Future Science Fiction
1954
· English
About this story
A man exhausted by relentless advertising encounters a robot salesman that refuses to leave him alone. Its determination to demonstrate its usefulness turns the promise of domestic convenience into a nightmare.
Chronology
Work history
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no later than Nov 19, 1953
Composition: no later than Nov 19, 1953
Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.
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Nov 19, 1953
Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency
Nov 19, 1953
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Jan 1954
First published Jan 1954
Future Science Fiction
Appearances in Pulp Magazines 1
Appearances in Magazines 0
No magazine appearances are recorded.
Appearances in Anthologies 0
No anthology appearances are recorded.
Appearances in Collections 21
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The Golden Man
1980 · Berkley
United States · English
The Golden Man
1980 · SFBCE
United States · English
The Golden Man
1981 · Magnum
United Kingdom · English
The Golden Man
1983 · Methuen
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 Golden Man
1986 · Methuen
United Kingdom · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1987 · Underwood-Miller
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1987 · Underwood-Miller
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1987 · Underwood-Miller
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1989 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1990 · Voyager
United Kingdom · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: Second Variety
1991 · Citadel Twilight
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1991 · Grafton
United Kingdom · English
The Philip K. Dick Reader
1997 · Citadel
United States · English
The Collected Stories vol. 3: The Father Thing
1999 · Millenium
United Kingdom · English
Second Variety and Other Classic Stories
2002 · Citadel
United States · English
Early Work of Philip K. Dick, vol 2: Breakfast at Twilight
2009 · Prime Books
United States · English
The Complete Stories vol. 3: Upon the Dull Earth
2012 · Subterranean Press
United States · English
Second Variety and Other Classic Stories
April 25, 2017 · Kensington
United States · English
Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3
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