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Junior

Robert Abernathy

First published January 1956
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Aliens who resemble sea anemones discuss their son, who is still carefree and swimming around. They think that it is high time that he finds a nice rock, decorate it so that it would catch a nice girl and settle down on the rock for rest of his life. But he has a plan... He assembles a platform on wheels so that he isn't confined to one place.

Notes

First published in Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1956.

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Publications (10)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1956 Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1956 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 55
May 1956 S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Dell Anthology 49
July 1956 S-F: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Gnome Press Anthology 49
November 1967 SF: The Best of the Best Delacorte Press Anthology 213
1968 SF: The Best of the Best Rupert Hart-Davis Anthology 213
August 1968 SF: The Best of the Best Dell Anthology 213
August 1968 SF: The Best of the Best Dell Anthology 213
1970 SF The Best of the Best Part One Mayflower Anthology 196
October 1979 Neglected Visions Doubleday Anthology 122
August 2015 Junior Project Gutenberg Chapbook