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The Great Judge

A. E. van Vogt

First published July 1948
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A scientist discovers how to swap minds between living bodies. In his excitement, he says something derogatory about the Great Judge - and is condemned to die the following week.

Notes

This story is the basis for the novel The Mind Cage (1957).

Publications (38)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1948 Fantasy Book, Vol. 1, No. 3 Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. MAGAZINE 4
July 1948 Fantasy Book, Vol. 1, No. 3 (deluxe edition) Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. MAGAZINE 4
1952 Away and Beyond Pellegrini & Cudahy Collection 81
1952 Away and Beyond Avon Collection 69
July 1956 Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, July 15, 1956 Hamilton & Co. MAGAZINE 127
February 1959 Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 35
February 1959 Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 35
September 1960 Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 35
December 1960 Away and Beyond Berkley Books Collection 35
February 1963 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
February 1963 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
August 1963 Away and Beyond Berkley Medallion Collection 40
September 1963 Away and Beyond Panther Collection 41
1966 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1968 The Time Curve Tower Books Anthology 169
1968 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
April 1968 Away and Beyond Panther Collection 41
1969 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1970 Away and Beyond Panther Collection 41
1971 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1973 Out of This World 10 Blackie Anthology 111
1973 Away and Beyond Panther Collection 41
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1973 Away and Beyond Panther Collection 41
1973 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1974 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
1976 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
November 1977 Away and Beyond Jove / HBJ Collection 69
November 1977 Away and Beyond Jove / HBJ Collection 69
1978 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
October 1978 Away and Beyond Panther / Granada Collection 41
1979 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Collier Books Anthology 272
September 1980 Microcosmic Tales Taplinger Anthology 102
June 1992 Microcosmic Tales DAW Books Anthology 104
August 1997 Fifty Short Science Fiction Tales Scribner Paperback Fiction Anthology
April 2003 Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt NESFA Press Collection 329
October 2006 Transfinite: The Essential A. E. van Vogt NESFA Press Collection 329