Originally written in 1975 for a workshop given at Portland State University.
First published in 1976.
Very likely, the revised alternate version ("The Eye Altering (II), 1978"), is the one that was reprinted & translated ever afterwards.
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 |
|
The Altered I | Norstrilia Press | Anthology | 108 |
| May 1978 |
|
The Altered I | Berkley Windhover | Anthology | 17 |
| June 1982 |
|
The Compass Rose | Pendragon Press & Underwood-Miller | Collection | 169 |
| July 1982 |
|
The Compass Rose | Harper & Row | Collection | 156 |
| October 1982 |
|
The Compass Rose | Harper & Row / SFBC | Collection | |
| March 1983 |
|
The Compass Rose | Gollancz | Collection | 156 |
| July 1983 |
|
The Compass Rose | Bantam Books | Collection | 154 |
| 1984 |
|
The Compass Rose | Granada | Collection | 166 |
| November 1987 | The Compass Rose | Bantam Spectra | Collection | 154 | |
| 1988 |
|
The Compass Rose | Grafton / Collins (UK) | Collection | 166 |
| March 1991 |
|
Science Fiction Stories | Oxford University Press | Anthology | 98 |
| June 1991 |
|
The Compass Rose | HarperPaperbacks | Collection | 207 |
| March 2005 |
|
The Compass Rose | Perennial / HarperCollins | Collection | |
| August 2015 |
|
The Wind's Twelve Quarters and The Compass Rose | Gollancz / Orion | Omnibus | 445 |
| August 2015 |
|
The Compass Rose | Gateway / Orion | Collection |