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Title: The Million Year Picnic

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Title: The Million Year Picnic Title Record # 504661
Author: Ray Bradbury
Date: 1946-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: The Martian Chronicles
Language: English
User Rating: 8.20 (5 votes) Including variants and translations: 7.86 (7 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1950 Long Weekend
1950 The Million-Year Picnic
1951 October 2026: The Million-Year Picnic
1959 October 2026—The Million-Year Picnic
2001 October 2057: The Million-Year Picnic
Year Language Title
1952Translated by Jens Kruuse
Danish Oktober 2026 Million-års-udflugten
1952Translated by Jens Kruuse
Danish Oktober 2026. Million-års-udflugten
1953Translated by Olle Moberg
Swedish Oktober 2026: Picknick på Mars
1954Translated by Henri Robillot
French
Le pique-nique d'un million d'années?Le pique-nique d'un million d'annees
1954Translated by Fernando de Castro Ferro
Portuguese Os Novos Marcianos
1955Translated by Francisco Abelenda
Spanish El pícnic de un millón de años
1956Translated by 斎藤静江 (Shizue Saitō)
Japanese
2026年10月 - 百万年ピクニック?2026-Nen 10 tsuki - hyaku man-nen pikunikku
[as by
レイ・ブラッドベリー?Rei Buraddoberī
Rei Buraddoberii
]
1959
  • Translated by Rudolf Sremec and/or Frano Tućan
Croatian Piknik od milijun godina
1964Translated by J. Baars
Dutch Oktober 2026. De lange vakantie
1968Translated by Giorgio Monicelli
Italian Ottobre 2026: La gita di un milione di anni
1972Translated by Thomas Schlück (translation revised by Wolfgang Jeschke for publications by Heyne)
German Oktober 2026: Das ewige Picknick
1978 Portuguese O piquenique de um milhão de anos
1981Translated by Thomas Schlück
German Oktober 2026: Das Jahrmillionen-Picknick
1982 Hungarian 2026. október. Egymillió éves kirándulás
1985Translated by Fernanda Pinto Rodrigues
Portuguese Outubro de 2026: O piquenique de um milhão de anos
1986Translated by Adam Kaska
Polish
Październik 2026. Wycieczka na milion lat?Pazdziernik 2026. Wycieczka na milion lat
1987Translated by Vladimir Colin and/or Ion Doru Brana and/or Smaranda Zănescu and/or Victor Kernbach and/or C. Vonghizas and/or George Veniamin and/or Al. Vilan and/or Mihai Bădescu and/or Ioana Robu and/or Veronica Pătruț
Romanian Picnicul de un milion de ani
1994Translated by Mihai-Dan Pavelescu
Romanian Octombrie, 2026: Picnicul de un milion de ani
1997Translated by Henri Robillot, revised by Jacques Chambon
French
Pique-nique dans un million d'années?Pique-nique dans un million d'annees
2002Translated by Giorgio Monicelli
Italian La Gita Di Un Milione Di Anni
2008Translated by Thomas Schlück
German Oktober 2057: Das unendliche Picknick
2013Translated by Ana Ban
Portuguese Outubro de 2026 - O piquenique de um milhão de anos
2017Translated by Oliver Plaschka
German Das Millionen-Jahre-Picknick

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Planet Stories, Summer 1946 1946-05-00 ed. Chester Whitehorn Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.  
$0.20?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Chester Martin Checkmark
Strange Ports of Call 1948-04-00 ed. August Derleth Pellegrini & Cudahy  
$4.00?$: US dollar
[8]+
393
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Invasion from Mars: Interplanetary Stories 1949-05-00 ed. Orson Welles Dell (Dell Mapback) 305
$0.25?$: US dollar
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 Malcolm Smith Checkmark
Strange Ports of Call 1949-12-00 ed. August Derleth Pellegrini & Cudahy     [8]+
393
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Strange Ports of Call 1958-06-00 ed. August Derleth Berkley Books G-131
$0.35?$: US dollar
173
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
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946 1982-11-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books (DAW Collectors #507) 0-87997-780-9 / UE1780
$3.50?$: US dollar
368
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
The Great Science Fiction Stories Volume 8, 1946 1982-11-00 ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-780-9
C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar
368
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 Oliviero Berni Checkmark
The Collected Stories of Ray Bradbury: A Critical Edition: Volume 2: 1943-1944 2014-00-00 Ray Bradbury Kent State University Press 978-1-60635-195-6
$75.00?$: US dollar
xxxix+
495
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
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