← Back

Balance

John Christopher

First published March 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Max Larkin

Acknowledgements to No Place Like Earth states "Balance—copyright 1951 as "Balance of Power", by Columbia Publishing Corp., for Future Fiction. First published in Great Britain by New Worlds, 1951." The acknowledgment is incorrect. The story was published as "In the Balance" by C. S. Youd.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1951 Cover New Worlds, Spring 1951 Nova Publications Ltd. MAGAZINE 84
July 1951 Cover Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, July 1951 Columbia Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 64
1952 Cover Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, No. 5 Hermitage Publications MAGAZINE 64
August 1952 Cover The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 Frederick Fell Anthology 140
October 1952 Cover No Place Like Earth T. V. Boardman Anthology 121
1953 Cover The Best Science Fiction Stories: Third Series Grayson & Grayson Anthology 126
January 1954 Cover No Place Like Earth: A Science Fiction Anthology The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 120
February 1954 Cover No Place Like Earth T. V. Boardman Anthology 111
August 1961 Cover No Place Like Earth Panther Anthology 90
1962 Cover The Twenty-Second Century Lancer Books Collection 91