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The Watchers

Ray Bradbury

First published May 1950
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Martian Chronicles

Vignette First published in The Martian Chronicles in 1950. Should not be confused with Bradury's longer 1945 story of the same name. This vignette begins "They all came out and looked at the sky that night."

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1950 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
May 1950 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
May 1950 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
September 1950 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1951 Cover The Silver Locusts Hart-Davis Collection 188
February 1951 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
December 1951 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
November 1952 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1953 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday / SFBC Collection
May 1953 The Martian Chronicles The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
October 1954 Cover The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 144
February 1959 Cover The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection
1960 Cover The Silver Locusts Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
September 1962 Cover The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 144
1963 Cover The Martian Chronicles Time Inc. Collection 219
1963 Cover The Silver Locusts Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection
1965 Cover The Silver Locusts Hart-Davis Collection 188
March 1967 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 144
1971 The Silver Locusts Hart-Davis Collection 188
1972 Cover The Silver Locusts Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 144
June 1973 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
1974 Cover The Martian Chronicles Heritage Club Collection 253
1974 Cover The Martian Chronicles The Limited Editions Club Collection 253
1977 Cover The Silver Locusts Panther / Granada Collection 179
March 1978 Cover The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 144
1979 Cover The Martian Chronicles Olivetti Collection |22
June 1979 Cover The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 144
1981 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Books Collection 144
1985 Cover The Martian Chronicles Grafton Collection 179
1987 Cover The Martian Chronicles Grafton Collection 179
1989 Cover The Martian Chronicles The Easton Press Collection 253
1990 Cover The Martian Chronicles Bantam Spectra Collection 144
May 1990 The Martian Chronicles Bantam Spectra Collection 144
November 1990 Cover The Martian Chronicles Doubleday Collection
February 1993 The Martian Chronicles Grafton Collection 189
1995 Cover The Martian Chronicles Flamingo / HarperCollins Collection 189
February 1997 Cover The Martian Chronicles Avon Books Collection 217
December 2001 Cover The Martian Chronicles Voyager Classics / HarperCollins Collection 189
October 2009 Cover The Martian Chronicles: The Complete Edition Subterranean Press & PS Publishing Collection 167
January 2011 Cover The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 206