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The Smile

Ray Bradbury

First published June 1952
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

In the postapocalyptic dystopian future, common public catharsis is obtained by destruction of any remaining artifact from the civilized past.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
June 1952 Cover Fantastic, Summer 1952 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company MAGAZINE 90
March 1953 Cover Worlds of Tomorrow: Science-Fiction with a Difference Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 35
1955 Cover Worlds of Tomorrow Weidenfeld & Nicolson Anthology
1959 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Doubleday Collection 146
1959 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Hart-Davis Collection
April 1960 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
May 1960 Cover The Day It Rained Forever The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection 133
1963 Cover New Worlds for Old Four Square Books Anthology 7
1963 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
September 1963 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
September 1963 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
1964 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
1966 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
January 1966 Cover Twice Twenty-two Doubleday Omnibus 328
March 1966 Cover Twice Twenty-two Doubleday / SFBC Omnibus 328
August 1966 Cover S Is for Space Doubleday Collection 195
August 1966 Cover S Is for Space Doubleday Collection 195
May 1967 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
July 1967 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
December 1967 Cover Amazing Stories, December 1967 Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. MAGAZINE 24
1968 Cover S Is for Space Hart-Davis Collection
1969 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
November 1970 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
November 1970 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
January 1971 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
March 1971 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
1972 Cover S Is for Space Pan Books Collection 181
1972 Cover S Is for Space Pan Books Collection 181
March 1972 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
October 1972 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
November 1972 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
December 1973 Cover Transformations: Understanding World History Through Science Fiction Fawcett Premier Anthology 57
July 1974 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
November 1974 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
November 1974 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
1975 Cover Bradbury Reads Bradbury: Volume 1 Listening Library Collection |3
July 1975 Cover Ray Bradbury Harrap Collection 156
July 1975 Cover Perry Rhodan #75: Planet Topide, Please Reply! Ace Books MAGAZINE 132
1976 You and Science Fiction National Textbook Co. Anthology 68
April 1976 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
April 1977 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
June 1977 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
1978 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
March 1978 S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
April 1978 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
1979 Cover Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection |3
September 1979 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
1980 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
1981 Long After Midnight and Other Stories Nan'un-do (Japan) Collection
1981 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
January 1981 Cover S Is for Space Bantam Books Collection 173
September 1981 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy Bantam Books Collection 110
1985 Cover You and Science Fiction National Textbook Co. Anthology 68
October 1987 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
1988 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Penguin Books Collection 122
May 1990 Cover Classic Stories 2 Bantam Spectra Collection 310
November 1991 Cover The Day It Rained Forever Roc UK Collection 122
1992 Cover Fantastic Tales of Ray Bradbury Listening Library Collection 3
1994 Cover You and Science Fiction National Textbook Co. Anthology 68
April 1997 Cover Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing, Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts General Publishing Group Anthology 139
1998 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories Avon Books Collection 278
September 2000 Cover Ackermanthology: 65 Astonishing Rediscovered Sci-Fi Shorts, Millennium Edition Sense of Wonder Press Anthology 139
2001 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 278
August 2003 Cover Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection 698
September 2003 Cover Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales William Morrow / HarperCollins / SFBC Collection 698
October 2003 Cover Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales The Easton Press Collection 698
April 2005 Cover Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 698
October 2005 S Is for Space PS Publishing Collection
October 2005 S Is for Space PS Publishing Collection
October 2005 S Is for Space PS Publishing Collection
2006 Cover Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 Gauntlet Press Collection
2006 Cover Match to Flame: The Fictional Paths to Fahrenheit 451 Gauntlet Press Collection
2007 Cover Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales Perennial / HarperCollins Collection 698
November 2008 Cover The Day It Rained Forever PS Publishing Collection
November 2008 Cover The Day It Rained Forever PS Publishing Collection
November 2008 Cover The Day It Rained Forever / A Medicine for Melancholy PS Publishing Omnibus
December 2008 Cover Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 HarperVoyager Collection
May 2010 Cover A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Subterranean Press Collection 133
August 2011 Cover A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Harper Perennial Collection 165
August 2011 Cover A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Harper Perennial / SFBC Collection
January 2012 Cover A Pleasure to Burn: Fahrenheit 451 Stories Blackstone Audio Collection |133
June 2012 Cover Ray Bradbury Stories Volume 2 Harper Voyager (UK) Collection
April 2013 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection |278
May 2013 Cover A Pleasure to Burn William Morrow / HarperCollins Collection
April 2018 Cover A Medicine for Melancholy and Other Stories Recorded Books Collection |278
2019 Cover R Is for Rocket / S Is for Space PS Publishing Omnibus 393