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Title: The Electric Ant Title Record # 53526
Author: Philip K. Dick
Date: 1969-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1970ⓘTranslated by Wulf H. Bergner
 German Die elektrische Ameise
1970ⓘTranslated by Angela Campana
 Italian Le formiche elettriche
1970ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin
 French
La fourmi électronique?La fourmi electronique
1975ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen
 Dutch De elektrische mier [as by Philip Dick]
1978ⓘTranslated by Gunnar Gällmo First published in JVM #367, 1978.
 Swedish Den elektriska myran
1981ⓘTranslated by <A href="http:///www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?19863">Thomas Ziegler</a> (under his legal name Rainer Zubeil)
 German Die elektrische Ameise
1983ⓘTranslated by Žarko Vodinelić
 Croatian Umjetni mrav
1985ⓘTranslated by Milton Persson
 Portuguese A formiga elétrica
1991ⓘTranslated by Aleksander Rodziewicz
 Polish Elektryczna mrówka
1996ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Cristian%20L%26%23259%3Bz%26%23259%3Brescu&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Cristian Lăzărescu</a>
 Romanian
Furnica electrică?Furnica electrica
1997ⓘTranslated by Maurizio Nati; do not merge with the version translated by Angela Campana.
 Italian Le formiche elettriche
1998ⓘTranslated by Bruno Martin, revised and harmonized by Hélène Collon for the 2000 edition.
 French
La fourmi électrique?La fourmi electrique
2000ⓘTranslated by Clara Drechsler.
 German Die elektrische Ameise
2002ⓘTranslated by Warner Flamen
 Dutch De elektrische mier
2006ⓘTranslated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=Ion%20Doru%20Brana&amp;type=Name&amp;mode=exact">Ion Doru Brana</a>
 Romanian
Furnica electrică?Furnica electrica
2011ⓘTranslated by 浅倉久志 (Hisashi Asakura)
 Japanese
電気蟻?Denki ari
[as by
フィリップ・K・ディック?Firippu K. Dikku
]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1969 1969-10-00 ed. Edward L. Ferman Mercury Press, Inc.  
$0.60?$: US dollar
 132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
 mag Ronald Walotsky Checkmark
The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 3 1970-05-00 ed. Brian Aldiss, Harry Harrison Sphere Books 43419
£0.30?£: UK pound
 206
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Best SF: 1969 1970-08-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison G. P. Putnam's Sons  
$5.95?$: US dollar
 243
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
Best SF: 1969 1971-04-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Berkley Medallion 0-425-01982-9
$0.95?$: US dollar
 224
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Paul Lehr Checkmark
Windows into Tomorrow 1974-00-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Hawthorn Books  
$6.95?$: US dollar
 x+
197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Michelle Horowitz Checkmark
Windows into Tomorrow 1975-01-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Pinnacle Books 0-523-00520-2
$1.25?$: US dollar
 x+
197
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Decade: The 1960s 1977-01-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Macmillan UK 0-333-19002-5
£3.95?£: UK pound
 287
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Ken Leader Checkmark
The Best of Philip K. Dick 1977-03-00 Philip K. Dick Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25359-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
450
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
The Best of Philip K. Dick 1978-03-00 Philip K. Dick Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) 0-345-25359-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
450
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Vincent Di Fate Checkmark
Decade The 1960s 1979-06-00 ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison Pan Books 0-330-25767-6
£0.90?£: UK pound
 287
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Chris Moore Checkmark
The Androids Are Coming 1979-11-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Elsevier / Nelson Books 0-525-66672-9
$7.95?$: US dollar
 183
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Michael Eagle Checkmark
Space Odyssey 1983-09-00 ed. uncredited Octopus Books 0-7064-1963-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
 349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Chris Moore Checkmark
Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers 1984-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick Allen Lane 0-7139-1685-0
£10.95?£: UK pound
 627
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Peter Gudynas Checkmark
Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers 1984-01-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick Holt, Rinehart and Winston 0-03-061498-8
$22.95?$: US dollar
 627
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Mantel Checkmark
Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick 1984-06-00 Philip K. Dick Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1159-3
$19.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
261
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers 1985-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick Penguin Books 0-14-007194-6
£4.95?£: UK pound
 627
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Peter Goodfellow Checkmark
Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick 1986-02-00 Philip K. Dick Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1178-X
$15.95?$: US dollar
 ix+
261
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Richard Hendel Checkmark
Space Odyssey 1987-00-00 ed. uncredited Gallery Books / W. H. Smith 0-8317-7988-8   349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Chris Moore Checkmark
The Little Black Box 1987-05-00 Philip K. Dick Underwood-Miller 0-88733-053-3
$125.00?$: US dollar
 xiii+
395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Space Odyssey 1988-02-00 ed. uncredited Treasure Press 1-85051-208-6
£5.99?£: UK pound
 349
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Chris Moore  
The Little Black Box 1990-10-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz 0-575-04845-X
£14.95?£: UK pound
 xiv+
395
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 1991-11-00 Philip K. Dick Grafton 0-586-20769-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
 495
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore  
War with the Robots: 28 of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction 1992-00-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick Wings Books 0-517-06504-5   609
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Eye of the Sibyl 1992-05-00 Philip K. Dick Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1328-4
$12.95?$: US dollar
 395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Kevin Kelly Checkmark
