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Best Friend

Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth

First published May 1941
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

In a future where a society of genetically engineered dogs do the labor for humans who have evolved into large-brained physical weaklings who concern themselves only with deep thoughts, one such dog is emotionally devastated at the thought that he might have disappointed his master.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1941 Cover Super Science Novels, May 1941 Fictioneers, Inc.; Chicago, IL MAGAZINE 85
September 1962 Cover The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 63
November 1962 Cover The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 63
1967 Cover The Wonder Effect Gollancz Collection 64
July 1969 Cover The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 63
July 1969 Cover The Wonder Effect Ballantine Books Collection 63
September 1974 Cover The Wonder Effect Panther Collection 71
July 1977 Cover Katalysatoren Goldmann Collection 59
September 1977 Cover La civiltà dell'incubo Casa Editrice La Tribuna Collection 29
July 1980 Cover Before the Universe and Other Stories Bantam Books Collection 81