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Pictures Don't Lie

Katherine MacLean

First published August 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A scientist has captured TV transmissions from an approaching star ship. They are sent as tight, speed up bursts. Then the communication is established, and the ship starts to land. For some reason it doesn't seem to appear to the landing strip, even though the aliens say that have landed and are experiencing some serious trouble.

Publications (49)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 102
March 1952 Invaders of Earth Vanguard Press Anthology 311
1953 Invaders of Earth - More Tales of Space and Time Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 233
1955 Invaders of Earth - More Tales of Space and Time Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology
February 1955 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
July 1955 Invaders of Earth Pocket Books Anthology 232
June 1956 Invaders of Earth Pocket Books Anthology 232
1958 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
November 1959 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 11
1962 Enemies in Space Digit / Brown, Watson Limited Anthology 130
1962 The Diploids Avon Collection 173
1962 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
1962 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
1962 The Diploids Avon Collection 173
September 1962 Invaders of Earth Tempo Books Anthology 353
1964 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
1964 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
June 1964 Enemies in Space Digit Books Anthology 129
September 1964 Invaders of Earth Tempo Books / Grosset & Dunlap Anthology 353
1968 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 11
1969 Best SF Faber and Faber Anthology 35
1970 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 11
1972 Invaders from Space Hawthorn Books Anthology 202
1972 Space Suits & Gumshoes Macmillan of Canada Anthology 43
1972 The Doomed Astronaut Winthrop Publishers Anthology 103
August 1972 Best SF (revised edition) Faber and Faber Anthology 29
1973 Speculations Glencoe Press Anthology
1973 The Diploids Manor Books Collection 166
October 1979 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology 40
1980 Space Suits & Gumshoes Gage Anthology 43
May 1981 The Diploids Gregg Press Collection
1983 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology 40
1984 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 11
July 1985 The Great SF Stories #13 (1951) DAW Books Anthology 171
1986 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology
1987 Science Fiction Stories Octopus Books Anthology 40
February 1998 Tales in Space Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 157
March 2000 The Diploids Wildside Press Collection
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 751
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 751
June 2004 Tales of Science Fiction: Featuring X-Minus One GreaTapes Anthology
September 2004 Tales of Science Fiction: Featuring X-Minus One GreaTapes Anthology
June 2005 The Campfire Collection: Thrilling, Chilling Tales of Alien Encounters Chronicle Books Anthology 123
May 2012 The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories Wildside Press Anthology 130
January 2016 Worst Contact Baen Books Anthology 231
January 2016 The 29th Golden Age of Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Collection
February 2016 Pictures Don't Lie Project Gutenberg Chapbook
July 2023 Women Wrote the Future: Vol. 1: Tales from Galaxy Vintage Lists Anthology |6
July 2023 Women Wrote the Future: Vol. 1: Tales from Galaxy Vintage Lists Anthology 81