The Magazine of F & SF
1952
· English
About this story
A boy acquires a toy soldier that is far more than a plaything. Within the nursery, competing groups of living toys pursue ambitions their human owners scarcely suspect.
Chronology
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Feb-Mar 1952
Composed Feb-Mar 1952
Composition date or range from the canonical chronology.
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Nov 1952
First published Nov 1952
The Magazine of F & SF
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1969 · Pyramid
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1955 · Rich and Cowan
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A Handful of Darkness
1957 · Rich and Cowan
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A Handful of Darkness
1978 · Gregg Press
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1984 · Southern Illinois University P
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1986 · Southern Illinois University P
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The Collected Stories vol. 1: Beyond Lies the Wub
1987 · Underwood-Miller
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1987 · Underwood-Miller
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The Collected Stories vol. 1: Beyond Lies the Wub
1987 · Underwood-Miller
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1988 · Gollancz
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The Collected Stories vol. 1: The Short Happy Life of The Brown Oxford Shoe
1990 · Citadel Twilight
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1991 · Grafton
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The Collected Stories vol. 1: Beyond Lies the Wub
1999 · Millenium
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2002 · Citadel
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2003 · Citadel
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2010 · Subterranean Press
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Jul 26, 2016 · Citadel
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Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 1
2023 · Orion
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