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Beep

James Blish

First published February 1954
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Notes

  • Beep is about 14,000 words. The expanded version of this novelette is titled The Quincunx of Time Dell(1973)
  • Note that Beep was revised slightly when included in an anthology for teenage readers, Space Police (World, 1956, edited by Andre Norton), to remove some references to drinking. (source: Preface to The Quincunx of Time (Arrow, 1976)

Publications (28)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1954 Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1954 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 6
June 1954 Stories for Tomorrow: An Anthology of Modern Science Fiction Funk & Wagnalls Anthology 389
July 1954 Galaxy Science Fiction, No. 16 Strato Publications MAGAZINE 5
1955 Stories for Tomorrow Eyre & Spottiswoode Anthology 299
October 1959 Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library Collection 120
January 1960 Galactic Cluster Faber and Faber Collection 103
December 1961 Galactic Cluster The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
1963 Galactic Cluster Four Square Books Collection 93
July 1964 Galactic Cluster Four Square Books Collection 93
1965 Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library Collection 120
October 1965 Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 120
June 1968 Galactic Cluster New English Library Collection 93
July 1976 Galactic Empires Volume Two Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 82
October 1976 Galactic Empires Volume Two Orbit Anthology 82
October 1977 Galactic Empires, Volume II St. Martin's Press Anthology 77
April 1978 Galactic Empires, Volume II St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 77
March 1979 Galactic Empires: Volume Two Avon Anthology 84
August 1979 The Best of James Blish Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 198
August 1979 The Best of James Blish Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 198
1980 Galactic Cluster Granada Collection 112
March 1983 The Seedling Stars / Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library Omnibus 120
September 1988 Galactic Empires Legend Anthology
July 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor Anthology 254
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orbit Anthology 254
October 1994 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Tor / SFBC Anthology 254
May 1996 A Dusk of Idols and Other Stories Severn House Collection 29
September 1997 The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF Orb Anthology 254
February 2008 Works of Art NESFA Press Collection 189