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The Short-Short Story of Mankind

John Steinbeck

First published April 1958
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

First published in Playboy according to Acknowledgements in Penguin Science Fiction, although R. S. Hughes, Beyond the Red Pony: A Reader's Companion to Steinbeck's Complete Short Stories cites an earlier appearance under the title 'We Are Holding Our Own' in Lilliput, November 1955.

Publications (19)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
April 1958 Cover Playboy, April 1958 HMH Publishing MAGAZINE 32
June 1959 Cover SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science-Fiction and Fantasy Gnome Press Anthology 206
June 1959 Cover SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume Dell Anthology 206
October 1961 Cover Penguin Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 51
December 1961 Cover Penguin Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 51
1962 Cover Penguin Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 51
1963 Cover Penguin Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 51
1965 Cover Penguin Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 51
1966 Cover Penguin Science Fiction Penguin Books Anthology 51
1970 Cover Imagine! Nelson (Canada) Anthology 4
June 1973 Cover The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
1974 Cover The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
1976 Cover The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
1978 Cover The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
1980 Cover The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
1985 The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
1986 Cover The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 46
November 2007 Cover A Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology 311
November 2007 Cover A Science Fiction Omnibus Penguin Books Anthology |21