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Short Story

The World She Wanted

1953

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About this story

A man meets a woman who believes the world exists to satisfy her wishes. As events appear to confirm her extraordinary claim, their incompatible desires raise questions about whose reality they inhabit.

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Work history

  1. no later than Nov 24, 1952

    Composition: no later than Nov 24, 1952

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Nov 24, 1952

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Nov 24, 1952

  3. May 1953

    First published May 1953

    Science Fiction Quarterly