A loyal pet dog tries to protect his home from invaders who, each week, drive to the house to steal the valuable food his owners place outside in a special metal container.
According to Philip K. Dick's story notes, collected in the Notes section of The Collected Stories Volume 1: Beyond Lies the Wub, "Roog" was his first short story to be sold, though not his first published story.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1953 |
|
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1953 | Fantasy House, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 123 |
| 1969 |
|
The Others | Fawcett Gold Medal | Anthology | 7 |
| 1969 |
|
The Preserving Machine | Ace Books | Collection | 57 |
| January 1970 |
|
The Preserving Machine | Ace Books / SFBC | Collection | 50 |
| February 1971 |
|
The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | Gollancz | Collection | 54 |
| 1972 |
|
Invaders from Space | Hawthorn Books | Anthology | 45 |
| February 1972 |
|
The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Collection | |
| November 1972 |
|
The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | Pan Books | Collection | 60 |
| 1976 |
|
De onmogelijke planeet | Bruna | Collection | 37 |
| November 1976 |
|
The Preserving Machine | Ace Books | Collection | 60 |
| December 1976 |
|
Le voci di dopo: e altre storie | Fanucci Editore | Collection | 23 |
| 1977 |
|
The Preserving Machine and Other Stories | Pan Books | Collection | 60 |
| March 1977 |
|
The Best of Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 11 |
| March 1978 |
|
The Best of Philip K. Dick | Del Rey / Ballantine | Collection | 11 |
| 1979 |
|
Les délires divergents de Philip K. Dick | Casterman | Collection | 29 |
| January 1979 |
|
Unearth, Winter 1979 | Unearth Publications | MAGAZINE | 110 |
| January 1981 |
|
Die besten Stories von Philip K. Dick | Moewig | Collection | 26 |
| 1984 |
|
Die seltsamen Welten des Philip K. Dick | Corian | Nonfiction | 45 |
| May 1987 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 13 |
| May 1987 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 13 |
| October 1987 |
|
The Preserving Machine | Grafton | Collection | 71 |
| May 1988 |
|
Le voci di dopo: e altre storie | Fanucci Editore | Collection | 23 |
| September 1988 |
|
Dogtales! | Ace Books | Anthology | 8 |
| November 1988 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | Gollancz | Collection | 13 |
| 1989 |
|
A Máquina Preservadora, 1º volume | Livros do Brasil | Collection | 74 |
| April 1990 |
|
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Twilight | Collection | 13 |
| May 1990 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | Grafton | Collection | 31 |
| 1993 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy / HarperCollinsPublishers | Collection | 31 |
| December 1993 |
|
Invaders! | Ace Books | Anthology | 135 |
| June 1994 |
|
Le presenze invisibili. Volume primo | Interno Giallo / Mondadori | Collection | 134 |
| October 1994 |
|
Nouvelles 1947-1952 | Denoël | Collection | 37 |
| September 1996 |
|
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | Barnes & Noble Books | Anthology | 401 |
| 1998 |
|
Und jenseits — das Wobb | Haffmans | Collection | 25 |
| August 1999 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | Millennium / Victor Gollancz | Collection | 13 |
| 2000 | Krótki, szczęśliwy żywot brązowego oxforda | Prószyński i S-ka | Collection | 25 | |
| July 2002 |
|
The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Press | Collection | 13 |
| July 2002 |
|
Der unmögliche Planet | Heyne | Collection | 15 |
| November 2002 |
|
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Pantheon Books | Collection | 12 |
| November 2002 |
|
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Pantheon Books / SFBC | Collection | 12 |
| September 2003 |
|
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | 13 |
| 2004 |
|
Der unmögliche Planet | Heyne | Collection | 15 |
| 2007 |
|
Der unmögliche Planet | Heyne | Collection | 15 |
| March 2007 |
|
Human Is? | Gollancz | Collection | 31 |
| January 2008 |
|
Und jenseits — das Wobb | Zweitausendeins | Collection | 27 |
| September 2008 |
|
Human Is? | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |31 |
| January 2011 |
|
The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 23 |
| January 2011 |
|
The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 23 |
| April 2011 |
|
アジャストメント | 早川書房 | Collection | 57 |
| August 2012 |
|
Und jenseits — das Wobb | Zweitausendeins | Collection | 27 |
| March 2013 |
|
Invaders! | Baen Books | Anthology | |
| April 2013 |
|
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Collection | 9 |
| April 2013 |
|
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Collection | |
| June 2013 |
|
Dogtales! | Baen Books | Anthology | |
| June 2014 |
|
Krótki szczęśliwy żywot brązowego oksforda | Dom Wydawniczy Rebis | Collection | 54 |
| August 2014 |
|
Beyond Lies the Wub | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |13 |
| December 2015 |
|
The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |23 |
| December 2015 |
|
The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |23 |
| May 2016 |
|
Ein kleines Trostpflaster für uns Temponauten | Fischer Taschenbuch | Collection | 18 |
| July 2016 |
|
Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | |
| November 2017 |
|
アジャストメント | 早川書房 | Collection | |
| January 2022 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Collection | |3 | ||
| September 2023 |
|
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 17 |
| September 2023 |
|
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |13 |