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The Touch of Your Hand

Theodore Sturgeon

First published September 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

A man who lives on a planet with apparently only farming technology has found the remains of an earlier technological civilization. He wants to recreate it and commands the other people to start building a tower which would be a symbol for his rule and beginning of the new start. The others surprise him, though.

Publications (20)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1953 Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1953 Galaxy Publishing Corp. MAGAZINE 4
February 1954 Galaxy Science Fiction, Vol. 3 No. 11 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 2
July 1958 A Touch of Strange Doubleday Collection 84
October 1958 A Touch of Strange Doubleday / SFBC Collection 84
October 1959 A Touch of Strange Berkley Medallion Collection 29
October 1959 A Touch of Strange Berkley Medallion Collection 29
March 1965 A Touch of Strange Berkley Medallion Collection 29
April 1970 A Touch of Strange Berkley Medallion Collection 29
April 1978 A Touch of Strange DAW Books Collection 33
April 1978 A Touch of Strange DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Collection 33
November 1978 Visions and Venturers Dell Collection 201
November 1978 A Touch of Strange Hamlyn Paperbacks Collection 31
September 1979 Visions and Venturers Gollancz Collection 201
June 1980 Visions and Venturers Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 201
June 1984 Alien Cargo Bluejay Books Collection 191
April 1986 Alien Cargo Bluejay Books Collection 191
October 2000 A Saucer of Loneliness North Atlantic Books Collection 15
September 2002 A Saucer of Loneliness North Atlantic Books Collection 15
April 2013 A Saucer of Loneliness North Atlantic Books Collection |15
September 2013 A Saucer of Loneliness Gateway / Orion Collection