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Breeds There a Man ... ?

Isaac Asimov

First published June 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A scientist on the verge of inventing a forcefield that can even withstand a nuclear bomb is compulsively driven towards suicide, and thinks of a possible reason why.

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Publications (38)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1951 Astounding Science Fiction, June 1951 Street & Smith Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 73
December 1951 Astounding Science Fiction, December 1951 Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd MAGAZINE 38
September 1952 Beachheads in Space Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 169
1954 Beachheads in Space Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology
1964 From Other Worlds Four Square Books Anthology 24
1964 From Other Worlds Four Square Books Anthology 24
April 1967 Through a Glass, Clearly Four Square Books Collection 56
November 1967 Through a Glass, Clearly Scholastic Collection 56
March 1968 Through a Glass, Clearly Four Square Books Collection 58
1969 Nightfall and Other Stories Doubleday Collection |05
December 1969 Nightfall and Other Stories Doubleday / SFBC Collection 94
April 1970 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection
June 1970 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection 58
June 1970 Nightfall and Other Stories Rapp & Whiting Collection |05
November 1970 Nightfall and Other Stories Fawcett Crest Collection 100
March 1974 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection
May 1975 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection 58
July 1977 Nightfall and Other Stories Fawcett Crest Collection 100
July 1977 Through a Glass, Clearly Ian Henry Collection 58
November 1977 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection 58
December 1978 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection 58
December 1982 Through a Glass, Clearly New English Library Collection 58
1984 Writers' Choice, Volume II Davis Publications Anthology 10
August 1984 Writers' Choice, Volume II The Dial Press Anthology 10
November 1986 Robot Dreams Berkley Books Collection 45
November 1986 Robot Dreams Berkley Books Collection 45
April 1987 Robot Dreams Gollancz Collection 45
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 199
May 1989 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Dark Harvest Collection 199
November 1990 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation Collection 408
November 1990 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation Collection 408
March 1991 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 Doubleday Foundation / SFBC Collection 408
October 1991 The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov: Volume One Legend Collection 239
March 1993 The Complete Stories, Volume 1 HarperCollins (UK) Collection
April 2001 Robot Dreams Gollancz Collection 59
June 2004 Robot Dreams Ace Books Collection 31
September 2014 Robot Dreams Recorded Books Collection |45
July 2021 Nightfall and Other Stories Del Rey Collection 101