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A Work of Art

James Blish

First published 1959
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

The personality of composer Richard Strauss is resurrected by "mind sculpting", and he returns to his work of composing.

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Publications (53)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1959 Cover Science Fiction Showcase Doubleday Anthology 118
September 1959 Cover Science Fiction Showcase Doubleday Anthology 118
October 1959 Cover Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library Collection 59
January 1960 Cover Galactic Cluster Faber and Faber Collection 32
April 1960 Cover Science Fiction Showcase Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 118
December 1961 Cover Galactic Cluster The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Collection
1963 Cover Galactic Cluster Four Square Books Collection 29
June 1963 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction The Dial Press Anthology 49
1964 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Gollancz Anthology 49
July 1964 Cover Galactic Cluster Four Square Books Collection 29
1965 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of James Blish Faber and Faber Collection 166
1965 Cover Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library Collection 59
July 1965 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 39
July 1965 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 39
October 1965 Cover Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library of Canada Collection 59
1966 Cover Best SF Six Faber and Faber Anthology 22
1966 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Panther Anthology 43
1966 Cover Science Fiction Showcase Whiting & Wheaton Anthology 118
October 1966 Cover New Dreams This Morning Ballantine Books Anthology 35
October 1967 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 39
1968 Cover Science Fiction Showcase Mayflower Anthology 92
June 1968 Cover Galactic Cluster New English Library Collection 29
1969 Cover Science Fiction Showcase Curtis Books Anthology 79
March 1970 Cover The Stars Around Us Signet Anthology 166
July 1970 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 39
July 1970 Cover The Worlds of Science Fiction Paperback Library Anthology 39
February 1973 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of James Blish Faber and Faber Collection 107
1974 Cover The Stars Around Us Signet Anthology 166
January 1975 Cover Best SF Six Faber and Faber Anthology 22
August 1977 Cover The Testament of Andros Arrow Books Collection 107
August 1979 Cover The Best of James Blish Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 239
August 1979 Cover The Best of James Blish Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 239
September 1979 Cover Science Fiction of the Fifties Avon Anthology 331
1980 Cover Galactic Cluster Granada Collection 35
February 1980 Cover Science Fiction of the Fifties Avon / SFBC Anthology 295
October 1981 Cover The Golden Age of Science Fiction Hutchinson Anthology 119
1983 Cover The Golden Age of Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 124
March 1983 Cover The Seedling Stars / Galactic Cluster Signet / New American Library Omnibus 59
August 1986 Cover Afterlives Vintage Books Anthology 113
August 1988 Cover The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956) DAW Books Anthology 230
August 1988 Cover The Great SF Stories # 18 (1956) DAW Books Anthology 230
1993 Cover A Work of Art and Other Stories Severn House Collection 165
November 1997 Cover The Science Fiction Century Tor Anthology 127
November 1997 Cover The Science Fiction Century Tor / BOMC Anthology 127
May 1998 Cover The Science Fiction Century Quality Paperback Book Club Anthology 127
November 2001 Cover Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books Anthology 116
December 2001 Cover Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century Ace Books / SFBC Anthology 116
July 2003 Cover In This World, or Another Five Star Collection 175
2004 Cover The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two Robinson Anthology 1
March 2004 Cover Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century Ace Books Anthology 116
March 2006 Cover The Science Fiction Century, Volume One Orb Anthology 121
February 2008 Cover Works of Art NESFA Press Collection 23
September 2011 Cover The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two Robinson Anthology |1