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The Country of the Blind

H. G. Wells

First published April 1904
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A visitor stumbles on an isolated land whose inhabitants have no sense of sight.

Notes

First published in the Strand Magazine, April 1904

External Links

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Publications (124)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1904 The Strand Magazine, April 1904 George Newnes MAGAZINE 401
August 1911 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 536
November 1911 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Mitchell Kennerley Collection |8
November 1911 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Grant Richards Collection |8
August 1913 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection 536
1915 The Country of the Blind Mitchell Kennerley Chapbook
January 1915 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Grant Richards Collection
1923 The Country of the Blind Haldeman-Julius Collection 5
1923 Tales of Wonder W. Collins Sons Collection 215
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories T. Fisher Unwin Omnibus
1925 In the Days of the Comet and Seventeen Short Stories Charles Scribner's Sons Omnibus
January 1926 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Tauchnitz Collection |1
1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 190
1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 190
1927 The Time Machine and Other Stories Ernest Benn Collection |8
September 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 190
October 1927 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 190
December 1927 Amazing Stories, December 1927 Experimenter Publishing Company MAGAZINE 850
1929 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection
1929 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells The Literary Guild Collection
March 1929 The Argosy, March 1929 The Amalgamated Press MAGAZINE 39
1933 Traveller's Library Doubleday, Doran Anthology
1933 The Soul of a Bishop and Three Short Stories Waterlow & Sons Omnibus
1934 A Century of Creepy Stories Hutchinson Anthology 1019
1937 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 163
1937 The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 163
1938 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Garden City Publishing Co. Collection 163
1938 The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells Doubleday, Doran Collection 163
1939 The Country of the Blind Golden Cockerel Press Chapbook 46
1939 Adventures in Modern LIterature Harcourt, Brace & Company Anthology
1940 Short Stories: Second Series Thomas Nelson & Sons Collection |9
1944 Adventures in Modern LIterature Harcourt, Brace & Company Anthology
1947 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Longmans, Green and Co. Collection
1948 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 190
1951 Adventures in Modern Literature Harcourt, Brace & Company Anthology
1952 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 310
1957 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 190
September 1958 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
1960 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 310
1960 The Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 167
1962 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
September 1963 The Time Machine and Other Stories Scholastic Collection 151
1964 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 310
1964 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
1965 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection
1965 Turning Point: Fourteen Great Tales of Daring and Decision Dell Laurel-Leaf Anthology |12
February 1965 The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories Bantam Books Collection 37
1966 28 Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells Dover Publications Collection 310
July 1966 The Inexperienced Ghost and Nine Other Stories Bantam Books Collection 37
September 1966 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 167
February 1967 Masterpieces of Science Fiction World Publishing Co. Anthology 313
1968 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
August 1969 The Time Machine and Other Stories Scholastic Collection 151
1971 Science Fiction: The Future Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Anthology 64
1971 The Cracked Looking Glass: Stories of Other Realities Macmillan Anthology 1
1971 A Century of Creepy Stories Books for Libraries Press Anthology 1019
1972 Edges of Reality: Confrontations with the Uncanny, the Macabre, and the Mad Scott, Foresman and Company Anthology 259
1973 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
March 1973 The Time Machine and Other Stories Scholastic Collection 151
1974 Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 313
1974 Masterpieces of Science Fiction Hyperion Press Anthology 313
1974 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells Ernest Benn Collection 167
February 1975 The Time Machine and Other Stories Scholastic Collection 151
1977 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
September 1977 The Empire of the Ants (and Other Stories) Scholastic Collection 29
1978 Fireside Reader Reader's Digest Anthology 274
April 1978 The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells Castle Books Omnibus 105
December 1978 Lost Worlds, Unknown Horizons Thomas Nelson Anthology 11
1979 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 123
January 1979 The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells Castle Books Omnibus 105
1980 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories David R. Godine Collection |8
1980 The Empire of the Ants (and Other Stories) Scholastic Collection 29
July 1980 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories David R. Godine Collection 125
1981 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books (US) Collection 123
1981 Twenty-Two Tales The Franklin Library Anthology 399
July 1981 The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells Castle Books Omnibus 107
September 1983 Cults!: An Anthology of Secret Societies, Sects, and the Supernatural Beaufort Books Anthology 55
August 1986 The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells Castle Books Omnibus 107
1987 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells St. Martin's Press Collection 167
1988 Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology Harper & Row Anthology 23
1988 Selected Short Stories Penguin Books Collection 123
1990 Short Stories The Folio Society Collection |4
October 1996 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Oxford University Press Collection |32
1997 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Pantheon Books Anthology 559
February 1998 The British Way Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 97
May 1998 The Red Room and Other Stories Phoenix Collection 203
August 1998 The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells J. M. Dent Collection 629
November 1998 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Vintage Books Anthology 559
September 2002 The 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time Warner Books Anthology 196
April 2004 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |32
May 2005 The Collector's Book of Science Fiction by H. G. Wells Castle Books Omnibus 105
May 2005 The Country of the Blind Penguin Books Collection 1
July 2005 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Project Gutenberg Collection |8
January 2006 The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories The Echo Library Collection |32
December 2006 The Man Who Could Work Miracles Tartarus Press Collection
May 2007 The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection |20
December 2007 The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories Penguin Books Collection 322
2009 A Dream of Armageddon: The Complete Supernatural Tales Fall River Press Collection 271
2009 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Penguin Books Anthology |559
January 2009 A Dream of Armageddon Cybraria Collection
May 2009 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Penguin Books Anthology 559
January 2010 Short Science Fiction Collection 32 LibriVox Anthology |4
March 2010 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories Waking Lion Press Collection 360
May 2010 A Dream of Armageddon Kessinger Collection
2011 Bedtime Stories Knopf Borzoi Anthology 222
April 2011 Complete Short Story Omnibus Gollancz Collection 683
January 2013 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 271
January 2013 Steampunk: H. G. Wells Running Press Kids Omnibus
July 2013 The Country of the Blind and Other Stories CreateSpace Collection 531
August 2013 The Door in the Wall and Other Stories Bottom of the Hill Publishing Collection
2014 Psychology: A Literary Introduction Sam Teddy Publishing Anthology |7
March 2015 Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday Mariner Books Anthology 559
January 2016 Drabblecast B-Sides, #65 The Drabblecast MAGAZINE
February 2016 H. G. Wells: The Dover Reader Dover Publications Omnibus
January 2017 The Crystal Egg and Other Stories Wordsworth Editions Collection 27
February 2017 Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 415
April 2017 The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories Enhanced Media Publishing Collection |32
August 2017 Lost Worlds Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |29
2018 Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 415
November 2018 H.G. Wells: Timeless Adventures from the Father of Science Fiction Prion / Carlton Omnibus 593
December 2018 Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection |31
December 2018 Lost Worlds Short Stories Flame Tree Publishing Anthology |29
2020 The Time Machine & Other Stories Arcturus Publishing Collection 163
2020 Short Stories: Anthology of Classic Tales Flame Tree Publishing Collection 415