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Made in U.S.A.

J. T. McIntosh

First published April 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

A man sues his new wife for divorce as she didn't tell him before marriage that she is an "android". In this story "an android" means what a clone means today means. Androids are completely human, they are just artificially grown and have a stamp "made in USA" in their navels. For some undefined reason androids cannot have children and that is the grounds for the divorce. In principle the androids have exactly the same rights as humans, they don't ever have to tell if they are androids or not.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1953 Cover Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1953 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 4
November 1953 Cover Crossroads in Time Permabooks Anthology 165
March 1954 Cover Galaxie, Mars 1954 Éditions Nuit et Jour MAGAZINE 70
December 1954 Cover Más Allá, Diciembre 1954 Editorial Abril MAGAZINE 34
1963 Cover Human and Other Beings Collier Books Anthology 105
June 1963 Cover Human and Other Beings Collier Books Anthology 105
1964 Cover Connoisseur's Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 174
1966 Cover Connoisseur's Science Fiction Penguin Books (US) Anthology 174
1966 Cover Connoisseur's Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 174
1968 Cover Encrucijadas del Espacio Editorial Molino Anthology
October 1974 Cover Androïdes robots et machines folles OPTA Anthology 45
October 1974 Cover Androïdes robots et machines folles OPTA Anthology 45
January 1975 Cover Phantom der Freiheit Pabel Anthology 7
February 1976 Cover Connoisseur's Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 174
November 1979 Cover The Androids Are Coming Elsevier / Nelson Books Anthology 88
January 1982 Cover Science Fiction Story Reader 17 Heyne Anthology 86
February 1998 Cover The British Way Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 271
October 2000 Cover Von Shelley bis Clarke Heyne Anthology 451
December 2000 Cover The Androids Are Coming Cosmos Books / Wildside Press Anthology 88