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The Detective of Dreams

Gene Wolfe

First published August 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (34)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
August 1980 Dark Forces The Viking Press Anthology 196
October 1980 Dark Forces The Viking Press Anthology 196
1981 Dark Forces Futura Anthology 196
May 1981 Dark Forces The Viking Press / SFBC Anthology 174
December 1981 Dark Forces Bantam Books Anthology 322
March 1984 Plan[e]t Engineering NESFA Press Collection 115
March 1984 Plan[e]t Engineering NESFA Press Collection 115
June 1986 Dark Forces Futura Anthology 196|196.1
May 1988 Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment Nelson Doubleday / SFBC Anthology 197
December 1988 Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment St. Martin's Press Anthology 197
March 1989 Endangered Species Tor Collection 258
April 1989 Endangered Species The Easton Press Collection 258
October 1989 Dark Forces Signet / New American Library Anthology 322
February 1990 Endangered Species Orbit / Futura Collection 258
April 1990 Endangered Species Tor Collection 258
April 1991 The Night Fantastic DAW Books Anthology 293
February 1996 Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment GuildAmerica Books / SFBC Anthology 197
March 1998 The Fantasy Hall of Fame HarperPrism Anthology 423
August 1998 The Fantasy Hall of Fame HarperPrism / SFBC Anthology 423
September 2004 Endangered Species Orb Collection 258
2007 Dark Forces Lonely Road Books Anthology
April 2007 A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales about the Christ Thunder's Mouth Press Anthology 165
March 2008 The Dragon Done It Baen Books Anthology 365
March 2008 The Dragon Done It Baen Books Anthology 19
March 2009 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection 333
July 2009 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe PS Publishing Collection 323
July 2009 The Very Best of Gene Wolfe PS Publishing Collection
April 2010 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection |333
April 2010 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection
October 2010 The 1635: The Eastern Front Disk Baen Books Omnibus |20.20
July 2013 Endangered Species Orb Collection 258
September 2013 Super Stories of Heroes & Villains Tachyon Publications Anthology 405
January 2020 The Best of Gene Wolfe: A Definitive Retrospective of His Finest Short Fiction Tor Collection |333
August 2023 The Dead Man and Other Horror Stories Subterranean Press Collection 43