 |
| 1968 |
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Designs in Fiction | The Macmillan Company | Anthology | 133 |
| June 1969 |
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Opus 100 | Houghton Mifflin | Collection | 106 |
| November 1969 |
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Nine Tomorrows: Tales of the Near Future | Fawcett Crest | Collection | 69 |
| March 1970 |
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The Stars Around Us | Signet | Anthology | 129 |
| October 1970 |
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Opus 100 | Dell | Collection | 104 |
| October 1970 |
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Opus 100 | Dell | Collection | 104 |
| 1971 |
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Spectrum II | Pan Books | Anthology | 173 |
| November 1971 |
|
Nine Tomorrows | Fawcett Crest | Collection | 69 |
| 1972 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| 1973 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Fawcett Crest | Collection | 69 |
| 1973 |
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Out of This World 10 | Blackie | Anthology | 84 |
| August 1973 |
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Past, Present, and Future Perfect | Fawcett Premier | Anthology | 202 |
| 1974 |
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The Stars Around Us | Signet | Anthology | 129 |
| 1974 |
|
Nine Tomorrows | Fawcett Crest | Collection | 69 |
| 1974 |
|
Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| 1977 |
|
Inside Information: Computers in Fiction | Addison-Wesley | Anthology | 253 |
| 1978 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| July 1978 | Nine Tomorrows | Fawcett Crest | Collection | 69 | |
| 1979 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| 1980 |
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Opus: A Selection from the First 200 Books | Andre Deutsch | Omnibus | |104 |
| December 1980 |
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Opus 100 | Dell | Collection | |
| July 1981 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Fawcett Crest | Collection | 69 |
| 1982 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Pan Books | Collection | 77 |
| 1985 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Granada | Collection | 75 |
| February 1985 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 69 |
| July 1985 |
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The Edge of Tomorrow | Tor | Collection | 33 |
| March 1986 |
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The Edge of Tomorrow | Harrap | Collection | 33 |
| July 1986 |
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The Edge of Tomorrow | Tor | Collection | 33 |
| August 1986 |
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Doubleday | Collection | 89 |
| November 1986 | Robot Dreams | Berkley Books | Collection | 241 | |
| November 1986 |
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Nine Tomorrows | Panther / Grafton | Collection | |3 |
| November 1986 |
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Robot Dreams | Berkley Books | Collection | 241 |
| January 1987 | Nine Tomorrows | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | ||
| April 1987 | Robot Dreams | Gollancz | Collection | 241 | |
| June 1987 |
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder | Arbor House | Anthology | 225 |
| June 1987 |
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder | Arbor House | Anthology | 225 |
| 1988 |
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Grafton | Collection | 89 |
| February 1988 |
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 117 |
| February 1988 |
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 117 |
| May 1988 | Robot Dreams | VGSF / Gollancz | Collection | ||
| 1989 |
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Robot Dreams | VGSF | Collection | 324 |
| October 1989 |
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Mathenauts | New English Library | Anthology | 225 |
| February 1990 |
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The Great SF Stories #20 (1958) | DAW Books | Anthology | 29 |
| February 1990 |
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The Great SF Stories #20 (1958) | DAW Books | Anthology | 29 |
| June 1990 |
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Robot Dreams | Ace Books | Collection | 259 |
| November 1990 |
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The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Doubleday Foundation | Collection | 208 |
| November 1990 |
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The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Doubleday Foundation | Collection | 208 |
| March 1991 |
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The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | Doubleday Foundation / SFBC | Collection | 208 |
| March 1993 |
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The Complete Stories, Volume 1 | HarperCollins (UK) | Collection | |
| July 1994 |
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The Complete Stories: Volume One | HarperCollins (UK) | Collection | 297 |
| 1997 |
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The Complete Stories: Volume One | HarperCollins (UK) | Collection | 297 |
| 1997 |
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The Complete Stories: Volume One | HarperCollins (UK) | Collection | 297 |
| May 1997 |
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The Mathematical Magpie | Copernicus | Anthology | |
| April 2001 |
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Robot Dreams | Gollancz | Collection | 324 |
| June 2004 |
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Robot Dreams | Ace Books | Collection | 225 |
| September 2014 |
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Robot Dreams | Recorded Books | Collection | |241 |
| November 2023 |
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The Complete Stories: Volume One | Harper Voyager (UK) | Collection | |297 |
| November 2024 |
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Living Space: And Other Stories | Harper Voyager (UK) | Collection | |297 |