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Dumb Waiter

Walter M. Miller, Jr.

First published April 1952
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

In the wake of a future war, a man re-enters an automated city in an attempt to regain control over its computerized functions, whose continuing operations now interfere with the task of rebuilding technological society.

Publications (29)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1952 Astounding Science Fiction, April 1952 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 7
September 1952 Astounding Science Fiction, September 1952 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 2
May 1954 Science-Fiction Thinking Machines: Robots, Androids, Computers Vanguard Press Anthology 323
August 1955 Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines Bantam Books Anthology 142
September 1964 Selections from Science-Fiction Thinking Machines Bantam Books Anthology 156
1965 The View from the Stars Gollancz Collection
January 1965 The View from the Stars Ballantine Books Collection 79
January 1965 The View from the Stars Ballantine Books Collection 79
1966 Cities of Wonder Doubleday Anthology
February 1966 Cities of Wonder Doubleday Anthology 13
April 1967 Cities of Wonder Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 22
April 1967 Cities of Wonder Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 22
May 1968 Cities of Wonder Dennis Dobson Anthology
1970 Cities of Wonder Sphere Anthology 19
October 1971 Cities of Wonder Macfadden-Bartell Anthology 22
October 1978 Alpha 9 Berkley Books Anthology 1
December 1978 The Science Fiction Stories of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Gregg Press Collection
May 1980 The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Pocket Books Collection 82
October 1980 The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Pocket Books / SFBC Collection 81
July 1982 Conditionally Human and Other Stories Corgi Collection 161
July 2000 The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Gollancz Collection 82
April 2007 Dark Benediction Gollancz / Orion Collection 82
May 2013 Dark Benediction Gollancz / Orion Collection
2015 Dark Benediction Gateway / Orion Collection |60
August 2015 Dark Benediction Gollancz / Orion Collection
May 2021 The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Blackstone Publishing Collection |6
May 2021 The Best of Walter M. Miller, Jr. Blackstone Publishing Collection |6
November 2022 Alpha 9 ReAnimus Press Anthology
November 2022 Alpha 9 ReAnimus Press Anthology