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Title: Dark Interlude Title Record # 64753
Authors: Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds
Date: 1951-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A visitor from the future comes to observe what life was like in 20th century earth. He ends up in a rural area, falls in love with a beautiful local girl, and life seems to be pretty good. Until a horrible fact about his heritage is revealed.
User Rating: 8.50 (4 votes) Including variants and translations: 8.80 (5 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: racism (1), time travel (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1951 Dark Interlude [as by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds]
Year Language Title
1953Translated by Giorgio Monicelli
Italian Ucciso dagli antenati
1954 French Sombre intermède [as by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds]
1957Translated by Manuel van Loggem
Dutch Donker tussenspel [as by Frederic Brown and Mack Reynolds]
1958Translated by Jesco von Puttkamer
German Vorurteile
1963Translated by B. A. Egger
German Dunkles Zwischenspiel
1963Translated by Jean Sendy
French Sombre interlude
1966Translated by Manuel van Loggem
Dutch Donker tussenspel
1975Translated by Michel Deutsch
French Sombre interlude
1977Translated by Tótfalusi István
Hungarian
Sötét közjáték?Sotet kozjatek
Soeteet koezjaateek
1981Translated by Gavrilo Vučković
Croatian
Mračna međuigra?Mrachna meduigra
Mracna meduigra
[as by Frederick Brown and Mack Reynolds]
1983Translated by Giorgio Monicelli
Italian Ucciso dagli antenati
1989
Serbian
Mračni intermeco?Mracni intermeco
Mrachni intermeco
[as by Fredrik Braun and Mek Rejnolds]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1951 1951-01-00 ed. H. L. Gold World Editions, Inc.  
$0.25?$: US dollar
164
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 John Bunch Checkmark
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction 1952-02-00 ed. H. L. Gold Crown Publishers  
$3.50?$: US dollar
x+
566
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Arbib Checkmark
The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1952 1952-08-19 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Frederick Fell (Fell's Science-Fiction Library)  
$2.95?$: US dollar
284
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction 1953-00-00 ed. H. L. Gold Grayson & Grayson     vi+
255
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Urania #4 1953-02-01 ed. Giorgio Monicelli Mondadori 4
Lit 150?Lit: Italian lira
160
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 Curt Caesar Checkmark
American Science Fiction, #22 1954-02-00 ed. uncredited Malian Press  
A -/9?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
36
ph?Pamphlet. Used for short (in page count), unbound, staple-bound, or otherwise lightly bound publications.
mag Stanley Pitt  
Galaxie (1ère série), #12 November 1954 1954-11-00 ed.
Editors of Galaxie (1ère série)?Editors of Galaxie (1ere serie)
Editions Nuit et Jour  
F100?F: French frank
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 Ed Emshwiller  
Frontiers in Space: Selections from The Best Science Fiction Stories 1955-05-00 ed. Everett F. Bleiler, T. E. Dikty Bantam Books 1328
$0.25?$: US dollar
166
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
Verbinding met morgen 1957-00-00 ed. Manuel van Loggem De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4)     198
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 Pim van Boxsel Checkmark
Verbinding met morgen 1957-00-00 ed. Manuel van Loggem De Bezige Bij (Schrik in Plastic #4)     198
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 Pim van Boxsel Checkmark
Utopia-Science-Fiction-Magazin, #18 1958-11-17 ed. Bert Koeppen Pabel USFM18
DM 1.00?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
96
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 Ed Valigursky Checkmark
Nightmares and Geezenstacks 1961-07-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books J2296
$0.40?$: US dollar
137
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 Hieronymus Bosch Checkmark
Nightmares and Geezenstacks 1962-00-00 Fredric Brown Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers SS1167
2/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
137
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 Hieronymus Bosch Checkmark
Albträume 1963-00-00 Fredric Brown Hunna     126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll  
Fantômes et farfafouilles 1963-00-00 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
 
F6.00?F: French frank
220
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  
Human and Other Beings 1963-00-00 ed. Allen DeGraeff Collier Books 01951
$0.95?$: US dollar
319
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
Human and Other Beings 1963-06-00 ed. Allen DeGraeff Collier Books AS567
$0.95?$: US dollar
319
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
Alpträume 1965-05-00 Fredric Brown Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3046) 3046
DM 2.40?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
158
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 Atelier Heinrichs Checkmark
De verschrikkelijke buiksprekerspop 1966-00-00 ed. Manuel van Loggem Bruna (Zwarte beertjes #1008) 1008
ƒ2.00?ƒ: Dutch guilder
191
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 Dick Bruna Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles?Fantomes et farfafouilles
1969-12-15 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
 
