← Back

A Sound of Thunder

Ray Bradbury

First published June 1952
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

External Links

Wikipedia

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (148)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1952 Collier's, June 28, 1952 Crowell-Collier MAGAZINE 20
March 1953 The Golden Apples of the Sun Doubleday Collection 135
April 1953 The Golden Apples of the Sun Doubleday Collection 135
October 1953 The Golden Apples of the Sun Hart-Davis Collection
January 1954 Planet Stories, January 1954 Love Romances Publishing MAGAZINE 4
May 1954 Planet Stories, No. 11 Pemberton's MAGAZINE 4
November 1954 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 102
November 1954 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 102
1956 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 97
June 1956 Playboy, June 1956 HMH Publishing MAGAZINE 30
1957 Wonder Stories, 1957 Better Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 30
November 1959 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 62
1960 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Collection 97
November 1961 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 88
November 1961 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 88
October 1962 R Is for Rocket Doubleday Collection 79
November 1962 R Is for Rocket Doubleday Collection 79
December 1962 R Is for Rocket Doubleday Collection 79
1963 Wonder Stories, 1963 Better Publications, Inc. MAGAZINE 40
May 1963 R Is for Rocket Doubleday Collection 79
1964 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 97
September 1964 R Is for Rocket Doubleday Collection 79
March 1965 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
May 1965 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1966 Science Fiction Through the Ages 2 Panther Anthology 118
1966 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 97
January 1966 Twice Twenty-two Doubleday Omnibus 110
March 1966 Twice Twenty-two Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 110
September 1966 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
November 1966 Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction Doubleday Anthology 21
January 1967 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
March 1967 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 88
March 1967 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 88
1968 Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction Funk & Wagnalls Anthology 21
1968 Science Fiction for People Who Hate Science Fiction Funk & Wagnalls Anthology 21
1968 R Is for Rocket Hart-Davis Collection
1968 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 62
1968 The Stars and Under Faber and Faber Anthology 23
October 1968 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1969 The Stars and Under Faber and Faber Anthology 23
January 1969 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1970 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 62
June 1970 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Collection 88
August 1970 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
August 1970 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 88
April 1971 Eco-Fiction Washington Square Press Anthology 1
1972 Futures Conditional Bobbs-Merrill Company Anthology 20
1972 R Is for Rocket Pan Books Collection 73
January 1972 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
September 1972 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1973 Science Fiction McDougal, Littell & Co. Anthology
1973 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Collection 88
August 1973 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
December 1973 Transformations: Understanding World History Through Science Fiction Fawcett Premier Anthology 8
1974 Look Back on Tomorrow: Worlds of Science Fiction Addison-Wesley Anthology 94
1974 Science Fact/Fiction Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 251
1974 R Is for Rocket Hart-Davis, MacGibbon Collection 79
March 1974 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1975 Is There Life on Earth? Rigby Anthology 55
1975 The Golden Apples of the Sun Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers Collection 88
1975 The Stars and Under Faber and Faber Anthology 23
1975 Science Fiction Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 47
1975 Science Fiction Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Anthology 47
February 1975 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
July 1975 Ray Bradbury Harrap Collection 69
February 1976 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
September 1976 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1977 The Golden Apples of the Sun Panther Collection 88
1978 The Golden Apples of the Sun Granada Collection 100
March 1978 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
May 1978 Masterpieces of Science Fiction Ariel Books / Ballantine Books Anthology 22
May 1978 The Golden Apples of the Sun Panther Collection
1979 Science Fiction Littell & Co. Anthology
1979 Space 5 Hutchinson Anthology 11
1979 Tales Out of Time Faber and Faber Anthology
1979 The Fog Horn & Other Stories Taiyosha Collection
