The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
| First published | January 1954 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Dr. Rupert Labyrinth |
Synopsis
Dr. Labyrinth builds an animator, a machine that is supposed to bring inanimate objects to life. Seeing as it does not work, he leaves it with a friend who leaves a pair of shoes in the machine overnight. The next morning, the shoe has become animated.
Notes
Submitted to F & SF as Left Shoe, My Foot but renamed by Boucher for publication.
Publications (26)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1954 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1954 | Fantasy House, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 62 |
| June 1954 | The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1954 | Mellifont Press Ltd. | MAGAZINE | 1 |
| July 1985 | I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | Doubleday | Collection | 24 |
| February 1986 | I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | Gollancz | Collection | 24 |
| May 1986 | I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | Gollancz | Collection | 24 |
| May 1987 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 249 |
| May 1987 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Underwood-Miller | Collection | 249 |
| September 1987 | I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | St. Martin's Press | Collection | 27 |
| February 1988 | I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon | Grafton / Collins (UK) | Collection | 35 |
| November 1988 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Gollancz | Collection | 249 |
| April 1990 | The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Twilight | Collection | 249 |
| May 1990 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Grafton | Collection | 319 |
| 1993 | Beyond Lies the Wub | HarperCollins Science Fiction & Fantasy / HarperCollinsPublishers | Collection | 319 |
| August 1999 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Millennium / Victor Gollancz | Collection | 249 |
| July 2002 | The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford | Citadel Press | Collection | 249 |
| September 2003 | Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | 249 |
| December 2008 | The Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Vol. 2 | Blackstone Audiobooks | Collection | |3 |
| January 2011 | The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 299 |
| January 2011 | The King of the Elves | Subterranean Press | Collection | 299 |
| August 2014 | Beyond Lies the Wub | Gateway / Orion | Collection | |249 |
| December 2015 | The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |299 |
| December 2015 | The King of the Elves | Brilliance Audio | Collection | |299 |
| July 2016 | Paycheck and Other Classic Stories by Philip K. Dick | Citadel Press / Kensington Publishing | Collection | |
| January 2022 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick | Collection | |17 | |
| September 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | 315 |
| September 2023 | The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Volume One | Gollancz / Orion | Collection | |249 |