F8.50?F: French frank
220
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  
The Old Masters 1970-09-00 ed. Brian Davis New English Library 0-450-00597-6
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
128
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 Jan Parker Checkmark
Alpträume 1972-00-00 Fredric Brown Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3046) 3046
DM 2.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
158
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 Atelier Heinrichs Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles 1972-01-15 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
    220
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  
Histoires de voyages dans le temps 1975-00-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) 2-253-00769-2   442
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 Pierre Faucheux Checkmark
Les vents de Gath 1975-02-14 E. C. Tubb OPTA (OPTA - Galaxie Bis #40)  
F9.00?F: French frank
252
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.
novel Enki Bilal  
Histoires de voyages dans le temps 1976-00-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) 2-253-00769-2   442
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 Pierre Faucheux Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles 1976-12-23 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
    220
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
Checkmark
Galaktika 26: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 26: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia
Galaktika 26: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia
1977-00-00 ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek
IF 2879 - e - 7779
Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint
127
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 Szabó Zoltán Checkmark
Histoires de voyages dans le temps 1978-00-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) 2-253-00769-2   442
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 Pierre Faucheux  
The Diversifier, #25 March 1978 1978-03-00 ed. C. C. Clingan, Joey Froelich, Ralph Stephen Harding, Jon Inouye, Robert Metcalf C. C. Clingan  
$2.50?$: US dollar
76
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
fanzine Stephen Fabian Checkmark
Nightmares and Geezenstacks 1979-03-00 Fredric Brown Bantam Books 0-553-12456-0
$1.75?$: US dollar
182
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 Hieronymus Bosch Checkmark
Science Fiction of the Fifties 1979-09-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander Avon 0-380-46409-8
$4.95?$: US dollar
xxiii+
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.
anth Stanislaw Fernandes Checkmark
Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration 1979-10-00 ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Bill Pronzini St. Martin's Press 0-312-71637-0
$10.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
233
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary La Sasso Checkmark
Science Fiction of the Fifties 1980-02-00 ed. Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph Olander Avon / SFBC 3671
$3.98?$: US dollar
xxii+
393
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Gary Viskupic Checkmark
Sirius, #61 1981-07-05 ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic
Borivoj Jurkovich
Vjesnik  
Din 30?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar
148
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.
mag
Vjekoslav Ivezić?Vjekoslav Ivezic
Vjekoslav Ivezich
Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles 1981-08-20 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
    220
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
The Best Short Stories of Fredric Brown 1982-09-00 Fredric Brown New English Library 0-450-05501-9
£1.75?£: UK pound
447
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 Tim White Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles 1983-03-00 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
2-207-30065-X   220
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
Stéphane Dumont?Stephane Dumont
 
Cosmolinea B-2 1983-06-00 Fredric Brown Mondadori (Biblioteca di Urania #12)  
Lit 8,000?Lit: Italian lira
360
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 Karel Thole  
Histoires de voyages dans le temps 1987-01-00 ed. Jacques Goimard,
Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis
,
Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3772) 2-253-00769-2   442
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 Philippe Adamov  
And the Gods Laughed 1987-10-00 Fredric Brown Phantasia Press 0-932096-47-6
$19.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
431
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
And the Gods Laughed 1987-10-00 Fredric Brown Phantasia Press 0-932096-47-6
$50.00?$: US dollar
xxii+
431+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Frank Kelly Freas Checkmark
Sf galaksija 1989-00-00 ed.
Zoran Živković?Zoran Zivkovic
Prosveta (Kentaur) 86-07-00457-3   303
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 Chris Foss Checkmark
La science-fiction 1992-10-00 ed. Antonia Gasquez, Edith Heintzmann Nathan 2-09-171093-8   155
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  
Fantômes et farfafouilles 1996-10-00 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(
Présence du Futur?Presence du Futur
#65)
2-207-30065-X   220
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
Joëlle Coulombeau?Joelle Coulombeau
 
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-02-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2001-10-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press / SFBC 01122
$14.50?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles 2001-12-17 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #79)
2-07-041898-7   310
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
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
Checkmark
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2002-07-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 1-886778-18-3
$29.00?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
Fantômes et farfafouilles 2006-03-02 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #79)
2-07-041898-7   310
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
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
 
Fantômes et farfafouilles?Fantomes et farfafouilles
2009-10-26 Fredric Brown
Denoël?Denoel
(Folio SF #79)
978-2-07-041898-5   310
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
Benjamin Carré?Benjamin Carre
 
From These Ashes: The Complete Short SF of Fredric Brown 2011-06-00 Fredric Brown NESFA Press 978-1-886778-18-4
$29.00?$: US dollar
693
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Bob Eggleton Checkmark
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