Title: Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early?

Title: Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early? Title Record # 69749
Author: John Collier
Date: 1951-04-14
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: An unhappy and lonely young professional begins to notice a female presence in his apartment, and believes he is falling in love with her.

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Year	Title
1951	Are You Too Late?
1981	Are You Too Late or Was I Too Early

Year	Language	Title
1969^ⓘTranslated by Else Hoog	Dutch	Ben Jij te Laat of Was Ik te Vroeg?

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The New Yorker, April 14, 1951	1951-04-14	ed. Editors of the New Yorker					unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag
Fancies and Goodnights	1951-11-00	John Collier	Doubleday		$4.00^?$: US dollar	364	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Margot Tomes
Argosy (UK), December 1951	1951-12-00	ed. Editors of Argosy (UK)	The Amalgamated Press		1/6^?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).	144	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
Fancies and Goodnights	1953-04-00	John Collier	Bantam Books (Bantam Giant)	A1106	$0.35^?$: US dollar	506	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	Charles Binger
Fancies and Goodnights	1957-12-00	John Collier	Bantam Books	F1703	$0.50^?$: US dollar	375	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
Pictures in the Fire	1958-00-00	John Collier	Hart-Davis		13/6^?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).	190	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Fancies and Goodnights	1963-00-00	John Collier	Bantam Books (Bantam Classic)	SC91	$0.75^?$: US dollar	418	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
Of Demons and Darkness	1965-00-00	John Collier	Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers	FS7126	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).	xii+ 303	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
De Dame op de Schimmel	1969-00-00	John Collier	De Arbeiderspers (Grote ABC #127)			255	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	Ferenc Gögös^?Ferenc Goegoes
Fancies and Goodnights	1969-00-00	John Collier	Bantam Books	N4614	$0.95^?$: US dollar	xii+ 418	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 John Collier Reader	1972-11-00	John Collier	Alfred A. Knopf	0-394-46186-X	$10.00^?$: US dollar	xv+ 571	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
The Golden Road	1974-01-00	ed. Damon Knight	Simon & Schuster	0-671-21554-X	$8.95^?$: US dollar	447	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Joel Avirom
The Golden Road	1974-11-00	ed. Damon Knight	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-01900-X	£3.00^?£: UK pound	342	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best of John Collier	1975-09-00	John Collier	Pocket Books	0-671-80076-0	$1.95^?$: US dollar	xvii+ 492	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	Ed Soyka
The Best Ghost Stories	1977-06-00	ed. uncredited	Hamlyn	0-600-38242-7	£4.95^?£: UK pound	750	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Fancies and Goodnights	1981-03-00	John Collier	Doubleday / SFBC	5749	$5.50^?$: US dollar	396	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Tony Fiyalko
Fancies and Goodnights	2003-05-00	John Collier	New York Review of Books (NYRB Classics)	1-59017-051-2	$14.95^?$: US dollar	xi+ 418	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	Neo Rauch

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Review by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction

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