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The Diamond Lens

Fitz-James O'Brien

First published 1866
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Available on page 311, <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>.

Notes

Originally published in Atlantic Monthly, January 1858.

External Links

Publications (70)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1866 Atlantic Tales: A Collection of Stories from the Atlantic Monthly Ticknor and Fields Anthology 21
1881 The Poems and Stories of Fitz-James O'Brien James R. Osgood and Co. Collection 145
April 1885 The Diamond Lens with Other Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Collection 3
April 1885 The Diamond Lens with Other Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Collection 3
1900 The Diamond Lens Happy Hour Library Anthology
1905 Short Story Classics (American) P. F. Collier & Son Anthology 127
1909 The Diamond Lens Henry Altemus Company Chapbook
1920 Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Mystic-Humorous Stories Doubleday, Page & Company Anthology 38
1922 Famous Mystery Stories Thomas Y. Crowell Anthology 172
1925 Collected Stories Albert & Charles Boni Collection |2
December 1926 Amazing Stories, December 1926 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 834
1927 Two Great Mystery Stories Haldeman-Julius Collection |2
April 1929 Weird Tales, April 1929 Popular Fiction Publishing Co. MAGAZINE 547
1930 American Short Stories of the Nineteenth Century J. M. Dent & Sons Anthology |7
October 1933 Amazing Stories, October 1933 Teck Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 600
October 1933 Amazing Stories, October 1933 Teck Publications, Inc. (Canada) MAGAZINE 600
1938 Famous Mystery and Detective Stories Blue Ribbon Books Omnibus |172
November 1942 Tales of Terror and Surprise Mitre Press Anthology 33
1945 Famous Tales of Terror and the Supernatural Gulliver Books Anthology 39
1945 Twenty-Two Strange Stories Art & Educational Publishers Anthology 255
1946 Strange and Fantastic Stories: Fifty Tales of Terror, Horror and Fantasy Whittlesey House Anthology 579
1946 Strange Stories: The Last Seven Art & Educational Publishers Anthology 39
1963 Bedside Tales of Mystery and Suspense Panther Anthology 63
1966 Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century Oxford University Press Anthology 328
1968 Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century Oxford University Press Anthology 328
1969 Shapes of the Supernatural Doubleday Anthology 308
1973 Werewolf Fantasy House Anthology 25
1977 The Fantastic Tales of Fitz-James O'Brien John Calder Collection 13
September 1977 From Gilgamesh to Wells Mentor / New American Library Anthology 228
1978 Future Perfect, Revised Edition Oxford University Press, USA Anthology 328
1978 Future Perfect, Revised Edition Oxford University Press Anthology 328
1979 Science Fiction: Creators and Pioneers Richards Rosen Press Anthology 45
1982 The Gernsback Awards 1926: Volume 1 Triton Books Anthology 82|82.2
April 1984 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts Beaufort Books Anthology 163
March 1988 The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O'Brien, Volume One: Macabre Tales Doubleday Collection 20
February 1995 Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century (Revised and Expanded Edition) Rutgers University Press Anthology 285
1996 Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 163
September 1997 American Gothic Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 278
December 1998 Great Weird Tales Dover Publications Anthology 206
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 346
November 2002 From Gilgamesh to Wells Scarecrow Press Anthology 203
November 2002 From Gilgamesh to Wells Scarecrow Press Anthology |15
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 346
November 2006 Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories Wildside Press Anthology 37
October 2007 The Diamond Lens Project Gutenberg Chapbook
April 2008 The Wondersmith and Others Ash-Tree Press Collection 18
November 2010 The Diamond Lens Pulp Classics Chapbook
November 2011 Short Science Fiction Collection 44 LibriVox Anthology |18
2012 The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics Fall River Press Anthology 22
July 2015 Masterpieces of Mystery: Mystic-Humorous Stories CreateSpace Anthology
October 2015 The Diamond Lens Project Gutenberg Chapbook
November 2015 The Diamond Lens CreateSpace Chapbook
September 2016 Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2 Positronic Publishing Anthology |7
September 2016 Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2 Positronic Publishing Anthology |7
October 2016 Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy Canterbury Classics Omnibus 1
November 2016 The Dead Valley and Others Dark Regions Press Anthology
August 2017 Lost Worlds Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |18
November 2017 Fitz-James O'Brien: Gothic Short Stories A Bit O'Irish Press Collection 309
April 2018 Fantastic Stories Presents the Weird Tales Super Pack #2 Positronic Publishing Anthology |7
November 2018 A Brilliant Void: A Selection of Classic Irish Science Fiction Tramp Press Anthology 19
December 2018 Lost Worlds Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |18
2019 Weird Tales (disc 2) Anthology 547|21304547
July 2019 The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Books Anthology 174
July 2019 The Big Book of Classic Fantasy: The Ultimate Collection Vintage Books Anthology
October 2019 Classic Science Fiction Canterbury Classics Anthology |2
May 2022 Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology |69
May 2022 Classic Science Fiction Stories Macmillan UK Anthology 69
September 2022 Compelling Science Fiction Flame Tree Press Anthology 237
2025 Fantastic Tales Alma Classics Collection 63
March 2025 The Diamond Lens and Others (1855-1858) Swan River Press Collection 200