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Farewell to the Master

Harry Bates

First published October 1940
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

Adapted by scenarist Edmund H. North for the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951).

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2016 Retro Hugo Award Best Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (38)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1940 Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 58
October 1940 Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1940 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 14
1946 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 779
August 1946 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 779
1953 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology
April 1954 Selections from Adventures in Time and Space Pennant Books Anthology 157
1957 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space Modern Library Anthology 779
1957 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 779
January 1966 Adventures in Time and Space Bantam Books Anthology 142
January 1966 Adventures in Time and Space Bantam Books Anthology 142
1972 The Astounding-Analog Reader: Volume One Doubleday Anthology 54
October 1973 The Astounding-Analog Reader, Book 1 Sphere Anthology 75
August 1975 Adventures in Time and Space Ballantine Books Anthology 779
March 1978 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 779
December 1978 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 779
August 1979 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 DAW Books Anthology 237
August 1979 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 2, 1940 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 237
December 1979 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 779
March 1981 They Came from Outer Space Doubleday Anthology 91
April 1981 They Came from Outer Space Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 91
1983 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 237|2237
1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Allen Lane Anthology 93
January 1984 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 93
1985 Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers Penguin Books Anthology 93
April 1989 Robots Signet / New American Library Anthology 312
August 1989 Robots Robinson Anthology 312
1990 Friends, Robots, Countrymen Dercum Audio Anthology
August 1990 Adventures in Time and Space Random House / SFBC Anthology 786
1992 War with the Robots: 28 of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction Wings Books Anthology 93
August 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books / SFBC Anthology 146
September 1994 Reel Future Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 146
August 1999 Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories That Morphed Into Movies TV Books Anthology 159
November 2001 Adventures in Time and Space Science Fiction Book Club Anthology
2002 Great Science Fiction Stories of 1940 Dorset Press Anthology 237
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still & Other SF Classics Renaissance E Books Collection
October 2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still: Selected Stories of Harry Bates Wonder Audiobooks Collection |2
August 2013 Farewell to the Master Spastic Cat Press Chapbook
March 2021 Black Infinity, Summer 2021 Dead Letter Press MAGAZINE 161