← Back

Super-Toys Last All Summer Long

Brian W. Aldiss

First published 1970
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Supertoys #1

A company which constructs synthetic life forms makes a breakthrough by marketing one with intelligence.

Originally published in Harper's Bazaar, December 1969. Made into the movie "A.I." in 2001.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1970 Cover The Moment of Eclipse Faber and Faber Collection 70
1972 Cover Moment of Eclipse Doubleday Collection 69
February 1973 Cover L'instant de l'éclipse Denoël Collection 81
November 1973 Cover The Moment of Eclipse Panther Collection 62
1979 Cover The Moment of Eclipse Panther Collection 62
1979 Cover The Moment of Eclipse Panther Collection 62
September 1982 Cover Dunkler Bruder Zukunft Bastei Lübbe Collection 137
September 1983 Cover Festival Almanach Bastei Lübbe Anthology 165
1985 Cover The Moment of Eclipse Panther / Granada Collection 62
April 1988 Cover Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Gollancz Collection 194
May 1989 Cover Man in His Time: Best SF Stories VGSF Collection 194
July 1989 Cover L'instant de l'éclipse Denoël Collection 81
September 1989 Cover Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Atheneum / Macmillan Collection 194
October 1990 Cover Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss Collier / Macmillan Collection 194
2000 Cover The Moment of Eclipse House of Stratus Collection 61
January 2001 Cover Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time Orbit Collection 1
February 2001 Cover Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time Orbit Collection 1
April 2001 Cover Inteligência Artificial Livros do Brasil Collection 19
June 2001 Cover Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time St. Martin's Griffin Collection 1
June 2001 Cover Urania #1415 Mondadori MAGAZINE 21
September 2001 Cover AI: Super-Toys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time Orbit Collection 1
September 2001 Cover Los superjuguetes duran todo el verano y otras historias del futuro Plaza & Janés Collection 19
October 2001 Cover Künstliche Intelligenzen Heyne Collection 29
April 2002 Cover El Momento del Eclipse Minotauro Collection 77
April 2005 Cover Adaptations: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films Three Rivers Press Anthology 112
August 2010 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 443
August 2010 Cover The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction Wesleyan University Press Anthology 443
March 2014 Zoetrope: All-Story, Spring 2014 AZX Publications MAGAZINE 64
September 2015 Cover The Complete Short Stories: The 1960s (Part 4) Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
December 2020 Cover We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |309
December 2020 Cover We, Robots Ad Astra / Head of Zeus Anthology |309
December 2021 Cover We, Robots Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology |309
June 2024 Cover Deadly Dolls: Midnight Tales of Uncanny Playthings The British Library Anthology 101
December 2025 Cover Hello Earth, Are You There? Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |11
December 2025 Cover Hello Earth, Are You There? Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |11