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Fondly Fahrenheit

Alfred Bester

First published August 1954
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A man makes his living by renting his android out for work; but the android's seriously defective mental processes start to merge with his own.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette Nominee/Finalist

Publications (89)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1954 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1954 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 3
January 1955 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Series Doubleday Anthology 13
April 1955 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Series Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 13
1956 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, No. 7 Consolidated Press Ltd MAGAZINE
May 1958 Starburst Signet / New American Library Collection 113
August 1960 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Series Ace Books Anthology 9
September 1963 Spectrum III Gollancz Anthology 241
1964 Spectrum III Harcourt, Brace & World Anthology 241
September 1964 Spectrum III The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 241
April 1965 Starburst Signet / New American Library Collection 113
April 1965 Starburst Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 113
July 1965 Spectrum 3 Berkley Medallion Anthology 225
1966 Spectrum III Pan Books Anthology 253
1966 Spectrum III Pan Books Anthology 253
1968 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fourth Series Ace Books Anthology 9
October 1968 Starburst Sphere Books Collection 113
November 1969 Spectrum 3 Berkley Medallion Anthology 225
March 1970 The Stars Around Us Signet Anthology 73
April 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday Anthology 470
May 1970 SF: Authors' Choice 2 Berkley Medallion Anthology 11
May 1970 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 470
December 1970 Starburst Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 113
1971 Spectrum III Pan Books Anthology 253
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 570
July 1971 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 570
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol Two Sphere Anthology |12
1972 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two Sphere Anthology |12
November 1972 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 570
1973 Survival Printout Vintage Books Anthology 45
March 1973 Starburst Sphere Books Collection 113
April 1973 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 570
1974 The Stars Around Us Signet Anthology 73
November 1974 A Shocking Thing Pocket Books Anthology 121
November 1974 A Shocking Thing Pocket Books Anthology 121
1975 Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Avon Anthology 570
April 1976 The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume I Berkley/Putnam Collection 58
December 1976 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 45
1977 Science Fiction and Fantasy Barron's Educational Series Anthology 65
May 1977 The Light Fantastic Gollancz Collection
June 1977 Starburst Pan Books Collection 112
July 1977 Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Berkley Medallion Omnibus 45
July 1979 The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 1 Fontana Collection 51
October 1979 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1979 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 12
November 1979 The Androids Are Coming Elsevier / Nelson Books Anthology 159
December 1979 From Heinlein to Here Mentor / New American Library Anthology 224
March 1980 Starburst Signet / New American Library Collection 113
March 1980 Starburst Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 113
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective Doubleday Anthology 13
April 1980 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 30 Year Retrospective Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 13
1982 The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 4 Omni Publications International Ltd. Anthology 88
December 1984 Machines That Kill Ace Science Fiction Books Anthology 284
July 1986 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Avon Anthology 570
May 1987 The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) DAW Books Anthology 151
May 1987 The Great SF Stories #16 (1954) DAW Books Anthology 151
October 1987 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Warner Books Anthology 66
November 1988 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Victor Gollancz Anthology 66
November 1988 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder VGSF / Victor Gollancz Anthology 66
April 1989 Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Warner Books Anthology 66
May 1992 Machines That Kill Tor Anthology 297
July 1996 From Heinlein to Here Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 180
June 1997 Cyber-Killers Millennium / Orion Anthology 177
June 1997 Cyber-Killers Millennium / Orion Anthology 177
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books Collection 91
November 1997 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Topeka Bindery Collection
May 1998 Cyber-Killers Orion Anthology 231
August 1998 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Vintage Books / SFBC Collection
August 1998 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 470
April 2000 The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two Tor Anthology 334
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 821
December 2000 The Androids Are Coming Cosmos Books / Wildside Press Anthology 159
2001 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One The Easton Press Anthology 470
March 2001 Science Fiction: 101 ibooks Anthology 100
April 2001 The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 Tor Anthology
March 2002 From Heinlein to Here Scarecrow Press Anthology 195
September 2002 The Ultimate Cyberpunk ibooks Anthology 1
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 821
February 2003 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology 472
May 2004 The Ultimate Cyberpunk ibooks Anthology 1
February 2005 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Orb Anthology 472
October 2005 Science Fiction: 101 ibooks Anthology 100
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 283
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 283
June 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |110
December 2011 Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction Wildside Press Anthology |110
May 2013 Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Byron Preiss Visual Publications Collection |6
May 2014 Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction Roc / New American Library Anthology 89
May 2014 Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction Open Road Integrated Media Anthology |89
December 2017 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume One, 1929-1964 Blackstone Audio Anthology |470
February 2018 The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929-1964 Tor Anthology