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Nothing Sirius

Fredric Brown

First published March 1944
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

The owner of an itinerant penny-arcade stumbles upon an unchartered planet inside the orbit of Sirius I, dubbed by him <i>Nothing Sirius</i> (from Sirius 0). It only consists of clay hills and rare bushes, but some strange sights soon impose themselves to its explorers : a giant ostrich wearing a hat and a bow-tie, birds with propellors, a road leading nowhere, and more — not to mention normal-looking cockroaches. Or are they ?

Publications (25)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1944 Captain Future, Spring 1944 Better Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 106
November 1949 My Best Science Fiction Story Merlin Press Anthology 104
August 1950 My Best Science Fiction Story Merlin Press Anthology 104
July 1951 Space on My Hands Shasta Collection 139
1953 Space on My Hands Corgi Collection 144
January 1953 Space on My Hands Bantam Books Collection 144
January 1953 Wonder Story Annual, 1953 Best Books, Inc. MAGAZINE 121
January 1953 Space on My Hands Bantam Books Collection 144
May 1973 Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories Random House Collection 143
September 1974 Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories Berkley Medallion Collection 123
September 1974 Paradox Lost, and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories Berkley Medallion Collection 123
1975 Paradox Lost and Twelve Other Great Science Fiction Stories Robert Hale Collection 143
January 1977 The Best of Fredric Brown Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Collection 211
May 1977 The Best of Fredric Brown Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 239
May 1980 Space on My Hands Bantam Books Collection 144
September 1982 The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown New English Library Collection 150
June 1993 Space on My Hands Lightyear Press Collection
February 2001 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press Collection 171
October 2001 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 171
July 2002 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press Collection 171
March 2008 High Adventure, #99 March 2008 Adventure House MAGAZINE 98
June 2011 From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown NESFA Press Collection 171
November 2013 The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy Wildside Press Collection
July 2014 The Fredric Brown Megapack: 33 Classic Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy Wildside Press Collection
January 2022 Captain Future, Spring 1944 Fiction House Press Anthology