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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
“Commuter’s Problem” and “In Lonely Lands” appeared in Fantastic Universe, copyright, 1957, 1958, by King–Size Publications, Inc.
“The Very Last Day of a Good Woman” (under the title “The Last Day”), “Deal from the Bottom” and “Do–It–Yourself” (written with Joe L. Hensley) appeared in Rogue Magazine, copyright, 1958, 1960, 1961, by Greenleaf Publishing Company.
“The Silver Corridor” appeared in Infinity Science Fiction, copyright, 1956, by Royal Publications, Inc.
“Gnomebody,” and “The Wind Beyond the Mountains” (under the title “Savage Wind”) appeared in Amazing Stories, copyright, 1956, 1958, by Ziff–Davis Publishing Company.
“Back to the Drawing Boards” appeared in Fantastic Universe, copyright, 1958, by King–Size Publications, Inc.
“The Sky Is Burning” appeared in If: Worlds of Science Fiction, copyright, 1958, by Quinn Publishing Company, Inc.
“Mealtime” (under the title “A Case of Ptomaine”) and “Battlefield” (under the title
“His First Day at War”) appeared in Space Travel Magazine, copyright, 1958, by Greenleaf Publishing Company.
“Nothing for my Noon Meal” appeared in Nebula Science Fiction, copyright, 1958, by Peter Hamilton, Limited (Scotland).
“Hadj” appeared in Science Fiction Adventures, copyright, 1956, by Royal Publications, Inc. and subsequently reprinted in the New York Post Weekend Magazine for October 28, 1956.
“Rain, Rain, Go Away” appeared in Science–Fantasy Magazine, copyright, 1956, by Nova Publications, Limited (England). “All the Sounds of Fear” appeared in the Saint Detective Magazine (French and English editions), copyright, 1962, by Fiction Publishing Company.
Copyright © 1962, 1974 by Harlan Ellison
Renewed © 1984 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation
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