The Magazine of F & SF
1954
· English
About this story
A boy discovers that something resembling his father has taken his father's place. Unable to rely on the adults around him, he recruits other children to confront the threat.
Chronology
Work history
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no later than Jul 21, 1953
Composition: no later than Jul 21, 1953
Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.
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Jul 21, 1953
Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency
Jul 21, 1953
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Dec 1954
First published Dec 1954
The Magazine of F & SF
Appearances in Pulp Magazines 1
Appearances in Magazines 0
No magazine appearances are recorded.
Appearances in Anthologies 11
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A Treasury of Great SF
1959 · Doubleday
United States · English
The Unhuman
1965 · Popular Library
United States · English
Tomorrow's Children
1966 · Doubleday
United States · English
Science Fiction
1972 · Webster/MacGraw Hill
United States · English
SF:Contemporary Mythology
1978 · Harper Collins
United States · English
Isaac Asimov's The Great SF Stories 16
1987 · Daw
United States · English
Urban Horror
1990 · Dark Harvest Books
United States · English
Urban Horror
1993 · Daw
United States · English
Between Time and Terror
1995 · Roc
United Kingdom · English
A Century of SF
1996 · MJF Books
United States · English
The Oxford Book of Aliens
1998 · Oxford Unoversity Press
United Kingdom · English
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Appearances in Collections 17
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The Best of Philip K. Dick
1977 · Ballantine
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
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
Paycheck
2003 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · English
Paycheck
2004 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · English
Human Is. A Philip K. Dick Reader.
2007 · Gollancz
United Kingdom · 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