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The Battle of the Monsters

Morgan Robertson

First published 1899
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story


The Saturday Evening Post first published the story, according to a list in the Century Co. book.

Unlike Robertson's "atmospheric" science fiction, this "is one of several late nineteenth-century tales featuring microscopic observers (see Great and Small) who report back on events within the human body ..." (underscore represents linked cross-reference) --SFE3 biographical entry by John Clute and Mike Ashley (as published 1899-07-16, a Sunday)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1899 Cover "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Tales of the Sea The Century Co. Collection 193
July 1899 Cover The Saturday Evening Post, July 22, 1899 The Curtis Publishing Company MAGAZINE 56
1900 Cover Spun Yarn Sea Stories Grant Richards Collection 145
May 1950 Cover Beyond Time & Space Pellegrini & Cudahy Anthology 261
June 1976 Cover The Battle of the Monsters and Other Stories Gregg Press Anthology 153
April 1977 Cover Victorian Nightmares W. H. Allen Anthology 31
September 1977 Cover Victorian Nightmares Taplinger Anthology 31
December 1980 Cover Victorian Nightmares Coronet Anthology 31
1982 Cover Djävulen i träsket B. Wahlström Anthology
February 2001 Cover A Bottomless Grave and Other Victorian Tales of Terror Dover Publications Anthology 31
November 2007 "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Tales of the Sea Project Gutenberg Collection |193