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The Third Level

Jack Finney

First published October 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

During the mid-1950s a man accidentally wanders onto the third level of Grand Central Station in New York City. He soon realizes that he has stumbled upon a direct passage to 1894.

Notes

The online fantasy and science fiction magazine The Third Level, is titled after Finney's short story. It is published by Knox College, Illinois, a college Finney attended.

Publications (54)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1950 Collier's, October 7, 1950 Crowell-Collier MAGAZINE 36
October 1952 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 124
March 1953 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series Little, Brown Anthology 101
August 1954 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1954 Mellifont Press Ltd. MAGAZINE 73
1957 The Third Level Rinehart Collection 11
December 1957 The Third Level Rinehart / SFBC Collection 9
1958 The Clock of Time Eyre & Spottiswoode Collection 26
March 1959 The Third Level Dell Collection 5
January 1960 The Clock of Time The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 26
July 1961 The Clock of Time Panther Collection 20
February 1963 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
February 1963 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1966 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1968 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1969 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1971 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
March 1972 A Science Fiction Argosy Simon & Schuster Anthology 156
May 1972 A Science Fiction Argosy Simon & Schuster / SFBC Anthology 148
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
April 1973 A Science Fiction Argosy Gollancz Anthology
1974 Science Fact/Fiction Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 267
1974 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1976 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1978 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
1978 Weird Worlds, #1 Scholastic MAGAZINE 16
December 1978 Lost Worlds, Unknown Horizons Thomas Nelson Anthology 39
1979 Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 380
1979 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 83
May 1979 Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 380
July 1982 Macabre Railway Stories W. H. Allen Anthology 205
1983 Macabre Railway Stories Star Anthology 205
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 359
May 1983 Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Oxford University Press Anthology 359
1984 Spirits, Spooks, and Other Sinister Creatures Franklin Watts Anthology 131
1985 The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Octopus Books Anthology 269
August 1986 About Time Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster Collection 11
October 1989 Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 238
1991 Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction Chancellor Press Anthology 269
September 1993 Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder Longmeadow Press Anthology 238
June 1994 Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder St. Martin's Press Anthology 238
February 1995 About Time Fireside Books / Simon & Schuster Collection 11
August 1997 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Scribner Paperback Fiction Anthology
December 1997 Time Machines: The Greatest Time Travel Stories Ever Written Carroll & Graf Anthology 16
June 1999 About Time Scribner Paperback Fiction Collection 11
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 145
December 2000 The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds with Connections Holt, Rinehart and Winston Anthology 315
August 2002 Time Machines: The Best Time Travel Stories Ever Written Carroll & Graf Anthology 16
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 145
October 2008 About Time Paw Prints Collection
November 2012 The Clock of Time Gateway / Orion Collection
November 2013 About Time Touchstone / Simon & Schuster Collection
July 2014 The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume 2 Tachyon Publications Anthology 17