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The Dead Past

Isaac Asimov

First published April 1956
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

In the near future, an instrument for viewing past events has been invented, but its use is so tightly regulated by the government that a pair of university professors come to the conclusion that it is being completely suppressed and attempt to build their own; however, the consequences are more wide-ranging than they ever suspected.

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Publications (76)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1956 Astounding Science Fiction, April 1956 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 6
September 1956 Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 4
October 1957 Earth Is Room Enough Doubleday / SFBC Collection 11
October 1957 Earth Is Room Enough Doubleday Collection 11
October 1957 Earth Is Room Enough Doubleday Collection 11
April 1959 Earth Is Room Enough Bantam Books Collection 9
April 1960 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
May 1960 Earth Is Room Enough Doubleday Collection 11
December 1961 Earth Is Room Enough Doubleday Collection 11
1962 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
August 1964 Five-Odd Pyramid Books Anthology 8
August 1964 Five-Odd Pyramid Books Anthology 8
1967 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
1969 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
April 1970 Earth Is Room Enough Fawcett Crest Collection 7
April 1970 Earth Is Room Enough Fawcett Crest Collection 7
1971 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
June 1971 Five-Odd Pyramid Books Anthology 8
June 1971 Five-Odd Pyramid Books Anthology 8
1972 Beyond Control Thomas Nelson Anthology 162
1972 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
1972 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
June 1972 Possible Tomorrows Sidgwick & Jackson Anthology 8
1973 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
1973 Earth Is Room Enough Fawcett Crest Collection 7
February 1973 Beyond Control Thomas Nelson Anthology 162
March 1973 The Best of Isaac Asimov Sphere Collection 197
September 1973 Possible Tomorrows Coronet Anthology 9
October 1973 The Best of Isaac Asimov Sidgwick & Jackson Collection
January 1974 The Best of Isaac Asimov Sphere Collection 197
February 1974 Beyond Control Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 173
September 1974 The Best of Isaac Asimov Doubleday Collection 171
1975 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
1976 Earth Is Room Enough Fawcett Crest Collection 7
1976 Earth Is Room Enough Abelard-Schuman Collection 11
January 1976 The Best of Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest Collection 191
May 1976 Beyond Control Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology 173
February 1977 Earth Is Room Enough Panther Collection 9
March 1977 The Best of Isaac Asimov 1954-1972 Sphere Collection 32
1978 Earth Is Room Enough Panther / Granada Collection 9
January 1979 The Far Ends of Time and Earth Doubleday Omnibus 181
March 1979 The Far Ends of Time and Earth Doubleday & Company / SFBC Omnibus 181
November 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
December 1980 The Analog Anthology #1 Davis Publications Anthology 187
December 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House Anthology 302
1981 Analog's Golden Anniversary Anthology The Dial Press Anthology 187
1981 Earth Is Room Enough Granada Collection 9
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House / SFBC Anthology 295
1982 The Best of Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Collection 191
1982 Fifty Years of the Best Science Fiction from Analog Davis Publications Anthology 187
1982 The Best of Isaac Asimov 1954-1972 Sphere Collection 32
1985 The Best of Isaac Asimov Fawcett Crest / Ballantine Collection 191
July 1985 The Edge of Tomorrow Tor Collection 222
1986 6 Decades: The Best of Analog Davis Publications Anthology 35
March 1986 The Edge of Tomorrow Harrap Collection 222
July 1986 The Edge of Tomorrow Tor Collection 222
August 1986 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Doubleday Collection 19
1987 Other Worlds of Isaac Asimov Avenel Books Omnibus 187
1988 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Grafton Collection 19
February 1988 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Signet / New American Library Collection 37
February 1988 The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 37
1989 Earth Is Room Enough Grafton Collection 9
January 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / BOMC Anthology 503
February 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown Anthology 503
April 1989 Worlds Imagined Avenel Books Anthology 302
June 1989 The World Treasury of Science Fiction Little, Brown / QPBC Anthology 503
November 1990 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation Collection 3
November 1990 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation Collection 3
March 1991 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation / SFBC Collection 3
March 1993 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 HarperCollins (UK) Collection
July 1994 The Complete Stories: Volume One HarperCollins (UK) Collection 5
1997 The Complete Stories: Volume One HarperCollins (UK) Collection 5
1997 The Complete Stories: Volume One HarperCollins (UK) Collection 5
March 2009 Beyond Control Wildside Press Anthology
November 2023 The Complete Stories: Volume One Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |5
November 2024 Living Space: And Other Stories Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |5