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The Monsters

Robert Sheckley

First published March 1953
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

A sentient alien species attempts to deal with their first contact with humans.

Publications (43)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1953 Cover The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1953 Fantasy House, Inc. MAGAZINE 15
March 1954 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Ballantine Books Collection 1
March 1954 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Ballantine Books Collection 1
1955 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Michael Joseph Collection 9
November 1960 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Ballantine Books Collection 1
June 1963 Cover Best SF Five Faber and Faber Anthology 108
1967 Cover The Starlit Corridor Pergamon Press Ltd. Anthology 75
1967 Cover The Starlit Corridor Pergamon Press Ltd. Anthology 75
1967 The Starlit Corridor Pergamon Press Ltd. Anthology 75
1967 Cover The Starlit Corridor Pergamon Press Ltd. Anthology 75
April 1967 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Four Square Books Collection 7
December 1967 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Ballantine Bal-Hi Collection 1
November 1971 Cover Best SF Five Faber and Faber Anthology 108
1974 Anthropology Through Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology
1974 Cover Anthropology Through Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology 377
May 1978 Cover Perilous Planets: An Anthology of Way-Back-When Futures Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology 104
October 1978 Cover Alpha 9 Berkley Books Anthology 39
March 1979 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Ace Books Collection 1
February 1980 Cover Perilous Planets Avon Anthology 85
June 1980 Cover Perilous Planets Orbit / Futura Anthology 104
August 1984 Cover Is That What People Do? Holt, Rinehart and Winston Collection 269
October 1987 Cover Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Warner Books Anthology 151
November 1988 Cover Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Victor Gollancz Anthology 151
November 1988 Cover Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder VGSF / Victor Gollancz Anthology 151
April 1989 Cover Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder Warner Books Anthology 151
September 1991 Cover The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley Pulphouse Publishing Omnibus 1-7
September 1991 The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One Pulphouse Publishing Collection 7
July 1992 Cover The Collected Short Fiction of Robert Sheckley: Book One Pulphouse Publishing Collection 7
March 2001 Cover Science Fiction: 101 ibooks Anthology 233
August 2005 Cover The Masque of Mañana NESFA Press Collection 53
October 2005 Cover Science Fiction: 101 ibooks Anthology 233
December 2005 Cover The Masque of Mañana NESFA Press / SFBC Collection 53
April 2008 Cover The Monsters and Other Science Fiction Tales Wildside Press Collection 1
August 2008 Cover The Masque of Mañana NESFA Press Collection 53
May 2012 Cover Store of the Worlds: The Stories of Robert Sheckley New York Review of Books Collection 3
May 2014 Cover Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction Roc / New American Library Anthology 209
May 2014 Cover Science Fiction: 101: Exploring the Craft of Science Fiction Open Road Integrated Media Anthology |209
March 2015 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Ballantine Books Collection |1
June 2021 Cover Untouched by Human Hands Penguin Books Collection |10
June 2021 Untouched by Human Hands Penguin Books Collection |10
February 2022 Cover Masters of Science Fiction: Robert Sheckley Centipede Press Collection 245
November 2022 Cover Alpha 9 ReAnimus Press Anthology
November 2022 Cover Alpha 9 ReAnimus Press Anthology