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A Mind of His Own

Joe Haldeman

First published February 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

The story happens in a future where it is possible to buy and sell different talents. An embittered war veteran, who has lost his both legs, has already sold his piano playing skills and is contemplating selling his mathematics skills. His wife arranger him to go to psychiatric treatment where he must make the right choices in induced dreams.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1974 Cover Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1974 Condé Nast MAGAZINE 80
November 1978 Cover Infinite Dreams St. Martin's Press Collection 87
February 1979 Cover Infinite Dreams St. Martin's Press / SFBC Collection 69
October 1979 Cover Infinite Dreams Avon Collection 74
November 1979 Cover Infinite Dreams Orbit / Futura Collection 87
1981 Cover Infinite Dreams Futura Collection 87
1981 Cover Onbegrensde dromen Elmar Collection 104
August 1981 Cover Rêves infinis Denoël Collection 55
1985 Cover Unendliche Träume Heyne Collection 95
1988 Cover Infinite Dreams Orbit / Futura Collection 87
September 2011 Cover Infinite Dreams Gateway / Orion Collection
December 2014 Cover Infinite Dreams Open Road Integrated Media Collection