The copyright page of the SFBC edition of ''Nova 1'' states that "Mary and Joe" is copyright 1962 (by Naomi Mitchison) and reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates, Incorporated. According to Michael Ashley's ''The History of the Science-fiction Magazine'', Liverpool University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84631-002-7, p. 140, this text is an excerpt from ''Memoirs of a Spacewoman'' (1962).
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1970 |
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Nova 1 | Delacorte Press | Anthology | 161 |
| April 1970 |
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Nova 1 | Delacorte Press / SFBC | Anthology | 175 |
| March 1971 |
|
Nova 1 | Dell | Anthology | 161 |
| March 1971 |
|
Nova 1 | Dell | Anthology | 161 |
| May 1971 |
|
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 4 | Sphere Books | Anthology | 83 |
| September 1971 |
|
Best SF: 1970 | Putnam | Anthology | 75 |
| November 1971 |
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Best SF: 1970 | Berkley Medallion | Anthology | 74 |
| 1975 |
|
Nova 1 | Sphere | Anthology | 175 |
| September 1976 |
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Nova 1 | Robert Hale | Anthology | 165 |
| March 1983 |
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Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Anthology | 107 |
| April 1985 |
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Invariant | Londreys | Anthology | 109 |
| September 1990 |
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A Girl Must Live: Stories and Poems | Richard Drew Publishing | Collection | 155 |