Synopsis
The first automatic robotic salesman has started operation. It sells things for women, men and children, and people are flocking to it because it is a novelty. Then the city is hit by a missile and is almost destroyed, and the partly destroyed robot still tries to push its merchandise.
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Publications (60)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1953 | Shadow of Tomorrow | Permabooks | Anthology | 51 |
| July 1953 | Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953 | Galaxy Publishing Corporation | MAGAZINE | 112 |
| August 1953 | Shadow of Tomorrow | Permabooks | Anthology | 51 |
| November 1953 | Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 3 No. 9 | Strato Publications | MAGAZINE | 106 |
| April 1954 | Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction | Crown Publishers | Anthology | 32 |
| November 1954 | The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1954 | Frederick Fell | Anthology | 298 |
| 1955 | Galaxy Science Fiction Omnibus | Grayson & Grayson | Anthology | |
| February 1963 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| February 1963 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1966 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1968 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| September 1968 | Men and Machines | Meredith Press | Anthology | 31 |
| 1969 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1970 | Men and Machines | Award Books | Anthology | 37 |
| October 1970 | Nightmare Age | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 83 |
| October 1970 | Nightmare Age | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 83 |
| 1971 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| January 1971 | Nightmare Age | Ballantine Books | Anthology | 83 |
| 1973 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1973 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1973 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1974 | Look Back on Tomorrow: Worlds of Science Fiction | Addison-Wesley | Anthology | 138 |
| 1974 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1976 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1977 | Science Fiction and Fantasy | Barron's Educational Series | Anthology | 113 |
| 1978 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| 1979 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Collier Books | Anthology | 139 |
| September 1979 | Science Fiction of the Fifties | Avon | Anthology | 156 |
| February 1980 | Science Fiction of the Fifties | Avon / SFBC | Anthology | 141 |
| October 1982 | Thinking Machines | Raintree Publishers | Anthology | 14 |
| April 1983 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces | Arbor House | Anthology | 328 |
| February 1984 | The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces | Priam Books / Arbor House | Anthology | 328 |
| 1985 | Great Tales of Science Fiction | Galahad Books | Anthology | 328 |
| December 1986 | The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) | DAW Books | Anthology | 216 |
| December 1986 | The Great SF Stories #15 (1953) | DAW Books | Anthology | 216 |
| June 1988 | Great Tales of Science Fiction | Galahad Books | Anthology | 328 |
| April 1990 | The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | Dark Harvest | Collection | 175 |
| April 1990 | The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | Dark Harvest | Collection | 175 |
| April 1990 | The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | Dark Harvest | Collection | 175 |
| March 1994 | Great Tales of Science Fiction | Galahad Books | Anthology | 328 |
| August 1997 | Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales | Scribner Paperback Fiction | Anthology | |
| June 1999 | The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume One | Tor | Anthology | 377 |
| August 2000 | The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 1 | Tor | Anthology | |
| March 2009 | Men and Machines | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| June 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction | Wildside Press | Anthology | |150 |
| December 2011 | Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction | Wildside Press | Anthology | |150 |
| January 2016 | A Bad Day for Sales | Project Gutenberg | Chapbook | |
| April 2016 | The Second Fritz Leiber Megapack | Wildside Press | Collection | |10 |
| January 2017 | The Robot Megapack | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| December 2020 | We, Robots | Ad Astra / Head of Zeus | Anthology | |208 |
| December 2020 | We, Robots | Ad Astra / Head of Zeus | Anthology | |208 |
| December 2021 | We, Robots | Apollo / Head of Zeus | Anthology | |208 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |6 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Audio | Anthology | |6 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | 145 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |6 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |6 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |6 |
| July 2023 | Robots Through the Ages | Blackstone Publishing | Anthology | |6 |
| September 2025 | Robots: Past & Future: Short Stories | Flame Tree Press | Anthology | 229 |