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Kindness

Lester del Rey

First published October 1944
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2020 Retro Hugo Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (21)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1944 Astounding Science Fiction, October 1944 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 80
February 1945 Astounding Science-Fiction, February 1945 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 44
1954 The Year After Tomorrow: An Anthology of Science Fiction Stories John C. Winston Co. Anthology 277
1957 Robots and Changelings Ballantine Books Collection 83
1965 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 230
October 1967 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 230
1968 The Vortex Blasters and Other Stories Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 66
1968 The Vortex Blasters and Other Stories Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 66
1974 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 230
1974 Modern Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 230
December 1981 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 DAW Books Anthology 192
December 1981 The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 6, 1944 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 192
August 1982 The Last Man on Earth Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Anthology 219
August 1982 The Last Man on Earth Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Anthology 219
March 1983 The Last Man on Earth Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Anthology 219
1984 Isaac Asimov Presents The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers Anthology 457
August 1985 The Last Man on Earth Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Anthology 219
August 2009 War & Space NESFA Press Collection 119
July 2010 The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse Skyhorse Publishing Anthology 66
March 2022 Black Cat Weekly, #27 Wildside Press MAGAZINE |7
March 2022 Kindness Wildside Press Chapbook