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A Pail of Air

Fritz Leiber

First published December 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

Having lost the Sun, one family struggles to survive on a very cold Earth.

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Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (79)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1951 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 56
February 1954 Space Pioneers World Publishing Co. Anthology 193
April 1954 Second Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 493
1955 Galaxy Science Fiction Omnibus Grayson & Grayson Anthology
March 1959 Space Pioneers World Publishing Co. Anthology 193
March 1962 Space Pioneers World Publishing Co. Anthology 193
July 1964 A Pail of Air Ballantine Books Collection 9
July 1964 A Pail of Air Ballantine Books Collection 9
1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 151
October 1966 Tomorrow's Children Doubleday Anthology 151
1967 Space Pioneers World Publishing Co. Anthology 193
September 1968 The Secret Songs Rupert Hart-Davis Collection 105
1969 Blast Off: S.F. for Boys Faber and Faber Anthology 107
1969 Worlds of Wonder Doubleday Anthology 132
1973 Speculations Glencoe Press Anthology
1973 Science Fiction Stories Houghton Mifflin Anthology
April 1973 Gates to Tomorrow: An Introduction to Science Fiction Atheneum Anthology 113
1974 Windows Into Tomorrow Hawthorn Books Anthology 55
1974 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 151
May 1974 The Best of Fritz Leiber Sphere Books Collection 155
June 1974 The Best of Fritz Leiber Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 142
November 1974 The Best of Fritz Leiber Ballantine Books Collection 153
November 1974 The Best of Fritz Leiber Sidgwick & Jackson Collection 155
November 1974 The Best of Fritz Leiber Ballantine Books Collection 153
January 1975 Windows Into Tomorrow Pinnacle Books Anthology 55
September 1975 The Secret Songs Panther Collection 94
1976 Tomorrow's Children Compton Russell Anthology 151
1976 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 151
June 1977 The Best of Fritz Leiber Sphere Books Collection 155
August 1977 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 151
September 1979 The Best of Fritz Leiber Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 153
September 1979 The Best of Fritz Leiber Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 153
November 1979 Pail of Air and Other Stories Amereon House Collection 153
1980 Constellations: Stories of the Future Gollancz Anthology 21
1981 Tomorrow's Children Orbit Anthology 151
July 1981 Catastrophes! Fawcett Crest Anthology 163
August 1982 Science Fiction A to Z: A Dictionary of the Great S.F. Themes Houghton Mifflin Anthology 101
1983 Constellations: Stories of the Future Puffin Anthology
July 1983 Constellations: Stories of the Future Penguin Books Anthology 20
July 1985 The Great SF Stories #13 (1951) DAW Books Anthology 274
April 1990 The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest Collection 117
April 1990 The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest Collection 117
April 1990 The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber Dark Harvest Collection 117
October 1991 Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy Dove Audio Anthology
1996 Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You Amsco School Publications Anthology 359
June 1997 The Best of Fritz Leiber Amereon House Collection 153
November 1999 Armageddons Ace Books Anthology 163
December 1999 Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy Phoenix Audio Anthology
June 2004 Tales of Science Fiction: Featuring X-Minus One GreaTapes Anthology
September 2004 Tales of Science Fiction: Featuring X-Minus One GreaTapes Anthology
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 153
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 6
January 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology
February 2005 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books / SFBC Anthology
June 2006 The World Turned Upside Down Baen Books Anthology 153
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.08
May 2007 The 1634: The Baltic War Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.08
July 2007 The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk Baen Books Omnibus |3.08
March 2008 The David Drake When the Tide Rises Disk Baen Books Omnibus |17.08
2009 Poor Superman & Others Wonder Publishing Group Collection 103
April 2010 Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories Night Shade Books Collection
May 2010 Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories Night Shade Books Collection 45
May 2010 The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF Robinson Anthology
June 2010 The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF Robinson Anthology 351
July 2010 The Mammoth Book of the End of the World Running Press Anthology 351
October 2010 The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk Baen Books Omnibus |19.08
November 2011 Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories Night Shade Books Collection 45
July 2012 Space Pioneers Literary Licensing Anthology 193
March 2013 Armageddons Baen Books Anthology |163
March 2016 Masters of Science Fiction: Fritz Leiber Centipede Press Collection 641
March 2016 A Pail of Air Project Gutenberg Chapbook
March 2016 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |22
March 2016 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |22
April 2016 The Second Fritz Leiber Megapack Wildside Press Collection |1
October 2016 This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse Three Rooms Press Anthology 183
October 2016 This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse Three Rooms Press Anthology |183
April 2018 Fantastic Stories Present the Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #1 Positronic Publishing Anthology |22
December 2018 Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection Musaicum Books / OK Publishing Omnibus |163
December 2018 Sci-Fi Boxed Set: 160+ Space Adventures, Lost Worlds, Dystopian Novels & Apocalyptic Tales Musaicum Books Omnibus |163