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The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World

Philip José Farmer

First published 1971
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Dayworld

Synopsis

In a future Earth where overpopulation is dealt with by keeping 6/7 of the population under suspended animation each day, a man is motivated to switch his designated day by the sight of a beautiful woman who is part of a different day.

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Publications (38)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1971 Cover New Dimensions 1: Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories Doubleday Anthology 187
July 1972 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year E. P. Dutton Anthology 13
July 1972 Cover The Best Science Fiction of the Year Ballantine Books Anthology 113
July 1972 Cover The Best Science Fiction of the Year Ballantine Books Anthology 113
September 1972 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year E. P. Dutton Anthology 13
August 1973 Cover New Dimensions 1: Fourteen Original Science Fiction Stories Avon Anthology 197
August 1973 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Ace Books Anthology 13
October 1973 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Kaye & Ward Anthology 13
December 1974 Cover Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Anthology 13
March 1975 Cover Social Problems Through Science Fiction St. Martin's Press Anthology 21
April 1976 Cover The Best Science Fiction of the Year #1 Ballantine Books Anthology 113
1978 Cover Approaches to Science Fiction Houghton Mifflin Anthology 408
October 1978 Cover Alpha 9 Berkley Books Anthology 50
November 1979 Cover The Best of New Dimensions Pocket Books Anthology 51
November 1979 Cover The Best of New Dimensions Pocket Books Anthology 51
April 1983 Cover The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Arbor House Anthology 408
February 1984 Cover The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces Priam Books / Arbor House Anthology 408
November 1984 Cover The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 Crown Publishers Collection 130
November 1984 Cover The Grand Adventure Berkley Books Collection 169
November 1984 Cover The Grand Adventure Berkley Books Collection 169
1985 Cover Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 408
February 1985 Cover The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 Crown Publishers / SFBC Collection 130
1986 Cover The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 Greenhouse Collection 130
June 1988 Cover Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 408
March 1994 Cover Great Tales of Science Fiction Galahad Books Anthology 408
August 1994 Cover The SF Collection Chancellor Press Anthology 388
1996 Cover Science Fiction, Science Fact, and You Amsco School Publications Anthology 79
April 1997 Cover Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 332
April 1997 Cover Decades of Science Fiction NTC Publishing Group Anthology 332
February 2003 Sci Fiction, February 5, 2003 SciFi.com MAGAZINE
March 2006 Cover The Best of Philip Jose Farmer Subterranean Press Collection 389
March 2006 Cover The Best of Philip Jose Farmer Subterranean Press Collection 389
April 2006 Cover The Best of Philip Jose Farmer Subterranean Press Collection 389
July 2018 Cover The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection Meteor House Collection 487
July 2018 Cover The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection Meteor House Collection 487
September 2018 Cover The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection Meteor House Collection 487
November 2022 Cover Alpha 9 ReAnimus Press Anthology
November 2022 Cover Alpha 9 ReAnimus Press Anthology