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The Day Is Done

Lester del Rey

First published May 1939
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

When the Cro-Magnons settle on his land, the last Neanderthal begins to lose interest in life.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1939 Cover Astounding Science-Fiction, May 1939 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 39
1948 Cover ... And Some Were Human Prime Press Collection 31
1961 Cover Tales of Soaring Science Fantasy from "... And Some Were Human" Ballantine Books Collection 26
April 1971 Cover Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday Anthology 64
August 1971 Cover Where Do We Go from Here? Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 64
October 1972 Cover Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 65
October 1972 Cover Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 65
1973 Cover Where Do We Go from Here? Michael Joseph Anthology 69
1974 Cover Where Do We Go from Here? Book 1 Sphere Anthology 63
1976 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 65
January 1976 Cover Science Fiction of the Thirties Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 455
January 1976 Cover Science Fiction of the Thirties Bobbs-Merrill / SFBC Anthology 451
March 1977 Cover Science Fiction of the Thirties Avon Anthology 454
September 1978 Cover The Best of Lester del Rey Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 14
September 1978 Cover The Best of Lester del Rey Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 14
December 1978 Cover The Best of Lester del Rey Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC Collection 13
March 1979 Cover The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 1, 1939 DAW Books Anthology 103
March 1979 Cover The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 1, 1939 DAW Books Anthology 103
June 1979 Cover Dawn of Time: Prehistory Through Science Fiction Elsevier / Nelson Books Anthology 115
1980 Where Do We Go from Here? Fawcett Crest Anthology 65
1983 Cover Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 103
July 1985 Cover Analog: The Best of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 11
March 1986 Cover The Best of Lester del Rey Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 14
February 1995 Cover The Best of Lester del Rey Del Rey / Ballantine Collection
June 2000 Cover The Best of Lester del Rey Del Rey Impact / Ballantine Collection 12
2001 Cover Great Science Fiction Stories of 1939 Dorset Press Anthology 103
February 2010 Cover Robots & Magic NESFA Press Collection 489
November 2016 Cover The 13th Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Anthology