File:Of Withered Apples.djvu

English: "Of Withered Apples" is a short fantasy story by Philip K. Dick. Dick originally published in Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, July 1954. Scan from magazine donated anonymously. The scan was carefully compared to a physical copy of the magazine by Refrigerator Heaven to verify authenticity before image format conversion and uploading.

Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine was published by Star Publications, Inc. in 1953 and 1954. This was the fourth and final issue of the magazine and has a 1954 copyright notice. A thorough search of the Copyright Office Online Catalog for renewals of this magazine issue and for every individual story in it shows no copyright renewal was made for the story "Of Withered Apples" by Philip K. Dick originally published in this issue and the story is the public domain.

This story should not be confused with "Of Withered Apples" by Philip K. Dick listed in Copyright Renewal Registration Number RE0000190631 (1983-11-22) as originally published in Uncanny Tales, Vol. 1, no. 33, July 1955 (B00000540363). The 1955 "Of Withered Apples" appears to be a bibliographic phantom (i.e., referenced somewhere but non-existent or misattributed). The contents of Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, July 1954 are listed at http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?202321. Contents of Uncanny Tales, July 1955 (B00000540363; renewal RE0000174593) are listed at http://atlastales.com/issue/4380 (apparently all stories) and http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=191029 (partial contents only).

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