Synopsis
Available on page 489, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?GRSBCKYR1999">Bleiler (Gernsback)</a>.
Notes
First published in Pearson's Magazine, August 1, 1896.
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Publications (99)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1896 | Pearson's Magazine, August 1896 | C. Arthur Pearson | MAGAZINE | 155 |
| 1897 | Thirty Strange Stories | Edward Arnold | Collection | 157 |
| March 1897 | The Plattner Story and Others | Methuen | Collection | 71 |
| 1898 | Thirty Strange Stories | Harper & Brothers | Collection | 157 |
| July 1900 | The Plattner Story and Others | Tauchnitz | Collection | 76 |
| 1923 | Tales of Wonder | W. Collins Sons | Collection | 19 |
| September 1926 | Amazing Stories, September 1926 | Experimenter Publishing Company | MAGAZINE | 484 |
| 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 426 |
| 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 426 |
| September 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 426 |
| October 1927 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 426 |
| 1929 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | |
| 1929 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | The Literary Guild | Collection | |
| 1937 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 369 |
| 1937 | The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 369 |
| 1938 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Garden City Publishing Co. | Collection | 369 |
| 1938 | The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Doubleday, Doran | Collection | 369 |
| 1940 | Short Stories: Second Series | Thomas Nelson & Sons | Collection | |6 |
| March 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction | Pocket Books | Anthology | 51 |
| June 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction | Pocket Books | Anthology | 51 |
| August 1943 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction | Pocket Books | Anthology | 51 |
| April 1947 | The Pocket Book of Science-Fiction | Pocket Books | Anthology | 51 |
| 1948 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 426 |
| 1952 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 493 |
| 1957 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 426 |
| September 1958 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| 1960 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 493 |
| 1960 | The Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 377 |
| 1962 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| 1963 | The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, and Selected Short Stories | Platt & Munk | Omnibus | 463 |
| 1964 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 493 |
| 1964 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| 1965 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | |
| 1966 | Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | |12 |
| 1966 | 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 493 |
| 1966 | Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Peter Smith Publisher | Collection | |
| September 1966 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 377 |
| 1968 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| November 1971 | First Contact | Pinnacle Books | Anthology | 203 |
| 1973 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| March 1973 | First Contact | Pinnacle Books | Anthology | 203 |
| 1974 | Thirty Strange Stories | Causeway Books | Collection | 157 |
| 1974 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | Ernest Benn | Collection | 377 |
| 1975 | The Haunted Sea: Supernatural Stories | William Kimber | Anthology | 145 |
| 1977 | The Best Science Fiction Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 13 |
| 1977 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| January 1977 | Ten Science Fiction Stories | Hodder & Stoughton | Anthology | 43 |
| August 1977 | Empire of the Ants and 8 Science Fiction Stories | Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap | Collection | |
| April 1978 | The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells | Castle Books | Omnibus | 337 |
| May 1978 | Science Fiction | John Murray | Anthology | 91 |
| August 1978 | First Contact | Pinnacle Books | Anthology | 203 |
| 1979 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 224 |
| 1979 | The Bedside Book of Sea Stories | Arthur Barker | Anthology | |
| January 1979 | The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells | Castle Books | Omnibus | 337 |
| October 1979 | Science Fiction Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 140 |
| 1981 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books (US) | Collection | 224 |
| January 1981 | The War of the Worlds, The Time Machine and Selected Short Stories | Grosset & Dunlap | Omnibus | 463 |
| June 1981 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century | Beaufort Books | Anthology | 257 |
| July 1981 | The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells | Castle Books | Omnibus | 339 |
| 1982 | Works of H. G. Wells | Avenel Books | Omnibus | 633 |
| 1982 | Science Fiction | John Murray | Anthology | 91 |
| August 1982 | Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of the Great S.F. Themes | Houghton Mifflin | Anthology | 314 |
| 1983 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century | Gollancz | Anthology | 257 |
| 1983 | Science Fiction Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 140 |
| January 1985 | Mysterious Sea Stories | W. H. Allen | Anthology | 199 |
| July 1985 | Mysterious Sea Stories | Salem House | Anthology | 199 |
| 1986 | Science Fiction Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | |
| January 1986 | Mysterious Sea Stories | Star | Anthology | 199 |
| August 1986 | The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells | Castle Books | Omnibus | 339 |
| 1987 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 377 |
| 1987 | Science Fiction Stories | Octopus Books | Anthology | 140 |
| September 1987 | Mysterious Sea Stories | Dell | Anthology | 199 |
| 1988 | Selected Short Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 224 |
| August 1990 | Cults of Horror | DAW Books | Anthology | 314 |
| 1991 | Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century | Knightsbridge | Anthology | 257 |
| March 1998 | Thirty Strange Stories | Carroll & Graf | Collection | 125 |
| August 1998 | The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells | J. M. Dent | Collection | 139 |
| July 2004 | Selected Stories of H. G. Wells | Modern Library | Collection | 127 |
| May 2005 | The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells | Castle Books | Omnibus | 337 |
| May 2007 | The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | |11 |
| December 2007 | The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 137 |
| December 2008 | Cetus Insolitus: Sea Serpents, Giant Cephalopods, and Other Marine Monsters in Classic Science Fiction and Fantasy | Coachwhip Publications | Anthology | 73 |
| April 2011 | Complete Short Story Omnibus | Gollancz | Collection | 150 |
| April 2013 | The Plattner Story and Others | Forgotten Books | Collection | |
| June 2013 | The Plattner Story and Others | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |71 |
| July 2013 | Short Science Fiction Collection 48 | LibriVox | Anthology | |9 |
| August 2014 | The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology | Experimenter Publishing Company | Anthology | 88 |
| August 2014 | The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1926 Anthology | Experimenter Publishing Company | Anthology | |6 |
| January 2017 | The Crystal Egg and Other Stories | Wordsworth Editions | Collection | 131 |
| February 2017 | Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 156 |
| August 2017 | Lost Worlds Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |28 |
| 2018 | Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 156 |
| May 2018 | The Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | 283 |
| May 2018 | The Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells | Dover Publications | Collection | |283 |
| December 2018 | Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | |16 |
| December 2018 | Lost Worlds Short Stories | Flame Tree Publishing | Anthology | |28 |
| June 2019 | Thirty Strange Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | |157 |
| 2020 | Humanoid Horrors | Sam Teddy Publishing | Anthology | 93 |
| 2020 | Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales | Flame Tree Publishing | Collection | 156 |