Decades of Science Fiction 1997-04-00 ed. Applewhite Minyard NTC Publishing Group 0-8442-5994-2
$26.95?$: US dollar
 xvi+
557
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth François Robert Checkmark
Decades of Science Fiction 1997-04-00 ed. Applewhite Minyard NTC Publishing Group 0-8442-5995-0   xvi+
557+
vi+
72
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth François Robert Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 2000-00-00 Philip K. Dick Millennium 1-85798-948-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 2000-05-00 Philip K. Dick Millennium 1-85798-948-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore  
The Androids Are Coming 2000-12-00 ed. Robert Silverberg Cosmos Books / Wildside Press 1-58715-240-1
$15.00?$: US dollar
 183
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth  
Minority Report 2002-07-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 1-85798-738-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
290
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll PTG Checkmark
The Eye of the Sibyl 2002-07-00 Philip K. Dick Citadel Press 0-8065-1328-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
 395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Kevin Kelly  
Minority Report 2002-07-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz 0-575-07478-7
£6.99?£: UK pound
 x+
290
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2002-11-00 Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books 0-375-42151-3
$25.95?$: US dollar
 xiv+
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2002-11-00 Philip K. Dick Pantheon Books / SFBC 54693
$12.99?$: US dollar
 xiv+
476
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Checkmark
Minority Report 2002-12-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz 0-575-07520-1
£6.99?£: UK pound
 x+
290
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll  
Minority Report 2005-00-00 Philip K. Dick Orion 978-1-4072-1330-9
£6.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
290
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Nina Farrell Checkmark
Minority Report 2005-03-00 Philip K. Dick Orion 0-7528-6431-9
£6.99?£: UK pound
 290
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Nina Farrell  
Human Is? 2007-03-00 Philip K. Dick Gollancz 978-0-575-08034-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
 438
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Sue Michniewicz  
Human Is? 2008-09-18 Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-08583-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Sue Michniewicz  
The Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick: Vol. 1 2008-11-01 Philip K. Dick Blackstone Audiobooks 978-1-4332-2822-3    
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
 coll  
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology 2009-09-00 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-91-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
 475
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth David Hardy Checkmark
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology 2009-09-01 ed. Gordon Van Gelder Tachyon Publications / SFBC 978-1-61523-611-4 / 1268806
$15.95?$: US dollar
 480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth David Hardy Checkmark
Minority Report 2010-04-18 Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-09828-2    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Nina Farrell  
Total Recall 2012-08-09 Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-10029-9
£8.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Checkmark
The Drabblecast, #273 2013-02-19 ed. Norm Sherman The Drabblecast  
$0.00?$: US dollar
  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag Checkmark
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2013-04-16 Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 978-0-544-04054-0
$28.00?$: US dollar
 xii+
466
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll  
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2013-04-16 Philip K. Dick Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 978-0-544-04060-1
$9.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 2014-10-06 Philip K. Dick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-649-6
$65.00?$: US dollar
 479
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bill Sienkiewicz Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 2014-10-06 Philip K. Dick Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-648-9
$40.00?$: US dollar
 480
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Bill Sienkiewicz  
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 2014-12-22 Philip K. Dick Gateway / Orion 978-1-4732-0670-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2022-01-22 Philip K. Dick    
$3.99?$: US dollar
  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Checkmark
Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots and Computers date unknown ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Patricia S. Warrick Henry Holt 0-8050-0623-0
$22.95?$: US dollar
 627
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Richard Mantel Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale date unknown Philip K. Dick Grafton 0-586-20769-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
 495
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
Minority Report date unknown Philip K. Dick Orion 978-1-4072-3093-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
290
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Nina Farrell Checkmark
Human Is? date unknown Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-08034-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
 438
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Sue Michniewicz Checkmark
Minority Report date unknown Philip K. Dick Orion 978-1-4072-3093-1
£7.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
290
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Nina Farrell Checkmark
Minority Report date unknown Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-0-575-07520-7
£8.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
290
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 coll Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale date unknown Philip K. Dick Voyager / HarperCollinsPublishers 0-586-20769-4
£8.99?£: UK pound
 495
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale date unknown Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-1-85798-948-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale date unknown Philip K. Dick Gollancz / Orion 978-1-85798-948-9
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xi+
395
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Chris Moore Checkmark
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