Common Time
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This article is about the short story by James Blish. For the musical time signature, see Time signature. For the album, see Commontime (album).
"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 Great SF Stories.[1]
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Short story by James Blish | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Science fiction |
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Published in | Science Fiction Quarterly |
Publication type | Periodical |
Media type | Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback) |
Publication date | August 1953 |
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The story is considered to be an archetype of symbolism in science fiction.[2]