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The Growth of the House of Usher

Brian Stableford

First published June 1988
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette
Series Biotech Revolution

A scientist visits a dying colleague at his house in the Orinoco river delta, to discover more about his life and scientific discoveries in genetics.

Redolent of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1988 Cover Interzone, Summer 1988 MAGAZINE 5
May 1989 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 345
May 1989 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press Anthology 345
June 1989 Cover Ice River #4, June 1989 David Memmott FANZINE 19
August 1989 Cover Interzone: The 4th Anthology Simon & Schuster UK Anthology 1
August 1989 Cover Best New SF 3 Robinson Anthology 345
October 1989 Cover The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection St. Martin's Press / SFBC Anthology 355
August 1990 Cover Interzone: The 4th Anthology New English Library Anthology 1
February 1991 Cover Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution Simon & Schuster UK Collection 165
April 1993 Cover Sexual Chemistry: Sardonic Tales of the Genetic Revolution Pocket Books (UK) Collection
January 2013 Cover Sexual Chemistry and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution Borgo Press / Wildside Press Collection 171
August 2013 Cover Sexual Chemistry and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution Wildside Press Collection |10
September 2018 Cover Sexual Chemistry and Other Tales Gateway / Orion Collection |171