1979 To Sing Strange Songs A. Wheaton & Co. Collection 7
1979 Science Fiction: English and American Short Stories Progress Publishers Anthology 68
February 1979 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 108
June 1980 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
October 1980 Behold the Mighty Dinosaur Elsevier / Nelson Books Anthology 163
October 1980 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 231
December 1980 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 231
1981 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Granada Collection 231
1981 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1981 The Golden Apples of the Sun Granada Collection 88
February 1981 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 231
April 1981 Tales Out of Time Philomel Books Anthology 224
June 1981 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
November 1981 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 108
1982 Fantasy John Murray Anthology 29
1983 Best Short Stories: Middle Level Jamestown Publishers Anthology 318
January 1983 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
January 1983 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
March 1983 Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction Farrar, Straus and Giroux Anthology 37
June 1983 Dinosaur Tales Bantam Books Collection 51
December 1983 The Golden Apples of the Sun Bantam Books Collection 108
1984 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
1984 Aspects of Science Fiction John Murray Anthology 62
1984 Science Fiction McDougal, Littell & Co. Anthology 47
November 1984 Dinosaur Tales Bantam Books Collection 51
1985 R Is for Rocket Bantam Spectra Collection 57
1985 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Granada Collection
1985 The Golden Apples of the Sun Granada Collection 88
January 1986 The Great SF Stories #14 (1952) DAW Books Anthology 90
January 1986 The Great SF Stories #14 (1952) DAW Books Anthology 90
1987 The Stories of Ray Bradbury, Volume 1 Grafton Collection 378
1987 Best Short Stories: Middle Level Jamestown Publishers Anthology 318
1988 To Sing Strange Songs A. Wheaton & Co. Collection
January 1988 R Is for Rocket Bantam Books Collection 57
January 1989 Playboy, January 1989 MAGAZINE 98
May 1990 Classic Stories 1: Selections from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket Bantam Spectra Collection 202
October 1990 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 231
February 1991 Short Stories / Nouvelles Presses Pocket Collection 37
March 1991 Science Fiction Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 121
1993 Science Fiction Stories = Science Fiction Erzählungen dtv Anthology 44
January 1993 The Golden Apples of the Sun Grafton Collection
June 1993 Short Stories / Nouvelles Presses Pocket Collection 37
1995 Classic Stories 1: Selections from The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket Bantam Spectra Collection 205
1996 Dinosaur Tales Barnes & Noble Books Collection 51
1997 The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories Avon Books Collection 203
April 1997 Tales in Time Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 185
February 1999 The Golden Apples of the Sun Earthlight Collection
November 2001 The Young Oxford Book of Timewarp Stories Oxford University Press Anthology 31
2005 The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology
January 2005 The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century Del Rey / Ballantine Anthology 75
July 2005 A Sound of Thunder and Other Stories Harper Perennial Collection 203
October 2005 R Is for Rocket PS Publishing Collection
October 2005 R Is for Rocket PS Publishing Collection
October 2005 R Is for Rocket PS Publishing Collection
2006 Something Wicked This Way Comes Blackstone Audio Novel |2
June 2008 The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories Paw Prints Collection
December 2008 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 HarperVoyager Collection
January 2009 Science Fiction Stories Palgrave Macmillan Collection
2010 The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories Tantor Media Collection |203
April 2010 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection
April 2010 The Stories of Ray Bradbury Alfred A. Knopf Collection 281
January 2011 The Martian Chronicles / The Illustrated Man / The Golden Apples of the Sun Barnes & Noble Books Omnibus 697
June 2012 Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 1 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
November 2013 The Time Traveller's Almanac Head of Zeus Anthology 174
December 2013 R Is for Rocket Harper Voyager (UK) Collection |57
March 2014 The Time Traveler's Almanac Tor Anthology 174
March 2014 The Time Traveler's Almanac Tor Anthology 174
August 2017 The Golden Apples of the Sun and Other Stories William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |203
August 2018 The Time Traveller's Almanac Head of Zeus Anthology
October 2018 Envisioning Other Worlds: Science Fiction and Dystopias Cornelsen Anthology 84
2019 R Is for Rocket / S Is for Space PS Publishing Omnibus 77
December 2021 The Time Traveller's Almanac Apollo / Head of Zeus Anthology