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Beyond Bedlam

Wyman Guin

First published August 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

Synopsis

A story about a world where everyone is schizophrenic. Everyone has a side personality. Everyone is using compulsory drugs to separate and control the personalities. Apparently going to this kind of lifestyle prevents all wars and violence. The two personalities everyone has are called hypoalter and hyperalter and the prevalent personality is switched every five days.

Publications (22)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 3
February 1952 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 134
September 1962 Spectrum II Gollancz Anthology
1963 Spectrum II Harcourt, Brace & World Anthology 17
1963 Spectrum II Doubleday Canada Anthology
December 1963 Spectrum II The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology
July 1964 Spectrum II Berkley Medallion Anthology 15
1965 Spectrum II Pan Books Anthology 15
May 1967 Spectrum II Berkley Medallion Anthology 15
August 1967 Living Way Out Avon Collection 155
August 1967 Living Way Out Avon Collection 155
July 1970 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books Anthology 242
July 1970 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books Anthology 242
1971 Spectrum II Pan Books Anthology 15
December 1971 Great Short Novels of Science Fiction Ballantine Books (UK) Anthology 242
1973 Beyond Bedlam Sphere Books Collection 150
November 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology
December 1980 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House Anthology 3
May 1981 The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels Arbor House / SFBC Anthology 1
April 1989 Worlds Imagined Avenel Books Anthology 3
April 2016 Beyond Bedlam Project Gutenberg Chapbook
January 2017 Escape from Doom / Beyond Bedlam Armchair Fiction Anthology 170