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Adam and No Eve

Alfred Bester

First published September 1941
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A scientist builds a space vessel using a new power source of his own design, but inadvertently ignites a conflagration which destroys all life on earth before he returns.

Publications (46)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
September 1941 Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1941 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 35
September 1941 Astounding Science-Fiction, September 1941 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 20
1946 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 365
August 1946 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 365
1952 Adventures in Time and Space Grayson & Grayson Anthology 153
1953 Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology
February 1955 More Adventures in Time and Space Bantam Books Anthology 54
1957 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space Modern Library Anthology 365
1957 Famous Science-Fiction Stories: Adventures in Time and Space Random House Anthology 365
May 1958 Starburst Signet / New American Library Collection 24
April 1965 Starburst Signet / New American Library Collection 24
April 1965 Starburst Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 24
September 1966 More Adventures in Time and Space Bantam Books Anthology 54
October 1968 Starburst Sphere Books Collection 24
December 1970 Starburst Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 24
1972 Beyond Control Thomas Nelson Anthology 80
February 1973 Beyond Control Thomas Nelson Anthology 80
March 1973 Starburst Sphere Books Collection 24
February 1974 Beyond Control Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 83
August 1975 Adventures in Time and Space Ballantine Books Anthology 365
May 1976 Beyond Control Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 83
July 1976 Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume II Berkley/Putnam Collection 1
December 1976 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 205
June 1977 Starburst Pan Books Collection 23
July 1977 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion Omnibus 221
February 1978 Star Light, Star Bright Gollancz Collection
March 1978 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 365
December 1978 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 365
1979 Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 2 Fontana Collection 7
December 1979 Adventures in Time and Space Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 365
March 1980 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 DAW Books Anthology 237
March 1980 Starburst Signet / New American Library Collection 24
March 1980 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 3, 1941 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 237
March 1980 Starburst Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 24
1983 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: 2nd Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 237
July 1985 Analog: The Best of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 22
August 1990 Adventures in Time and Space Random House / SFBC Anthology 369
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books Collection 273
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Topeka Bindery Collection
August 1998 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books / SFBC Collection
November 2001 Adventures in Time and Space Science Fiction Book Club Anthology
December 2008 Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press Anthology 904
March 2009 Beyond Control Wildside Press Anthology
August 2011 The Second Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Tales by Masters Wildside Press Anthology |6
May 2013 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Byron Preiss Visual Publications Collection |15
August 2020 Nature's Warnings: Classic Stories of Eco-Science Fiction British Library Publishing Anthology 297