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The Pedestrian

Ray Bradbury

First published February 1952
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

In this not quite Orwellian but still distinctly altered future, people have taken to lives of sedentary existence in front of televisions and related devices to the point that no one goes walking for the sake of walking outdoors anymore. The main character of The Pedestrian is the last man in his city to walk about at night, and as the story progresses we view the darkened city through his eyes. -- from a review

Notes

First published in The Reporter, August 7 1951.

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Publications (114)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1952 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1952 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 89
August 1952 The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 Frederick Fell Anthology 280
September 1952 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 239
March 1953 The Golden Apples of the Sun Doubleday Collection 25
April 1953 The Golden Apples of the Sun Doubleday Collection 25
October 1953 The Golden Apples of the Sun Hart-Davis Collection
1954 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, No. 1 Consolidated Press Ltd MAGAZINE 64
May 1954 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1954 Mellifont Press Ltd. MAGAZINE 125
November 1954 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 10
November 1954 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 10
July 1955 American Science Fiction Magazine, #39 Malian Press MAGAZINE 32
1956 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 18
1960 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Collection 18
May 1961 31 Stories Prentice-Hall Anthology
November 1961 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 9
November 1961 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 9
December 1961 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
January 1962 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology
1964 The Pedestrian Roy A. Squires Chapbook
1964 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 18
1966 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 18
January 1966 Twice Twenty-two Doubleday Omnibus 16
March 1966 Twice Twenty-two Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 16
August 1966 S Is for Space Doubleday Collection 119
August 1966 S Is for Space Doubleday Collection 119
March 1967 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
March 1967 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 9
March 1967 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 9
1968 S Is for Space Hart-Davis Collection
January 1968 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
September 1968 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
November 1968 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
June 1970 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Collection 9
August 1970 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
August 1970 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 9
November 1970 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
November 1970 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
March 1971 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
1972 S Is for Space Pan Books Collection 109
1972 S Is for Space Pan Books Collection 109
March 1972 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
August 1972 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
October 1972 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
November 1972 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
1973 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Collection 9
1974 Sociology Through Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology 334
1974 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
July 1974 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
November 1974 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
1975 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 9
1975 Sociology Through Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology 335
1975 Bradbury Reads Bradbury: Volume 4 Listening Library Collection |3
July 1975 Ray Bradbury Harrap Collection 145
1976 The Late Great Future Fawcett Crest Anthology 52
1976 Decade: The 1950s Macmillan UK Anthology
April 1976 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
September 1976 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
1977 Strange Planets Blackie Anthology 9
1977 The Golden Apples of the Sun Panther Collection 9
March 1977 Decade: the 1950s Pan Books Anthology 108
April 1977 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
August 1977 Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow Bantam Books Anthology 204
1978 Decade: The 1950s St. Martin's Press Anthology 108
1978 The Golden Apples of the Sun Granada Collection 18
March 1978 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
April 1978 Decade: The 1950s St. Martin's Press Anthology 108
April 1978 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
May 1978 The Golden Apples of the Sun Panther Collection
1979 The Fog Horn & Other Stories Taiyosha Collection
1979 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection |11
February 1979 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 10
September 1979 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
1981 The Golden Apples of the Sun Granada Collection 9
January 1981 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 101
November 1981 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 10
June 1982 Tomorrow's TV Raintree Publishers Anthology 22
December 1983 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 10
1985 The Golden Apples of the Sun Granada Collection 9
January 1986 The Great SF Stories #14 (1952) DAW Books Anthology 13
January 1986 The Great SF Stories #14 (1952) DAW Books Anthology 13
May 1990 Classic Stories 2 Bantam Spectra Collection 242
1992 Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection 11
January 1993 The Golden Apples of the Sun Grafton Collection
February 1997 A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 MJF Books Anthology 37
1998 A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories Avon Books Collection 215
February 1999 The Golden Apples of the Sun Earthlight Collection
2001 A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 215
August 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 600
September 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection 600
October 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales The Easton Press Collection 600
April 2005 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 600
October 2005 S Is for Space PS Publishing Collection
October 2005 S Is for Space PS Publishing Collection
October 2005 S Is for Space PS Publishing Collection
2006 Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 Gauntlet Press Collection
2006 Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 Gauntlet Press Collection
2007 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 600
December 2008 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 HarperVoyager Collection
May 2010 A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Subterranean Press Collection 121
January 2011 The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 814
January 2011 Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories Night Shade Books Anthology 191
August 2011 A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Harper Perennial Collection 151
August 2011 A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Harper Perennial / SFBC Collection
January 2012 A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Blackstone Audio Collection |121
June 2012 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
December 2012 Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories: Second Edition Night Shade Books Anthology 191
2013 McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Winter 2013 McSweeney's Books MAGAZINE 143
April 2013 A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |215
May 2013 A Pleasure to Burn William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection
September 2016 Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind's Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny Dover Publications Anthology 25
December 2016 Dread State: A Political Horror Anthology Thunderdome Press Anthology 260
January 2017 Dread State: A Political Horror Anthology Thunderdome Press Anthology |260
April 2018 A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories Recorded Books Collection |215
2019 R Is for Rocket / S Is for Space PS Publishing Omnibus 323