Galaxy SF
1955
· English
About this story
After a devastating war, automated factories keep producing goods and consuming resources despite the wishes of human survivors. A settlement tries to regain control of an industrial system that no longer needs its customers' consent.
Chronology
Work history
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no later than Oct 11, 1954
Composition: no later than Oct 11, 1954
Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.
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Oct 11, 1954
Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency
Oct 11, 1954
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Nov 1955
First published Nov 1955
Galaxy SF
Appearances in Pulp Magazines 1
Appearances in Magazines 0
No magazine appearances are recorded.
Appearances in Anthologies 5
The Ruins of Earth
1971 · Putnam
United States · English
Beyond Control
1972 · Nelson
United States · English
The Ruins of Earth
1973 · Hutchinson
United Kingdom · English
Beyond Control
1974 · Dell
United States · English
The Ruins of Earth
1975 · Arrow
United Kingdom · English
Appearances in Collections 26
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The Variable Man
1957 · Ace Books
United States · English
The Variable Man
1969 · Sphere
United Kingdom · English
The Variable Man
1976 · Ace Books
United States · English
The Best of Philip K. Dick
1977 · Ballantine
United States · English
The Variable Man
1977 · Sphere
United Kingdom · English
Robots Androids and Mechanical Oddities
1984 · Southern Illinois University P
United States · English
Robots Androids and Mechanical Oddities
1986 · Southern Illinois University P
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Days of Perky Pat
1987 · Underwood-Miller
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Days of Perky Pat
1987 · Underwood-Miller
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Days of Perky Pat
1987 · Underwood-Miller
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Days of Perky Pat
1989 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Days of Perky Pat
1991 · Grafton
United Kingdom · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: The Minority Report
1991 · Citadel Twilight
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 4: Minority Report
2000 · Millenium
United Kingdom · English
The Minority Report
2000 · Citadel
United States · English
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
2002 · Pantheon
United States · English
The Minority Report
2002 · Citadel
United States · English
The Minority Report
2002 · Citadel
United States · English
Paycheck
2003 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · English
Paycheck
2004 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · English
The Complete Stories vol. 4: The Minority Report
2013 · Subterranean Press
United States · English
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
2013 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
United States · English
The Complete Stories vol. 4: The Minority Report
2013 · Subterranean Press
United States · English
The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories
April 26, 2016 · Citadel
United States · English
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
United States · English
Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 4
2023 · Orion
United Kingdom · English
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Movie and Television Adaptations 1
This story was adapted as an episode of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, a ten-episode Amazon Original anthology series.
Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams
2017 · Television