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The Fatal Eggs

Mikhail Bulgakov

First published December 1964
Type Short Fiction
Length Novella

{{Tr|{{A|Mirra Ginsburg}}}}. First English translation. The version appearing in Fantasy and Science Fiction was abridged relative to that which appeared in The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire, according to a note in the latter book. A similar note on the abridgement appears on p.127 of the December, 1964 Fantasy and Science Fiction. The original Russian publication was in Nedra 6 according to Bleiler's "Science-Fiction: The Early Years".

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1964 Cover The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1964 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 74
1965 Cover The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire Macmillan Anthology 53
November 1987 Cover The Fatal Eggs and Other Soviet Satire: 1918-1963 Grove Press Anthology 53
1991 Cover Diaboliad The Harvill Press Collection
January 2010 Cover Diaboliad Vintage (UK) Collection 48