Synopsis
After the next nuclear war, a U.S. government statistician notices that the population is unexpectedly rising, and traces the source to a small town in Kansas.
Publications (38)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1952 |
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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1952 | Fantasy House, Inc. | MAGAZINE | 3 |
| March 1953 |
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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, Second Series | Little, Brown | Anthology | 246 |
| September 1956 |
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Best SF Two: Science Fiction Stories | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 24 |
| May 1958 |
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Starburst | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 133 |
| September 1958 |
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Best SF Two | The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) | Anthology | |
| 1960 |
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Best SF Two | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 24 |
| 1962 |
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Best SF Two | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 24 |
| 1964 |
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Best SF Two | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 24 |
| April 1965 |
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Starburst | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 133 |
| April 1965 |
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Starburst | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 133 |
| 1968 |
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Best SF Two | Faber and Faber | Anthology | 24 |
| October 1968 |
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Starburst | Sphere Books | Collection | 132 |
| December 1970 |
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Starburst | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 133 |
| March 1973 |
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Starburst | Sphere Books | Collection | 132 |
| October 1973 |
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Simon & Schuster | Anthology | 168 |
| 1974 |
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Infinite Jests: The Lighter Side of Science Fiction | Chilton | Anthology | 185 |
| August 1974 |
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gollancz | Anthology | 168 |
| July 1976 |
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Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume II | Berkley/Putnam | Collection | 68 |
| December 1976 |
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Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | Nelson Doubleday / SFBC | Omnibus | 260 |
| 1977 |
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The Best Science Fiction Stories | Hamlyn | Anthology | 372 |
| June 1977 |
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Starburst | Pan Books | Collection | 131 |
| July 1977 |
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Starlight: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | Berkley Medallion | Omnibus | 283 |
| February 1978 | Star Light, Star Bright | Gollancz | Collection | ||
| 1979 |
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Star Light, Star Bright: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester Volume 2 | Fontana | Collection | 64 |
| March 1980 |
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Starburst | Signet / New American Library | Collection | 133 |
| March 1980 |
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Starburst | Signet / New American Library of Canada | Collection | 133 |
| April 1980 |
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The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | Priam Books / Arbor House | Anthology | 391 |
| April 1980 |
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The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | Arbor House | Anthology | 391 |
| January 1986 |
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The Great SF Stories #14 (1952) | DAW Books | Anthology | 103 |
| January 1986 |
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The Great SF Stories #14 (1952) | DAW Books | Anthology | 103 |
| November 1987 |
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Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century | Avenel Books | Anthology | 391 |
| November 1997 |
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Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | Vintage Books | Collection | 112 |
| November 1997 |
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Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | Topeka Bindery | Collection | |
| August 1998 | Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | Vintage Books / SFBC | Collection | ||
| April 2000 |
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The SFWA Grand Masters: Volume Two | Tor | Anthology | 378 |
| April 2001 |
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The SFWA Grand Masters, Volume 2 | Tor | Anthology | |
| March 2009 |
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Infinite Jests | Wildside Press | Anthology | |
| May 2013 |
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Virtual Unrealities: The Short Fiction of Alfred Bester | Byron Preiss Visual Publications | Collection | |7 |