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Common Time

"Common Time" is a science fiction short story by American writer James Blish. It first appeared in the August 1953 issue of Science Fiction Quarterly and has been reprinted several times: in the 1959 short-story collection Galactic Cluster; in The Testament of Andros (1965); in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (1973); and in Isaac Asimov Presents the…

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Genre
Science fiction
Publication date
August 1953
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Media type
Print (magazine, hardback and paperback)
Publication type
Periodical

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Common Time

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Common Time → United Kingdom
Genre · 1
Common Time → Science fiction
Language · 1
Common Time → English
Media type · 1
Common Time → Print (magazine, hardback and paperback)
Publication date · 1
Common Time → August 1953
Publication type · 1
Common Time → Periodical
Published in · 1
Common Time → Science Fiction Quarterly

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Common TimeCountryUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Common TimeGenreScience fiction1.00infobox
Common TimeLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Common TimeMedia typePrint (magazine, hardback and paperback)1.00infobox
Common TimePublication dateAugust 19531.00infobox
Common TimePublication typePeriodical1.00infobox
Common TimePublished inScience Fiction Quarterly1.00infobox

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