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A Little Journey

Ray Bradbury

First published August 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An old woman comes to Mars because a fraudulent travel agent offers a “trip to heaven”. She and other members of her traveling group find an extremely battered and derelict rocket which was supposed to be used for the last part of the trip. And it is used for that trip, in a pretty literal sense.

Publications (16)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 152
February 1952 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 110
March 1978 Rod Serling's Other Worlds Bantam Books Anthology 169
August 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 213
September 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection 213
October 2003 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales The Easton Press Collection 213
April 2005 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 213
2007 Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 213
December 2008 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 HarperVoyager Collection
June 2012 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
February 2016 A Little Journey Project Gutenberg Chapbook
March 2016 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |19
March 2016 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |19
April 2016 The 12th Science Fiction Megapack Wildside Press Anthology
April 2018 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |19
2023 Adventures, Spring 2023 Offbeatreads MAGAZINE